"MAID OF SALEM."
Regent Theatre Tomorrow
The famous witchcraft scare of .1692, which broke out in Salem and swept the seaboard colonies leaving death, horror, and fear in its wake, is the basis of Paramount's "Maid of Salem, a gripping romance with Claudette Colbert and Fred Mac Murray. which comes to the Regent Theatre tomorrow. Besides being an excellent romance and an outstanding production in every way, the film is important for the forthright manner in which it explains the outbreak and shows how it was fanned into flame. Miss Colbert plays the role of a Puritan maiden who is accused of being a witch because she is seen with a tall, dark stranger, ;and because she was observed dancing by herself. Upon this testimony, provided by hysterical women and children with overwrought imaginations, she is convicted and sentenced to die. There are gripping developments leading up to a dynamic climax. Included in the elaborate cast of players are Harvey Stephens, Bennie Bartlett, Gale Sondergaard, B. E. Clive, Bonita Granville, Virginia Weidler Beulab Bondi, Donald Meek, and a score of others. The film 'was produced and directed by Frank Lloyd, who directed "Mutiny on the Bounty,' "Under Two Flags," "Cavalcade," ' The Sea Hawk," and many other epochsetting films. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1937, Page 14
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208"MAID OF SALEM." Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1937, Page 14
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