REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 15

REGENT THEATRE.

"The Great Garrick."

Using for its hero the immortal British actor, David Garrick, a gay comedy of that star and his times is the next attraction at the Regent Theatre, with Brian Aherne in the role of Garrick and Olivia de Havilland as Germaine, the girl with whom he falls in love. "The Great Garrick" is the title of the picture, which was produced for Warner Bros, distribution by James Whale, under the banner^ and the personal supervision of Mervyn Le Roy. It is the fourth Le Roy film since he became an independent producer. Garrick in the era of the 1750"s was acknowledged to be the greatest actor the world had ever known. He could play anything— comedy, tragedy, straight drama. This story finds him ending a long run in London and preparing to begin another in France. Enemies have circulated a false report that he said he would "teach the French to act." Insulted, the French stage folk decide to frame him up and make him look ridiculous. How he turns the tables on them and then goes on to success on the Paris stage, is what makes up the story. It has some beautiful settings— notably the old Drury Lane Theatre in London and the Comedie Francaise in Paris, and various streets and dwellings in the two capitals. Supporting Aherne and Miss de Havilland are such notable players as Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Lionel Atwill, Henry O'Neill, Luis Alberni, Lana Turner, Marie Wilson, Fritz Leiber, Linda Perry, and Etienne Girardot. "The Great Garrick," which is neither historical nor biographical, but just sheer fun, was written for the screen by the distinguished author Ernst Vajda.