MAJESTIC THEATRE
-o~ -■ KATHARINE HEPBURN SUPERB By giving a performance in “AliciAdams,” now at tlie Majestic, winch will rank with nor finest work on the Screen, Katharine Hepburn reveals the acting ability which made her por tray a 1 in “Morning Glory” the best performance by an actress in any film iihov/n during 1931. Alice Adams, daughter of a middle-class, chemist, has social ambitions and longs for lb culture and opportunities (fiat only wealth car: bey. This picture deals li Alice’s attempts to pose as a deli girl when she meets a wealthy young man ami with her efforts +•> rise above (he navrowne-'s of her env r eminent. .Without, abandoning his urcat gift for adolescent comedy. Booth Tarkinglon was able to regard Alice’s difficulties with sympathy and understanding. The film skilfully recaptures this engaging blend of sentimental realism, building a •wealth of kindly, amusing and truthful details into its study of character and atmosphere. It is at its best in up excellently-managed episode describing the dinner given by the Adams family for Alice’s wealthy .young lover, where everything goes wrong. Tho second feature is “Btud ent’s .Romance,” an attractive musical production featuring the Continental soprano, Greta Natzlcr.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12962, 10 September 1936, Page 7
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