Tallulah Bankhead Is Starred In "Faithless"

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7070, 1 February 1933, Page 5

Tallulah Bankhead Is Starred In "Faithless"

Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery make their first appearance together as co-stars in “Faithless,” a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film at the Palace today.

It is an ultra-modern story, dealing frankly with an important problem of the hour, and thus is a most appropriate vehicle for the sophisticated personalities of its stars.

Needless to say, both Miss Bankhead and Montgomery are always at home in their roles, whether it is in the luxurious atmosphere of a society drawing room or in the later scenes where both find themselves victims of a poverty for which their life has not fitted them. Miss Bankhead, as Carol Morgan, is a young girl on w r hom wealth has been rained. But she has never been taught tho adage about a “rainy day.” When it comes, through the financial upheaval which has left many of the nation’s wealthiest destitute and without Hope in the past few years, the girl goes down in the deluge, carrying her lover, Robert Montgomery, with her. Together after many heart-breaks and discouragements, they try to fight upward. There aro many moments of inrensc drama, and the production has been invested with lavishnoss and brilliance. Harry Beaumont has done much to enhance tho telling by his able and resourceful direction.

In minor parts there is some excellent acting by Hugh Herbert, Maurice Murphy, Louise Glosser Hale, Anna Appel, Lawrence Grant and Henry Kolker.

Smooth dialogue, tasteful settings and photography combine with the cast and discerning direction to make this an absorbingly entertaining drama. Also on the programme ..will be “Sharks and Swordfish,” a marvellous tale told by Pete Smith and depicting the monsters of the deep.