A New Star Rising!

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6620, 5 August 1931, Page 5

A New Star Rising!

A new star makes her Palmerston North debut at the Kosy on Saturday. She is Elissa Landi, blonde, sophisticated, sympathetic, and finished to a degree. She is the star of “Body and Soul,” a Fox Movietone story of the loves, the lives, the friendships, and the enmities of members of tho airforce. Miss Landi is an Englishwoman whose dramatic acting, remarkable personality and rich, clear voice have caused her to be- acclaimed one of the greatest of pre-sent-day actresses. At times she is strangely like the famous Greta Garbo. In “Body and Soul” she plays tho part of a woman who gives her heart to the pal of her dead lover —her lover who dies a hero’s death. Lovo does not have a smooth course, and she has many sad moments before reaching her seventh heaven. Never once does Miss Landi over-act. She lives the part or the heroine, and holds tho audience completely spellbound from start to finish. The leading man is that handsome young actor Charles Farrell, whose work completely surpasses anything previously done by him. In this film he surprises everyone by displaying the most brilliant dramatic powers. In the cast is Myrna Loy, who, unfortunately, does not have anywhere near enough fo do. What she does do is excellent. Incidentally, every member of the cast is a star. It may truthfully be said that “Body and Soul” will be one of the most brilliantly and naturally acted pictures ever screened in this city.