Deathless Romance Unites Colman and Colbert
DRAMATIC DESERT SPECTACLE IN “UNDER TWO FLAGS”
(State: Screening Saturday.)
Motion picture fans who breath- | . lessljr followed Ronald Colman in ' “Beau Geste” and who adored Claudette Colbert in “It Happened One Night,” have a great new treat In store for them in “Under 'i'wo flags.” It is the picture which brings these two titans of the screen together in roles that sur- : pass even the most magnificent of their past triumphs. Produced under the direct super\ isioii of Darryl IV Zanuck, this drama of surging power, tumultuous love and scaring conflict set in the Sahara, is a stirring, martial story from the famous novel by Ouida. Thousands of extras were used in the production and 20th. Century-Pox spared no pains in bringing this famous spectacle-drama of love and w r ar to the screen. Miss Colbert plays the role of “Cigarette in this adaptation of Ouida's immortal story of the french foreign gion, A lovely flirt, she toys with the. affections of Victor McLagleu, Legion-, naire major, until she meets Coiiman, a member of the rantis. Then she impulsively loses her heart to him. | The drama gains in power and intensity with the appearance of .Rosalind Russell, fragile Lngnsh beauty. Before he is sent out to the desert to help stem an Arab revolt, Colman has declared his love for her. 1 Hemmed in by hostile forces, McLag len vcngefully attempts to destroy Colman, whom he believes stands between himself and Miss Colbert. But Colman saves his force by a magnificent daring ruse, and a magnificent charge of the Legion, led by Miss Colbert, results in the defeat of the Arab forces. | The magnificent supporting east of j forty character stars includes suchj prominent players ns Gregory Ratoff, Nigel Bruce, C. ilenry Gordon and J. Edward Bromberg, frank Lloyd directed this unusual spectaclo with its thousands of extras and its sweeping and magnificent natural backgrounds. I
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 231, 30 September 1936, Page 11
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322Deathless Romance Unites Colman and Colbert Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 231, 30 September 1936, Page 11
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