'MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY'

Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 21

'MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY'

THREE GREAT STARS The most thrilling adventure of the eighteenth century notv becomes the greatest adventure of the twentieth century. I| the motion picture camera

had been in practical use 150 years ago no more authentic nor thrilling record of the- amazing exploits of H.M.S. Bounty and the historical mutiny could have been recorded than are seen in Metro-Goldwyh-Mayer’s saga of the seas, ‘ Mutiny on the Bounty,’ ■which is now at the Municipal, Green Island. Charles Laughton • surpasses) all his other masterful performances as the tyrannical disciplinarian, the cruel but dauntless Captain Bligh. -Clark Gable portrays Fletcher Christian, the young officer who leads the mutiny Franchot Tone enacts the part of Midshipman Byam, who supports Gable’s insurrection. In addition to the native girls, Maria and Mama; featured roles in ‘ Mutiny on the Bounty ’ are .played- by . -dierbort- Alniidin,. Eddie Qnillan, Dudley Digges,' Donald Crisp, Henry Stephenson, Francis Lister, and Spring Byington, with 1 hundreds' /'-.oi supporting players appearing in the production’s many spectacular sequences.