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WANDA HALE in N. Y. DAILY NEWS (four stars ••*•)
Yesterday's premiere audience at the Music Hall broke out in unrestrained applause. Radio Picti has turned out in "Of Human Bondage" a picture that is at once absorbing, intense and convint Such a piece of filmcraft certainly could not have been turned out with any actor of less brilliance Leslie Howard, who invests his role with a sympathy and an understanding that fit almost exactly fine and sensitive demands of the W. Somerset Maugham classic . . . here we find Bette Davis d a job that is so revealing as to make one ask, "Where's that girl been all this while?". . . deserved g
REGINA CREWE in N. Y. AMERICAN
The milling throngs that stormed the Radio City Music Hall yesterday attested to the fact til-lolly wood hero does not necessarily have to be an Adonis or a crooner to succeed. Leslie Hoi has made an indelible impression on the minds of men and the hearts of women . . . the film poignant portrait, sympathetically treated by Director John Cromwell and glossed by the poli performances of an unusually fine cast.
RICHARD WATTS, JR. in N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE
Leslie Howard must certainly be the most satisfying actor on the English-speaking stage. There splendid air of Tightness about everything he does. Thereupon, the mere fact of his appearam the screen edition of that brilliant novel, "Of Human Bondage", provides the picture with dig power and dramatic effectiveness. As a photoplay, "Of Human Bondage" is definitely superi. the average . . . well written . . . good photoplay, made something more than that by Mr. How. perfect performance.
WILLIAM BOEHNEL in N. Y. WORLD-TELEGRAM
A dignified, sensitive, eminently satisfying screen treatment has been accorded "Of Human Bonda W. Somerset Maugham's magnificent story ... the film now on view at the Radio City Music: emerges a distinguished contribution to the cinema . . . adapted by Lester Conn with such fin preciation for the muted sorrow that is hidden in the novel's pages . . . that it has, as precious films can claim to have, a true beauty in its writing. John Cromwell has dope an extra fine jr direction, and the performances are excellent. Leslie Howard comes off with the first honors.
LESLIE
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RKO-RADIO PICTURE
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BETTE DAVIS..
FRANCES DEE.. KAY