‘SON OF INDIA'

Evening Star, Issue 20987, 29 December 1931, Page 9

‘SON OF INDIA'

RAMOM NOVARRO'S LATEST PICTURE

Thrills and romance _ are cleverly mixed in ‘ Son of India,’ in which Ramon Novarro makes his next appearance at the St. James Theatre on Friday (New Year’s Day). In his turban and Hindu accoutrements the star was never more romantically attractive. The story, which keeps moving at a fast pace, due to clever direction upon the part of Jacques Feyder ; opens with an exciting bandit raid, in which a rich Rajah is murdered and robbed. Novarro, his son, is able to escape by an ingenious method, in which ho is buried alive, but breathes through a stem. _ A single valuable jewel which he has retained on his person makes him rich. On an elephant hunt he saves the life of an attractive American girl, which starts off a series of romantic adventures, leading to the inevitable conflict of inter-racial marriage. Novarro, as usual, plays his role with a spontaneous sincerity. Madge Evans, who has not been seen on the screen since she played child parts, is charming as the heroine, and excellent work is done by Conrad Nagel, Marjorie Rambeau, C. Aubery Smith, Mitchell Lewis, John Miljan, and Nigel de JJrulier.