Word: lancers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While there is nothing terribly distinctive about these films, they make a pleasantly relaxing evening. It is better not to think of Miss Colbert and Mr. Arliss in relation to "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" which they succeed, of course, but the University has its second good double-bill of the week...
...better bill than now graces the University screen would be difficult to demand of any two feature movie programs. "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" has been justly praised for its spectacular melodrama, picturesquely framed against the forbidding north Indian mountain passes. Very roughly adapted from the successful book of similar title, it proves an exciting bit of pageantry capably acted by a cast which includes Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Dick Cromwell, and Kathleen Burke...
...your review of The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (TIME, Jan. 21) you report that most of the picture was filmed on location within 50 miles of Hollywood...
When The Lives of a Bengal Lancer last week had its Manhattan premiere, critics unanimously acclaimed it with all the adjectives at their command. Admirers of Author Yeats-Brown will find it as faithful to the spirit of his book as it is faithless to the text. Good shot: Lieut. Forsythe discovering that the squeakings of a reed flute, which he plays to annoy Captain McGregor, have attracted the unfavorable attention of a cobra...
...Lives of a Bengal Lancer" is a top-notch adventure story, supplemented by capable acting. Drawing freely from Rudyard Kipling and other authors who have portrayed men under stress of physical danger, Adolph Zukor has transformed William Yeats-Brown's book into an hour of absorbing entertainment...