"MY OF SCOTLAND"

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9059, 15 April 1937, Page 2

"MY OF SCOTLAND"

JIG ATTRACTION FOR ACADEMY] THEATRE A vivid chapter of historic drama depicting the colourful and tempestuous career of Mary Stuart is brought to the screen with lavish pungent realism in “Mary of Scotland,” co-starring Katharine Hepburn and Fredric March. The hectic life of this naive young girl, Mary Stuart, who suddenly finds herself transplanted from the luxuriouswarmth of the French court into 1 turbulent Scotland, its warring fac--tions, its ugly poverty, its religiousstrife, its unscrupulous intrigue, haslent itself admirably to spectacular reproduction on the screen. Miss-

Hepburn finds lier greatest role in.' the deliniation of the glamorous l Scottish Queen’s character. She is: appealingly simple as the girl Queen: romping with her playmates, the four Marys. She is poignantly alluring in the love scenes, with the gallant Bothwell, played by March., She commands your admiration when matching wits with the canny Queen, Elizabeth, played by the vibrant Florence- Eldridge. Fredric March is masterful as the Earl of presenting the most convincing performance of his successful career. Mary Stuart’s conflict with the treacherous Scottish lord's; her marriage to her cousin, Lord Darnley, played by the able ’Douglas Walton, the murder of secretary, David Rizzio (John Carradine); the subsequent murder of Darnley; Mary’s romano.'e with, and marriage to Both 'veil; her flight to England; her loiig fued with Elizabeth and finally her execution, are highlights of this thrill-crammed picture. “Mary of Scotland” has been secured for the Academy Theatre fro Monday, Tueslay and Wednesday of next week.