“ONE MORE RIVER.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20452, 2 November 1934, Page 3

“ONE MORE RIVER.”

Tivoli to Show Galsworthy’s Great Drama. “ Chu Chin Chow ” will be presented finally to-night at the Tivoli Theatre. Owing to popular demand, “One More River,” which has been screened with conspicuous success at the Regent Theatre during the past week, will be transferred to the Tivoli for a short season, beginning to-morrow. Unfolded against a background of London and the surrounding English countryside, a storv of remarkable dramatic intensity is told in One More River.” It is an adaptation of “ Over the River.” the last novel written by the late John Galsworthy, the outstanding English novelist and playwright and winner of the X'obel Prize. The film is a faithful and compelling transcription made by James Whale and R. C. Sherriff, who were responsible for “ Journey’s End ” and “ The Invisible Man.” “ One More River ” is a dramatic story of exceptional power and tells of the failure of a marriage between two persons in high society. The wife journeys to Ceylon to escape the brutality of her husband. During the voyage she meets an impecunious young man, who falls in love with her. Although she is also in love with him, she evades his attentions, but is misunderstood by her husband. Diana, Wynvard. brilliant actress of “ Cavalcade ” and “ The Dover Road,” brings d-gnity and serenity to the .part of Lady Corven. and Frank Lawton, famous as “Young Woodley,” is a likeable character in a typical role as her importunate young lover. Colin Clive contrives to appear sufficiently villainous as the brutal husband. Some brilliant comedy is contributed by Mrs Patrick Campbell, the famous English ,-tage actress, in the part of a worldlywise dowager, and Jane Wyatt, a newcomer from the Xew York stage, gives a promising performance as Lady Wvatt’s charming young sister. Other parts are ' well played by Reginald Denny, as a politician with an overplus of self-assurance, Lionel A twill and Alan Mowbray, as opposing barristers, C. Aubrey Smith and Henry -tephenson, as English gentlemen inxious to avoid scandal, and Gilbert Emery, as a somewhat testy judge. Box plans at the D.I.C.