NORMA SHEARER AGAIN TO 0THE FORE

Evening Star, Issue 20634, 6 November 1930, Page 9

NORMA SHEARER AGAIN TO OTHE FORE

REGENT TO SCREEN ‘ THE DIVORCEE' la ‘Divorcee/ which will open tomorrow at the Regent Theatre, Norma Shearer is again seen to good effect. She gives a moving portrayal of a woman who, in an attempt to meet the standards of a sophisticated society, gives herself up to a promiscuous living, and almost succeeds in losing her husband into the bargain. Miss Shearer is seen as Jerry Bernard, daughter of a physician who after three years of married life discovers that Ted, her husband, has recently carried on a liaison with Janice. Bitterly hurt, she forces herself to accept the explanation of her husband that ho still loves her only, and that the affair was simply an unimportant phenomenon of the current moral code. When, however, she subsequently meets _ her husband at his own game and gives herself to his best friend, Ted looks at things in an entirely different light and deserts her. Utterly disillusioned. Jerry abandons herself to a period ot free living. After a notorious existence a climax reveals to her the futility of her actions, and in an unexpected manner she contrives to win her husband back again. Chester-Morris, ns tho husband, acts very well. Robert Montgomery, as one of her lovers, plays his part with naturalness and simplicity. _ Conrad Nagel, as andther husband, is able to overcome an unsympathetic role.