Word: miscasts
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...miscast half-caste, Dolores del Rio, shaking her sex-appeal in all directions, presses vigorously through the plot and against Walter Pidgeon the leading man. To her able acting in What Price Glory, such a specialized performance is a disappointing sequel. Nonetheless, it is sufficient to give an otherwise almost worthless picture some value beyond the pornographic...
...whom he plans severance, his mistress and his fiancee. The quadrangle is finally solved in the wife's bedroom with plans for the divorce melting in the pink mists of rediscovery. Claudette Colbert, adding to her role such an atmosphere of skillful sex appeal that she seems almost miscast as a lady, acts the wife as best she can; James Rennie, terse, the husband...
...Cockney accent left us in doubt as to her true nationality, and her usual grace and charm could not effectively be forced into the awkward mold required of the true Miss Woofers. As Lady Leicester, Miss Standing would have been superb, but as Miss Woofers she was decidedly miscast...
Bunker. Bean. Harry Leon Wilson's extraordinary story of a timid young man who imagined he was an Egyptian potentate and made good on the confidence he gained from ruling in his dream, has been pretty badly mangled on the screen. Matt Moore, able comedian, is miscast, being for one thing several years too old. The twists of character and the strange development of fantasy are lost. The film descends to the vague and chaotic level of slapstick comedy...
...Marr is one of those inexplicable personages of the cinema who do not seem to belong. She is not beautiful and certainly not a good actress. Why they placed her in this film translation of Mr. Galsworthy's story remains a mystery. Most of the other characters are miscast-if you like them to stick to the originals. For those who have not read Mr. Galsworthy, and really are not just sure who he is, the picture may serve. Are Parents People? The week's cheers must be devoted to this discussion of divorce and its denouement. Treated...