GREAT FOREIGN LEGION STORY

Evening Star, Issue 22576, 18 February 1937, Page 8

GREAT FOREIGN LEGION STORY

• UNDER TWO FLAGS ’ FOR STATE Delightful comedy, captivating romance, and swift dramatic action are to be found in * Under Two Flags,’ the picture which has created a sensation wherever it has been screened. Finely acted and produced with telling realism, the tale .makes excellent ,entertainment. It is one of those few films which anyone with a love of action, true dramatic art, and excitement appreciates from beginning to end. The magnitude of the whole production and the infiinite pains obviously taken to secure the correct atmosphere are most impressive. It is ah epic picture._ The simple tale of love and jealousy in an exotic desert setting still weaves its spell. Many stories have been woven around the Foreign Legion since Ouida first captured, the imagination of an older generation, but the sad tale of Cigarette and her great love and even greater sacrifice will live for years to come. In spite of a charming performance from Claudette Colbert and_ a shorter, but equally accomplished, interpretation from Rosalind Russell, Ronald Colman dominates _ the story. As a sergeant in the Foreign Legion, whose past is mysterious but entirely honourable, he has a part to which he is admirably suited. His cultured hut slightly melancholy air gives just the right touch to the character, and one lives with Mm in his triumph and hardships with one of the greatest fighting forces the world has < ever known. _ As major of th© battalion, a blustering, forceful fellow, but a fine soldier, Victor M'Laglen also has a part which allows him full scope. His affection for Cigarette and' Ms jealousy for the regard, and later the love, she shows for Colman, is the driving theme. The scenes of the fighting in the desert are without precedent. The photography rates with the best yet seen on the; talking screen. Herbert Mundin, in _Ms quiet, comic way, creates a pleasing diversion from th© main trend or action, while the supporting cast is large and includes much talent. * Under Two Flags ’ comes to-morrow to the State,