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Cynara
From Samuel Goldwyn Productions · Howard Productions
Back to the arms of his wife after a hectic weekend with his mistress!
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A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.
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Directed by King Vidor
Ronald ColmanJames Warlock
Kay FrancisClemency Warlock
Phyllis BarryDoris Emily Lea
Henry StephensonJohn Tring
Viva TattersallMilly Miles
Florine McKinneyGarla
Clarissa SelwynneOnslow
Paul PorcasiJoseph the Maitre D'George KirbyMr. Boots
Donald StuartHenryWilson BengeJim's Valet Merton
Halliwell HobbesCoroner at Inquest (uncredited)Images · 2
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CinemaSerfJun 13, 2022
I think what makes this rather unremarkable early talkie stand out is the role of the usually benevolent Henry Stephenson as "John Tring". This time his mellifluous, fireside tones have a distinctly disreputable quality and his character is positively sleazy! Ronald Colman ("Jim Warlock") is an happily married barrister who has a fling with Phyllis Barry ("Doris"). She pursues him and soon he has fallen in love, just as his wife (Kay Francis) returns from Italy where she had… Read more
been trying to save her sister from a bad relationship. Told by way of a retrospective, King Vidor elicits a good effort from Colman, and the narrative that deals with adultery, tragedy and ambition is delivered in a gentle, but effective fashion - for 1932, anyway. Kay Francis features sparingly, but still manages to own the screen when she appears, and though his behaviour is despicable - it is quite difficult to loathe "Warlock" entirely. Sadly, however, it plods - the pace is rambling and the focus too blurred; the subject matter could have delivered more punch. As it is, it's watchable, but perhaps all just a bit too nice.