“HIS BROTHER’S WIFE”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 11

“HIS BROTHER’S WIFE”

It was peculiarly fortunate that mined to produce the picture called “His Brother’s Wife,” W. S. Van Dyke was available to direct it.

Van Dyke is a veteran not only of the .camera, but of jungle adventure, and “His Brother’s Wife” is a drama of the tropic wilderness. Van Dyke has resorted to his indelible memory of the steaming interior to produce an effect of realism that is truly astound-

ing. Robert Taylor appears as a scientific explorer who falls in; love

with a beautiful red-headed girl on his last fling in civilisation. His brother urges the boy to forget the girl and carry on with his expedition. •He agrees and in her rebellion the girl marries the brother. Returning" from the jungle the feverhaunted explorer finds himslf in love with his bother’s wife.

Barbara Stanv/yck gives a delightful performance. Jean Hersholt, as the veteran adventurer, is essentially himself, and another outstanding portrayal of villain is offered by the suave Joseph Calleia.

them among the leading stars of the cinema. These are Errol Flynn, the young English actor-adventurer who plays the part of Captain Blood and Olivia de Havilland, who - scored a triumph as Hermia in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Flynn, has never been a private. He has been a soldier of fortune, a master of trading vessels in the South Seas ,a hunter of head-hunters, a master of his own craft, and one of the few real adventures of this age. Above all, he is an excellent actor.