REGENT

Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 16

REGENT

Cast together for the first lime, (Merle Oberon and David Niven are ifeaured in ‘ Beloved Enemy,’ which concludes to-night at the Regent. Using as its background Ireland’s straggle for freedom in the uprising of 1921, i‘ Beloved Enemy ’ builds up tense situations round the guerrilla warfare of ia handful of Irish and the much greater, but ineffective, forces of England. OUTDOOR COLOUR FILM. Another technicolour film of tho outdoors, ‘ God’s Country and the Woman,’ will open at tho Regent tomorrow. It is fully up to the standard set by ‘ The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,’ and its natural colour is seen ,to full advantage is some magnificent scenes of the mountainous country of the American backwoods. The story opens with Steve Russett, played by George Brent, being recalled from Paris by his elder brother (Robert Barrat), who is manager of the Russett Lumber Company. Steve escapes from his brother’s lumber camp in an aeroplane, but is forced down near the rival camp of Jo Barton, who proves ■to be an attractive girl, played by Beverly Roberts. In a desperate feud for transportation rights Steve_ takes the girl’s part, first against his brother’s gang and then against the rebelling Barton lumberjacks. ‘ Events reach a thrilling climax when hundreds of logs jam in the river and Steve is forced to dynamite them in the face of rifle-fire from the rival camp. The picture closes with a happy reconciliation between the two companies. In the leading role George Brent plays a part that requires both the sophistication of a “ playboy ” and the virile strength of a woodsman, and his interpretation is an excellent one.