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Modern: "Clive of India," 9.05, 12.40, 4.10, 7.50. "Sweet Music...
...advent of spring were not sufficient in itself to divert attention to light amusements, the University Theatre reveals amazing persistence in presenting double bills of considerable attraction. "Clive of India" is a good film in its spectacular way, though it can hardly be said to be accurate history. The romantic story of the young clerk's rise from a desk to the domination of all India with its untold millions, has been dressed up in splendid clothes and given the proper Kiplingesque tone of magnificent imperialism. For cinematic purposes Miss Loretta Young has been given the vastly expanded role...
Loew's Orpheum: "Clive of India...
...stark narrative concerns a crippled aviator (Colin Clive), his beautiful wife and what naturally happens when the cripple's eminently healthy brother (George Brent) tries to be helpful to them both. Under its surface of gallant behavior and carefully constructed situations, Maugham's play was charged with a cool, premeditated horror which caused most audiences to dislike it. The film develops the superficialities of the story more extensively and resolves its crisis with .suicide instead of murder but it remains an embittered and exciting study of primitive perplexities in polite society. As the invalid's nurse...
Loretta Young, as Lady Clive, does all she can with a small part and some pretty awful lines. Ronald Coleman is quite good as Clive. That he creates a character cannot be doubted. There are one or two bad bits of greasy acting in the middle of the film, but the rest of the show makes up for it. The scene in the House of Commons is particularly fine. The Indian settings are all good and the scene of the Black Hole of Calcutta is thoroughly grim...