MAJESTIC THEATRE.
Return of Grete Garbo.
Greta Garbo's long dream of playihg in a sophisticated romantic comedy has become a reality with "Ninotchka^ •: her first picture in two years; whicH opens on Friday at the Majestic Theatre, and the gay new Garboit presents indicates that her desire was well justified. The Swedish star is • seen as a gay, ultra-modern girl in>a-. romance with a French count. She dances to swing music, sings, wears glamorous gowns, figures in <;}?*&: situations and dialogue. Ernst Lubitsch; famous creator of "Lubitsch touches, handled the story with outstanding effectiveness. • j Garbd plays a Russian woman raised in the stern Soviet code who, sent to Paris on a Government mission, fallsin love with a count (Melvyn Douglas) , outwits her love rival (Jna Claire), and "gets her man." Gay; moments in Paris night clubs and sumptuous hotels are among the fmasry; ; 'delightful sequences in the production, Garbo was never more fascinating' than as a modern charmer with -a sense of humour, and Douglas plays his role with debonair urbanity. Miss Claire provides brilliant lines with a brilliant performance, and a hilarous new comedy team is introduced : in Felix Bressart, Sig Rumann, and Alexander Granach as three philandering , officials. : '-■ - •■:■■'•'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 10
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