TENSE DRAMA FOR REGENT

Evening Star, Issue 21640, 8 February 1934, Page 11

TENSE DRAMA FOR REGENT

KAY FRANCIS IN ‘ STORM AT DAYBREAK ' Starting with a breath-taking spectacle of the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Serajevo just before the outbreak of tho World War, and ending with an even more breath-taking climax in which a husband settles the fate of his wife and the man tvhoui she loves by driving himself to death over an embankment, ‘ Storm at Daybreak,’ which will begin to-morrow at the Regent, is one of those rare photoplays permeated with suspense, excitement, and tense drama. Acted to perfection by a cast which includes such him headliners at Kay Francis, Nils Asther, Walter Huston, and Phillips Holmes, and filmed under the direction of Richard Boleslavsky, the man who made ‘ Rasputin and the Empress,’ this new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offering is a composite of all the romantic and dramatic ingredients which furnish an evening of excellent talkie entertainment. The story deals with Dushau, a wealthy Hungarian, who secretly grieves because the wife he adores, much younger than he, admires but does not really love him. Dushan is saved from injury at the hands of a mob when the Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated at Serajevo, through the aid of the dashing young cavalry officer Geza. The love scenes between Miss Francis and the romantic Asther are something to talk about, and Huston contributes another magnificent performance as the husband. The picture is also benefited by the work in supporting roles of Phillips Holmes, Eugene Pallette, C. Henry Gordon, Louise Glosser Hale, and Jean Parker.