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There seems to be nothing that can be said about "Peter Ibbetson" except that no one should have tried to put it on the screen. One of the most beautiful stories has been considerably dulled by the attempt to transpose purely mental processes to a visible stage. The picture, however, is not as thoroughly unbearable as it could have been with unskilled directing and acting. While Gary Cooper reverts to the cowboy in a few scenes, he turns in a quite creditable performance as Peter, and Ann Harding is even better as the Duchess of Towers. It was a pleasant...
...square old backstage office which used to be Gatti-Casazza's sat a cheerful youngish-looking man whom opera audiences had known as a romantic Romeo, a wistful Pelleas, a dreamy Peter Ibbetson. Last week Tenor Edward Johnson was dealing with hard realities, amiably settling disputes, busily drawing up schedules for 14 weeks to come. As a singer Tenor Johnson was never a rafter-rending vocalist but as an artist he was possessed of unfailing taste and intelligence, a man on friendly terms with all his colleagues, one who out of working hours could detach himself from opera...
...Gable as Christian and Dudley Digges as the ship's doctor perform brilliantly in the cast that supports Laughton. A superb story magnificently told. Mutiny on the Bounty will undoubtedly compensate its makers in box-office cash and artistic credit for the trouble which it caused them. Peter Ibbetson (Paramount), as admirers of George Du Maurier will recall. is the story of an unfortunate young Englishman whose life is materially blighted and spiritually enriched by memories of a childhood romance. Separated from his inamorata at the age of 8, Peter Ibbetson meets her again when he is a thriving...
...sudden and amazingly catholic attention to the literary triumphs of the past ranging from Shakespeare to Way Down East, this tender story was doubtless recommended by the fact that the love which it delineates, while unlicensed, is endowed with supernatural purity. It is the merit of Peter Ibbetson that its evanescent romance does not evaporate entirely in the dissolve treatment which all such dream-epics demand from the camera. This is due partly to the firmly sympathetic touch of Director Henry Hathaway, previously noted for such outdoor works as Lives of a Bengal Lancer, and partly to the presence...
...fellow's new cloak is blowing in the breeze. Times Square was never so gay since Jimmy Walker and the depression. Then again there's Mayor La Guardia's quiet campaign. Still the best buy for your nickels is to be had at Radio City, "Peter Ibbetson". There's the Auto Show at Grand Central Palace; there's the Horse Show at the Garden; then again "Three Men on a Horse" will be found romping at the Playhouse. But there's always the dawn. And there's the tunnel and there's the highway and there's the game...