Rebecca Sets a Problem at the Barrymore
"Rebecca" Sets a Problem at the Barrymore GUILTY "REBECCA." From her book by Daphne Du Maurier. Direted fry Clarntct DtrwttU. At the Ethel Harrymore Thmtrt. By JOSBPH T. SHIPLEY Already a bit in...
...4T TH1 MUtCf •"The Woman in th* Window," mystery drama co-starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett produced by International Pictures for It ? ? Radio release, is now In its Broadway premiere at the ? KO Palace Theatre...
...Then comes a aharp break...
...Max confesses to his new wife that he had hated tbe first Mr*, do Winter, who waa a aadistic sex-loo** and lustful woman—and that be himself had killed her...
...If all these real persons so heartily approved of the living Rebecca, something seems needed to corroborate the story of the nervous snd excitable murderer, Max de Winter...
...Danvera, the embodiment of vindictive eviL The rest stir through tense situations ia a way that make* them aeeas real...
...Rebecca's story should be heard I . Perhaps this distrust of the onesided story cobld have been overcome by many-sided acting...
...On the screen, MGM's "Th* Thin Man Goes Home" is the newest of the popular funny romantic-mystery stories, bringing William Powell and Myrna Ley together again...
...There is only bis own account to justify hia deed, hardly sportsmanlike of hies...
...Though Max ia breaking down, this new* shocks hit bmw wife into strength...
...ha suggests agitation rather than boiling in the depths...
...Though everyone else it devoted to Rebecca's memory...
...Rebecca" now brings it* tana* problem to the stage...
...ramwell Fletcher, a* Max, is ttO external...
...THIN MAN GOES HOME" OPENS AT THE CAPITOL Franki* Carl* and his orchestra headline the stage show at the Capitol Theatre this week...
...Florence Reed, ss we have remarked, makes the housekeeper a monotone of vengeance...
...This, however, strengthens the beak objection to the play...
...his voice (as when he shouts upon hit new wife, unwittingly SSfnmiag Rebecca's mas qiierade) cannot command the emotion* intensity or range...
...to make thia clear, I presented much of the story...
...And Diana Barrytnore ia a promising young tctress in a rol* that cell, fat rich, rip* captur...
...ia »lto on* of the head linars...
...Johnny Morgan, radio funmaker...
...In the easts in person show st the Capitol Theatre with Carle the program includes the personal appearance of Marilyn Maxwell, luscious MGM's singing beauty recently starred with Abbott and Costello ia "Lost in a Haram" and ia many MGM Alms...
...I mean, it'a hardly fair for us (as th* author would have ss) to root for the now Mrs...
...do Winter and Max, to hope that they'll get away with their concealment of the crime, and live happily a long while after...
...The story, of course, must justify itself anew, in each medium...
...The characters in tbe play are rounded, natural human beings—all save old Mrs...
...f a sorely tried but gallant ? pi rit Rebecca, who's been dead for ? year, still triumphs over them tu...
...By JOSBPH T. SHIPLEY Already a bit in book form and on the screen...
...As we watch it in the theatre, the play presents the effort of Maxim de Winter, wealthy English landowner, to break the spell of his late wife Rebecca...
...in her lave for Max ah* sustains him too, and together they stand against the immediate stress, on the road to happier days...
...hardly fair for us...
...The play disturbs the mor si balance...
...but the fresh young creature from a simpler (and poorer) world teems more likely to be crushed by the memory of the wonderful Rebecca...
...He merries within a year of ber death...
Vol. 28 • January 1945 • No. 4
