AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1938, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT ONLY. “MADAME X.” The screen demonstrates .forcibly again that it cap. add new charm to the old beauty of the theatre. Th<> timehonoured stage hit, “Madame X”, by , Alexandre Bisson, has been adopted by I Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Gladys i George in the title role and proves heart-stabbing entertainment. The remembered story of the woman who was drawn by circumstances into a life of degradation and was at the last defended by her son, who did not know her, has been one of the most dramatic stage vehicles in many years. It gains a greater qualify of suspense in the daptntion. The producers have also brought the narrative‘“closer into tho present without detracting in any way from the original. Gladys George played the role on the stage and now on the screen. John Beal is the son and Warren William plays the part of Fleuriot, the husband. The supporting cast is notably good, including Reginald Owen, Wiliam Henry, Henry . Daniel, Phillip Reed, Lynne Carver and Emma Dunn. “Madame X” remains on the screen be. magnificent drama it was on the stage, an older qyneratio-i remembers it with keen enthusiasm. Now it comes enhanced with the new power of toe films. Also News, Pete Smith Specialty, M.G.M Miniature, Our Gang Follies 1938.