MAJESTIC THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1938, Page 6

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

'<A Yank at Oxford."

Replete with acttoni laughs, and fine Characterisations, "A Yank, at Oxford, whichi commences on Friday at he Majestic Theatre, offers Robert Taylor his most convincing role to date and Sor? than repays Metrc-Goldwyn-Mayer for "ho time and effort spent in Deducing in England pictures equal n calibre to any made in Hollywood. This is the studio's first Brltislwriadc production. In fact, Our authenticity of the background and atmosphere of the picture proves that only in a Bntisn setting could it have been so successfully evolved. In presenting Taylor in the title rolevas the cocky, all-star atliilete who comes to Oxford to 'teach the natives" and. himself learnsyplenty in return, ''A;Yank at Oxford" affords the star his greatest opportunity to demonstrate ; his "athletic ability, his flair for comedy, and ' his ability to handle genuinely dramatic scenes. Lionel Barrymore, as Taylor's father, and Maureen "O'Sullivan, as the English undergraduate whom the hero meets at Oxford, lend their accustomed polished performances, while in the British players who also have leading | roles audiences may note at least two potential, stellar "finds", of tomorrow, Vivien Leigh, as the "other girl," reveals a flashing yet subtle personality which may well set a new style in "vamp comediennes'." Griffith Jones, as the Britisher whose enmity for Taylor motivates much of the plot, looms as a most .personable leading man dis•covery; stalwart in appearance and sensitive in his performance. Edmund Gwenn, as the Oxford Dean, and particularly C. «V. France as . the tutor, and Edward Rigby as Taylor's "scout," among the featured players, add immeasurably to the thoroughly genuine "feel" of the picture throughout.