GREEN ISLAND CINEMA

Evening Star, Issue 22004, 13 April 1935, Page 10

GREEN ISLAND CINEMA

KATHERINE HEPBURN IN ' LITTLE WOMEN 1 A tenderly beautiful moving picture has been devised from Louisa May Alcott's novel, ‘Little Women,’ the film version of which will bo shown to-night at tho Green Island Cinema. The action of the film, under the sympathetic guidance of Director George Cukor, is keyed to the proper sweetly sentimental note which made the story one of .the best-loved girls’ books ever written by an American, and its acting is of a very high order. All of the members of the cast, particularly the four girls who play the important roles of the little women, work harmoniously together to produce a perfect gem of a picture. It is a gem that sparkles and glows in an oldfashioned setting. A great deal of the sparkle and glow are produced by the superb acting of Katharine Hepburn as Jo. She is just right as the tomboyish youngster who writes the Christmas plays and stage manages them in the March dining room, who, when her sisters are too shy, strikes up an acquaintance wdth the boy next door, Laurie Lawrence. Miss Hepburn makes the ardent spirit of Jo shine through every word and movement. She is highly amusing when she puts Jo through her boyish capers, and she plays most effectively on the heartstrings of the audience, drawing tears by her acting in scene after scene.