THREE BARRYMORES FEATURED

Evening Star, Issue 21717, 11 May 1934, Page 1

THREE BARRYMORES FEATURED

1 RASPUTIN ' CUMING TO GREEN ISLAND Unprecedented spectacle, , a dramatic? plot* which reflects world history, and tfie most notable theatrical family in the world lend glamour to ‘ Rasputin and the Empress,’ telling the story of the fall of the Romanoffs, and bringing together for the first time on the screen John, Ethel, and Lionel Barrymore. It will be screened at the Green Island Cinema to-morrow afternoon and evenstory .tells of the strange monk Rasputin, who by curing the little Hussion Tsarevitch of a deadly ailment makes the superstitious Tsar and Tsarina his slaves, rules , Russia through them, precipitates a riot of orgy, meddles with politics, and finally plunges Russia into the World War. Then,after his death, comes the revolution that seals the doom of the Romanoff dynasty. Authentic make-up literally reincarnates the original actors in the strange drama, and huge settings, absolutely, > true to the originals, add further realism,. Rasputin is played by Lionel Barrymore, the ill-fated Tsarina by Ethel, Prince Chegodieff by John, and Princess Natasha by Diana Wynyard,The Tsar is played by Ralph Morgan. This is the film that caused the row cent sensation in England, when Prin. cess Hina Yousoupoff was awarded £25,. 000 damages in a libel action against the producers. The princess claimed £IOO,OOO from-the M.G.M. Film Cor-, poration, alleging that the character of Princess Natasha in the picture was so thinly veiled that people throughout the world recognised it an herself.