GRETA GARBO
IN ‘ THE PAINTED VEIL ’ FOR ST. JAMES
‘The Painted Veil,’ the glamorous Greta Garbo’s latest picture,, will be gin at the St. James on Friday. This powerful story is adapted front Somerset Maugham’s novel of the same name, and Ims Garbo, the outstanding personality of the screen; to. interpret. Its principal role, aild it has Herbert Marshall, one of the leading English aCtdrs of the day, to give her support. It need hardly bo said that the resplt is exceedingly gratifying. Greta Garbo presents Kntrin with characteristic insight. One reaps enjoyment from every gesture and every inflection, her performance being marked by all the arts and accomplishments which make her acting so different from that of other film celebrities—and this in spite of the fact that she plays an unusually conventional part. The role nevertheless is one which becomes thoroughly impressive Under her treatment for her technique i§ as convincing and brilliant as ever. Herbert Marshall, as the husband launched on a medical career in the East, contributes that touch of restraint which invests his scenes with such a degree of dignity.
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Evening Star, Issue 22070, 2 July 1935, Page 11
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184GRETA GARBO Evening Star, Issue 22070, 2 July 1935, Page 11
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