The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-31
Strange Interlude'
 Palace Feature
Shearer and Gable Teamed in Much Discussed
 Picture

HeraIded as the most extraor- dinary motion picture ever to reach the talking screen, Strange Interlude,' Metro Goldwyn- May : CTS filmization of the Eugene O'Neill drama which ran on Broad way for year and d half and won the Pulitzer Prize award for the finest play of the season of 192S- @. will open Sunday at the Poh Palace theater.
 Second Joint Appearance
 The principal roles in the talkie version of OFNeill's brilliant psy- chiatric study are played by Nor ma Shearer and Clark Gable, who are together again for the first time since their successful joint appearance in "A Free Soul" Miss Shearcr cnacts the role played in the stage version by Lynn Fon- tame, while Gable has the part of the young doctor.
 Other leading roles are filled by Alexander Kirkland. prominent New York stage player; Ralph Morgan. repeating the role he played in the original Theater Guild production Of Strange In- terIudc": Robert Young, who re- gently scored in '.Unashamed" :: May Robson. veteran character acsress; Maurecn O'Sullivan. last seen in "Sllyccraper Souls: Henry E. Waithall. Mary Alden and Tad Alexander. Tho picture was di- rectcd by Robert Leonard, who produced Susan Lcnox," one O. sGrcta Garbo's. biggest hits.
 ''ss5trange fnterlude" has been called the most daring venture srvcr attempted in motion pictures, chiefly becau3c of it's ultra -sophis- ficated theme which deals with q neurotic wop1D who undergoes q series of intensely dramatic sen- eslal experiences. and also because sof it's dialo~Eo "asides." in which tho actors express themselves po- Iitclv and then hastily reveal their private o2inions. winch are totally -at. variance ~ith the spoken eX- pi.&ssion. To achieve this effect, Di- sfcctar Leonard first made take ln which only the thoughts" were recorded Each scene. vas then taken again with the player speak Sing their regular lines, the Ss.thoughts' beng played back and sre-recordcd to fit in with the dia- @iogue.
 .'straEsc lnteriude' offers bril- I.ant cxaEiple8 of the art of screen Israakeup for the plot covers q span lof some thirty years, requiring the 1playcrs to appear at three differ ent stages of lifc-youth. middle age and old-asc. According to Ce- ell Holland. head of the Metro EGoidwyn Mayer makeup depart :nent. Miss Shearer's aging was ac- Accomplished mainly by differences 5in hairdress and maturity of spirit. with mannerisns and attire adding to the effectiveness of her physical makeup.
 Gable Difficult to Age Gable, the most difficult to age, re- fleets the inroads of years and worry by grayinG hair, accentua- ton of facial lines. and spectaclcs. Kirkland. who plays Miss Shearer's husband. goes bald as well as gray as he ages in the picture, and a tendency for overweight was ef fccted by adding to his makeup d series of padded vests worn be- heath his regular clothing. Ralph Morgan, who ages most of all. be- comes white of hair, ashen of countenance and generally stopped of figure.
 The role of Nina Leeds, heroine Of Strange Interlude," is believed to Ee the most difficult essayed by Norma Shearcr during her entire screen career. It is that of a love starved woman, eternally seeking a phantom mate, yet succumbing to the lure of unsatisfactory substi- tutes. It is the varied reactions of theso ''substitute lovers" which gives the picture it's compelling emotional situations and which re- suits in q dramatic climax as pro- found as 1t is powerful