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...Keith's: "The Count of the Monte Cristo"--a fine adaptation of Dumas story. Robert Donat is excellent as Edmund Dantes. The scenes in and about the Chateau D'If will not slip quickly from the mind...
R.K.O. Keith's: "The Count of Monte Cristo"--a fine adaptation of Dumas story. Robert Donat is excellent as Edmund Dantes. The scenes in and about the Chateau D'If will not slip quickly from the mind...
...Count of Monte Cristo (Reliance). If Alexandre Dumas were alive today, he would doubtless be one of Hollywood's highest paid scenarists. Since he is not, it is surprising that more of his works have not been copied or adapted for the cinema. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of two productions on the current schedule of a two-year-old Hollywood company which plans to make feature pictures retail instead of wholesale. It is a first-rate translation of one of Dumas' most picturesque stories. In it, a handsome, blond British actor named Robert Donat appears...
...pictures made to follow the book even fairly closely, "The Count of Monte Cristo" as a film does a welcome justice to Dumas. In spite of the whispered query of the garrulous lady who came in during the prison scene, sat down behind your reviewer and with a sigh asked if this picture had anything to do with Dane's Inforno, the work of newcomer Robert Donat as Edmund Dante was refreshingly outstanding. Elissa Landi is as beautiful as ever though not very much in evidence...
...educational value of this classic which has been squeezed into an hour or so, is not to be lightly regarded. It brings to rushed people a knowledge of better literature, somewhat abbreviated to be sure, but better than a total ignorance. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is extremely absorbing entertainment and more films of its kind should be the rule rather than the exception. Highly recommended...