POPULAR PLAYER.
Robert Montgomery Stars in “ But the Flesh is Weak.”
j Sophisticated dialogue, swift action, a host of novel settings and perfect acting combine to make Robert Montgomery’s latest M.G.M. picture, “ But the Flesh is Weak ”, which heads .the Regent Theatre’s new programme, a production. that is right up to the standard one always expects in a film featuring this popular young star. The film is notable for* the crisp dialogue, the many amusing scenes and the excellent portrayal of father and son by C. Aubrey Smith and Robert Montgomery respectively. “ But the Flesh is Weak ” is an adaptation if the famous London and New Y'ork stage success, “ The Truth Game ”, by Ivor Novello. The story unfolds the careers of two fortune-hunters, father and son, seeking wealth by the easiest and yet hardest of means—matrimony. The naive assurance with which the son, Robert Montgomery, adventures on this troublesome sea, and the brazen ingenuousness with which he secures his ends are unusual, doubtless, in real life, but on the screen they are delightful entertainment, enhanced by the perfection of acting. How the pursuit of money becomes sidetracked by love itself, how this love has to be sacrificed to save the honour of a gambling father, and how everything comes right in the end through the father’s success with a wealthy old , lady—all these carry the story along amid excellent settings, delightful comedy and several highly dramatic interludes.
The film is notable for five excellent pieces of characterisation: Montgomery, as the impetuous lover: C. Aubrey Smith, as the scheming and unscrupulous father; Edward Everett Ilorton, whom we have seen as admiral, general, surgeon, and who is more delightful than ever as an eccentric duke; Nora Gregor, a new Viennese star, over whom film “fans” will have plenty of opportunity for discussion, even if they confine themselves to her frocks, and l-leather Thatcher, who portrays excellently a mannish character behind which lies true femininity. Box plans at The Bristol.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 563, 17 September 1932, Page 25 (Supplement)
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