A Heartrending Climax
Pi Marion Crawford's immortal
story of the girl who enters a con
vent when she believes her lover
to be dead only to meet him again
after she has taken her holy vows,
is too well known to bear repeti
tion in these columns. Sufficient
to say that the new- talkie version
of the tale brings out its mohst
forceful moments, describes the ex
periences of the romantic Italian
girl and her soldier-lover in a ser
ies of warm, sympathetic, human
episodes and brings the narrative
to a close in as heartrending a
climax as has been seen on the
screen in some time.
Obviously it is the work of Miss
Haves. Gable and an unusually
competent supporting cast, which
has much to do with making the
talking-picture version of “The
White Sister" the stiring. effective,
romantic drama that it is. Miss
Hayes, whose work in “A Farewell
to Arms” and “The Sin of Made
lon Olaudet” has proved beyond
doubt that she is the cinema's
most striking emotional actress,
again brings all her skill to the
role of Angela, heroine of her pres
ent vehicle. When Miss Hayes takes
it upon herself to make an au
dience laugh, it laughs; and wh-n
she wants it to cry. they cry. Ga
ble likewise, proves himself an
admirable choice for the role of
the soldier who finds religious vows
an imprenable bar to his happi
ness. Tlie love scenes between tic
two are beautifully handled.
