The Widow from Monte Carlo (Warner Bros.) (1935)

PUELIPCrE® y. Review ‘Widow From Monte Carlo’ Riotous Comedy Romance New and Riotous Warner Comedy Coming to Strand In Society Jam “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” Warner Bros. rollicking comedy drama, based on the gay romance by Ian Hay and A. E. W. Mason, is scheduled as the feature attraciont gale elie? ee ie ns Theatre on Warren William and Dolores Del Rio In Series of Delightful Adventures A gay romance and sparkling comedy is the Warner Bros. picture, “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” which was shown at the ce BSS oF eer Theatre yesterday for the first time locally. This rollicking comedy drama, besides its laughter and love affairs, carries plenty of exciting action, though even this is more or less shot with humor. The characters involve a playboy major, a widowed Duchess, somewhat flirtatiously inclined, her very proper English relatives and her even more proper fiance; a very rich and persistent widow who is trying to crash society and an American crook who is a fugitive from justice. The story centers about the unusual adventures of a debonaire major and a South American beauty who is the widow of an English Duke. Through the importunities of her former husband’s relatives she becomes engaged to a stuffed shirt diplomat who is about as romantic as an iceberg. Terribly bored, the young lady slips out one night to the Casino at Monte Carlo. There she meets the irrepressible major who takes her in his arms, without even knowing her, and kisses her. The major finds out who she is and demands a meeting with such persistence that she finally yields. There follows a series of exciting and amusing episodes that ends in the smashing of her engagement to the diplomat and her betrothal to the major whom she really loves. Warren William has the role of Major Chepstow, who literally and figuratively sweeps the Duchess off her feet and into his arms. The part of the Duchess, known as the widow from Monte Carlo, is played by the exotic Dolores Del Rio, a warm hearted although somewhat impetuous and unconventional character. Louise Fazenda has the part of the wife of a marmalade king, who is trying to crash society. Her attempts to meet the Duchess are responsible for much of the laughter. The role of her husband is taken by Herbert Mundin. Exotie These are all mixed up in a series of thrilling, although -amusing adventures, which lead to a rather amazing climax. Warren William never played with more deliberate and delightful abandon than in his role of the major who sweeps the Duchess off her feet and into his arms after an informal flirtation at the Casino at Monte Carlo to which Her Grace had gone incognito for a night of adventure. Dolores Del Rio, as the Duchess, is as beautiful and charming as ever and gives the part a piquant flavor which makes it entirely: delightful. As the woman seeking to crash society, especially that of the Duchess, Louise Fazenda does an excellent job. She plays the part with all the comedy side lines for which she is famous. Colin Clive gives a good performance as the quite proper and ~ over interes English diplomat, to the Duchess. 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Arthur Greville Collins directed the picture from the screen plays by F. Hugh Herbert. The dialogue is by Charles Belden. Oo-La-La It takes Warren William to bring out the Latin in Dolores Del Rio when they go goofy in the moon light in “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” the Warner Bros. comedy of love and roulette at the... Mat No. 104—10c Theatre. Page Eight Monte Carlo’ at the Strand Today “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” heralded as one of Warner Bros.’ most hilarious comedy romances of the year, comes to the................ Theatre today. The picture is based on the rollicking play by Ian Hay and A. E. W. Mason and concerns the highly spiced adventure and love affair of a Duchess, a warm blooded South American beauty who has married into an English family of the nobility, and whose search for diversion after the death of her husband quite shocks her highly proper British ‘“inlaws.” A gay and debonaire major who runs across the Duchess in a gambling palace at Monte Carlo is largely responsible for the series of exciting and romantic adventures the two pursue _ together. At Margate, the English Coney Island, they get mixed up with an American crook and are nearly nabbed by the police. Another scandal is narrowly averted when the somewhat vulgar wife of a wealthy marmalade manufacturer steals a letter the Duchess had indiscreetly written the major. But the American crook gets the letter back and the Duchess breaks off her engagement with a stuffed shirt diplomat and flies to the arms of the gallant major. Warren William and _ Dolores Del Rio have the romantic roles with Colin Clive playing the part of the discarded