"LIFE OF DON JUAN"
UNUSUAL SCREEN TREATMENT
"The Private Life of Don Juan," the London Film Production shortly to h© released by United Artists, has ft story which for delightful satire has never been surpassed on the screen. At the peak of his career Don Juan is being impersonated by several young men, who find that his nam6 assists their conquests. One of them is killed in a duel, and the news flies round Seville that the famous lover is dead. Actually Don Juan is tiring of his affairs, so he allows the report of his death to go undenied. Months later he tries to recapture his asicendency, but meets a pathetic fate. He has not altered in the slightest, but nobody will believe it is Don Juan, so eventually, weary of rebuffs, he goes home to his long-neglected wife, and becomes belatedly domesticated. Douglas Fairbanks appears as Don Juan, while the supporting cast includes Merle Oberon, Benita Hume, Joan Gardner and Diana Napier.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22000, 5 January 1935, Page 10 (Supplement)
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164"LIFE OF DON JUAN" New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22000, 5 January 1935, Page 10 (Supplement)
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