‘THE FORBIDDEN WOMAN’

Evening Star, Issue 20118, 7 March 1929, Page 2

‘THE FORBIDDEN WOMAN’

PREMIERE TOMORROW ‘The Forbidden Woman,’ starring Jetta Gouda 1, Victor Varcom, and Joseph Schildkraut, will open at the Regent Theatre to-morrow. The action! begins in Morocco when Zita, a spy ini the employ of the Sultan of Morocco,' marries a’ French officer in _ order to , wrest military secrets from lum, which she promptly turns over to her employer. Her husband is recalled toi France, and she follows later. On the voyage she meets'a violinist, with whom' she becomes infatuated. She meets himl at her husband’s home in Pans, and is astounded when the man she really, loves proves to be her husband’s brother. This is the opening development! of one of the strongest and most dramatic picture stories ever written. When the trio returns to Morocco and Zita realises that her love is spurned.she becomes revengeful and seeks to • have her husband’s brother executed as a spy. At the last moment, when: he declares his love, she beedines penitent and confesses her own guilt with! tragic results. ‘The Forbidden Woman’ was directed by Paul L. Stein, a; * celebrated German director, with highly artistic results. The climax is said toi bo one of the. most thrilling and original ever seen on'the silver sheet. The supporting cast is excellent. Clara Beranger adapted the picture.from Rimer Harris’s story ‘Brothers.’ Tim* supporting picture, ‘Love Over Night,', is a, sparkling comedy-drama Rod la Rocque and jj •