TWO FINE FILMS

Evening Star, Issue 22261, 12 February 1936, Page 13

TWO FINE FILMS

STRAND'S ATTRACTIVE FARE ‘ Colonel Blood,’ which will be shown at the Strand on Friday, is the true-to-life story of the Irish adventurer who came to London entirely unknown in the reign of Charles 11., and by his assurance, daring, and impudence became a close friend of the Merrie Monarch. He fell from this high position almost as quickly as he rose to it. During his stay in, London he became notorious for a series of astounding exploits that included kidnapping the Duke of Ormonde outside his own house and attempting to hang him at Tyburn Tree “ as befits a. duke,” winning the affection of Lady Castlemame, and thereby becoming an active rival of his monarch, and finally attempting to steal the regalia from the Tower of London in order to pay his debts. The chief role of Colonel Blood is played by the prominent actor Frank Cellier Anne Grey is Lady Castlemaine, Mary Lawson is Susie (Colonel Blood’s accomplice), Allan Jeayes is Charles 11., and Arthur Ghesney Samuel Pepys, of diary fame. The second feature is ‘ Uncertain Lady,’ a sophisticated comedy featuring Genevieve Tobin and Edward Everett Horton.