diplomat and Louise Fazenda that of the newly rich woman. Others in the cast include Herbert Mundin, Olin Howland, Warren Hymer, Ely Melyon, E. E. Clive, Mary Forbes, Viva Tattersall and Herbert Evans. Arthur Greville Collins directed the picture from the screen play by F. Hugh Herbert. Invents Portable Dressing Room The sound-stage dressing rooms, even of the stars, are flimsy, canvas-walled affairs. They are rather sketchily equipped and _ semi-disclosing, both as to sight and sound. They offer the proverbial privacy of a goldfish bowl. They cannot, certainly, be much more private or less flimsy because it is necessary constantly to move them from place to place. But Warren William, Warner Bros. star, has solved his own personal problem of temporary dressing-room privacy by creating a motorized dressing room on wheels. This new Warrenesque conception, built up on the chassis of a midget motor car of popular make, can be driven right onto a sound stage. There it can be parked, lights hooked up with it, and ready for instant use. It was given its studio premiere when William began his latest Warner Bros. picture. “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” now showing at the............ Theatre. This latest inventive creation of William is quite complete. It contains a complete dressing table, lavatory, couch, — built-in chairs for interviewers or other visitors, and a complete wardrobe closet for his clothes. William also drives it to location trips, on non-picture jaunts to the mountains, and to and from his boat which is docked at Wilmington. “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” is a gay and hilarious romance based on the play by Ian Hay and A. E. W. Mason. Besides William, the cast includes Dolores Del Rio, Louise Fazenda, Colin Clive, Herbert Mundin, Olin Howland and Warren Hymer. Arthur Greville Collins directed the picture from the screen play by F. Hugh Herbert. Dialogue is by Charles Belden. how to shoot crap, purloins an indiscreet letter the Duchess had written the major, which had fallen into the hands of the social climber, who was using it as a means of blackmail. Incidentally the crook steals several diamond necklaces at the same time, which is eventually his undoing. Others in the cast include Herbert Mundin, Ely Melyon, E. E. Clive, Mary Forbes, Viva Tattersall and Herbert Evans. Arthur Greville Collins, who handled the megaphone, has done an excellent job of directing. F. Hugh Herbert’s screen play, based on the comedy drama of Ian Hay and A. E. W. Mason, is exceptionally well handled as is also the dialogue by Charles Belden. Louise Fazenda Goes On Spree Of Furniture Buying Louise Fazenda, who has a featured role in the new Warner Bros. picture, “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” which comes to the................ ‘TheattesOun.2. secs , is one motion picture actress who never misses a furniture sale. Buying furniture has been a hobby with her for a number of years. At one time she had so much furniture that she had no place to put it. That didn’t deter her from buying more. Now that she and her husband, Hal Wallis, motion picture executive, have a new home in San Fernando Valley, Calif.; all of these choice pieces of furniture have been moved there. “The Widow from Monte Carlo” is a gay and hilarious romance based on the play by Ian Hay and A. E. W. Mason. Besides Miss Fazenda the cast includes Warren William, Dolores Del Rio, Colin Clive, Herbert Mundin, Olin Howland and Warren Hymer. Arthur Greville Collins directed. Dolores Del Rio, more beautiful than ..ever, will display some breath-taking gowns when she COMES UVOMUNG NE tine... eee Theatre OU tinct: eee in her latest Warner Bros. comedy “The Widow from Monte Carlo.” Mat. No. 105—10c Dolores Del Rio Wears ‘Amusing’ Frock in Picture Although Orry-Kelly, Hollywood stylist, dislikes the word “amusing” when applied to feminine apparel, a frock he designed for Dolores Del Rio in “The Widow from Monte Carlo,’ the Warner Bros. picture now showBNNs bE Ores ec uae te eres Theatre, exactly fits that description, because, as the star herself insists, it was such fun to wear it. High style, and definitely a novelty number for bridge or dressy afternoon wear, the frock combines black costume _ velvet with black taffeta. The top has short sleeves, a touch of white at the collar, and buttons down the front. The skirt, very short, very wide, very full, has enormous discs of black velvet appliqued at intervals. And the crowning touch comes in a brass, oval-shaped buckle, six inches by three-and-three-quarters inches, no less, fastening the wide belt. This is but one of many unusual gowns to be worn by the Latin star in “The Widow from Monte Carlo,” a rollicking romance based on the play by Ian Hay and A. E. W. Mason. Besides Miss Del Rio the cast includes Warren William, Louise Fazenda, Colin Clive, Herbert Mundin, Olin Howland and Warren Hymer.