REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 60, 8 September 1937, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE.

"I'Met Him in Paris."

The special brand of humour that Claudette Colbert has made her own sparkles throughout "I Met Him. in Paris," a brilliant comedy-romance which commences at the Regent Theatre on Friday. With two leading men, Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young, fighting to win Miss' Colbert's affections, "I Met Him in Paris" offers a double guarantee of sparkling situations and bright dialogue to the legion of Colbert fans who thrilled to her earlier comedy hits, "It Happened One .Night" and "The Gilded Lily." In "I Met Him in Paris," Miss .-.Colbert, a young American girl in Paris on her vacation, is the object of the affections of both Douglas and Young,-.who portray, respectively, a playwright and a novelist. Both men are masters of the gentle art of the "gag," but discover that the innocent little "girl from back home" is just a shade too fast on the comeback for them. The action of the film is at whirlwind pace; the trio of stars is whirled from Paris to Switzerland and then back again to Paris. But no matter where they ara, both men find the time—and th^e inclination—to keep right on the trail of the girl. In a flurry of some of the most breath-taking winter sports scenes ever brought to the screen, both try to sweep Miss Colbert off her feet, but, they manage only to confuse her so much that she can't decide which one of them she loves. She flees back to Paris, resolved to forget them both, but the persistent young swains pursue her back to Paris, ahd force a showdown. "I Met Him in Paris" is grand comedy, grand fun, and a fast-moving, thrillpacked story. Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas,. Robert Young, and the balance of the. cast are excellent, and Wesley Ruggles' direction is splendid.