'TAMING OF THE SHREW'

Evening Star, Issue 20537, 16 July 1930, Page 7

'TAMING OF THE SHREW '

SHAKESPEARE COMEDY FOP. REGENT

From Friday nest, the Regent Theatre will, present Shakespeare’s comedy, Taming of. the Shrew.’ It is the-tale of how Petruchio, mad Petrutihio, tamed- the' beautiful shrew,; Katherine, and turned her from a hurricane into a gentle zephyr. But did he? Just how smart was this irresistible demon whose cock-sure method put the she-devil in her place?. Just how many times did the new, demure Katherine smile slyly to herself when obeying her husband’s bellowed! commands? Was the she-devil tamed or did she with coy diplomacy turn, the tables on her belligerent spouse? These are the questions answered by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in ‘ The Taming of the Shrew/ the first co-starring vehicle for “ The World’s Sweetheart ” and her famous husband. These are the questions propounded by William Shakespeare waeti ho wrote the glorious comedy which has come finally to motion pictures after , four centuries of success on the legitimate stage.. _: The first co-starring production for the players finds Miss Pickford in aa entirely new role, while Petruchio is the same Fairbanks as of old. In her; first costume play since the never-to-be-forgotten ‘ Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall,’ Miss Pickford, jis Katherine, adds a characterisation to her long list of successes which differs radically from the new Mary Pickford born with the release of ‘ Coquette.’ But here again she demonstrates that she is without question the greatest emotional actress on the screen. to-day; 4 Taming of the Shrew ’ is an alltalking picture, brought to the screen as a Sam Taylor production. T bit of ;the dialogue spoken in the film was taken from the original or auu.respeare, and every bit of atmosphere, from the characters to the sets, is in keeping with the customs of the fifteenth century Among the players who support the tars in ■ Taming of the Shrew * are Darpthy Jordan, as Bianca; Cawthorn, as Gremio; Edwin Maxwell, as Baptista; Clyde Cook, as GrumiojJ and Geoffrey Wardell as Hortens!®. j