AMUSEMENTS
THE PLAZA. ROW K KEEL DRAMA. •Itilm Barrymore has been seen in many strong roles, but none more powerful than (lie part he plays in “A Bill of Divorcement,” the picture now showing at the Plaza. It serves as a vehicle for the fullest, revelation of his histrionic art, and the characterisation is one which will live long in the memory. The theme in itself is most potent, and the picture calls forth a depth of thought upon a problem which is exercising the conscience of society today.
After fifteen years in a lunatic asylum, the dark veil is lifted from Hilary Brandsombo and, to satisfy his great yearning, lie returns to. his family. His wife, having come to regard him as dead, had secured a dissolution of her marriage and was about to wed one whom she really loves. His daughter, believing that the insanity of her parent; attributable to shell shock, accepts an engagement, and then finds the taint is hereditary. Three souls are cast into an eddying cataclysm. How they find their individual solutions forms a study of gripping dramatic intensity. The supports include two topical newsreels, a comedy and a clever cartoon, introducing two new characters in this acceptable type of entertainment.
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Northern Advocate, 21 July 1933, Page 3
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207AMUSEMENTS Northern Advocate, 21 July 1933, Page 3
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