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Rasputin and the Empress (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). The most exciting sequence in this picture is the one which shows Prince Chegodieff (John Barrymore) murdering Rasputin (Lionel Barry-more). The murder occurs in the cellar of the Chegodieff palace where the Prince, secreted in the pantry, has been feeding Rasputin poisoned cakes and where Rasputin-under the impression that he is at the home of a friend-has been gobbling them with relish, while pawing at a group of pretty female companions. When Rasputin finds out at whose house he has been holding his lecherous revels, he takes Chegodieff downstairs...
...must not be supposed from these two incidents that Rasputin and the Empress consists entirely of gore and gunpowder. It starts as a pedestrian historical romance, documented with occasional newsreel shots. The Tsarina pats her children on the head. Chegodieff makes love to a lady in waiting (Diana Wynyard). Rasputin endears himself to his betters by curing the ailing Tsarevitch with hypnotism. He acquires control of the government by conspiring with the head of the secret police, loses favor by trying to paddile into the bedroom of an adolescent princess...
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