ROMANTIC TRIUMPH

Evening Star, Issue 21965, 27 February 1935, Page 16

ROMANTIC TRIUMPH

NORMA SHEARER IN BEST ROLE Incomparable Norma Shearer reaps new laurels as ..the gilded .heroine of ‘ Riptide,’ her glamorous new Metro-Goldwyn-Mnyer starring vehicle, which is to be screened at the St. James Theatre next Friday. In a daring role reminiscent of her triumphs in ‘ Divorcee,’ ‘ Strangers May Kiss,’ and ‘ A Free Soul.’ Miss Shearer plays the part of Lady Rexford, an American gid-who married a title and found, to her dismay, that she had sacrificed the freedom and good times she loved so well. Appearance in her hour of marital discomfort of a former New York sweetheart provides the motive for the sensational romantic triangle upon which the film story is based. Edmund Colliding wrote and directed the production, giving the picture an elaborate mounting in pictorial interest as■ well as in supporting cast. Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshal! share leading man honours as the sweetheart and husband respectively, both registering magnificently in these roles. Included in the cast are Mrs Patrick Campbell, Sheets ■ Gallagher, Ralph Forbes, and Lilyan Tashman.