“CLEOPATRA.”
Claudette Colbert Has Lead in Spectacular Picture.'
Cecil B. de Mille’s spectacular production, “Cleopatra,” starring Claudette Colbert, is drawing big audiences to the Tivoli Theatre. Lavishly produced, fraught with colour and movement, the picture sweeps onwards through startling effects and gorgeous incidents. But the human element is not dwarfed into insignficance by the magnificent settings and atmospheric backgrounds. The famous love story of Antony and Cleopatra has been deftly woven from history and legend. The beauty of Claudette Colbert, enhanced by regal robes and scenes of Oriental splendour, makes understandable the successive conquests of the Egyptian queen. Henry Wilcoxon, taken from England to Hollywood especially for the role of Marc Antony, makes him a powerful and virile figure. Warren William’s Julius Caesar is proud and scornful. The acting of these three principals iV faultless. It is the director himself who is felt throughout the dazzling array, but whether the picture is De Mille or history does not matter so long as it is good entertainment. And it is always that, from the opening scene to the final one in which the Roman soldiers break into the palace. Interesting supports add to the attractions of the programme.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20567, 19 March 1935, Page 3
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