No life, no flow of story. It tries to dramatize as many of the book’s episodes as possible; but in the dramatizing there is shown no relish or conviction.

Readers wondered how those cinemen would succeed in putting the whole story into a single picture. As revealed last week, the answer is extremely simple. Warner Brothers do not succeed in anything of the sort because they do not try.

Fredric March as Adverse is an ace choice, playing the role to the hilt.

There is an on-your-toes, give-your-best, you're-in-a-classic-now atmosphere about the acting which is fascinating.