Husband and wife team Frederic March and Florence Eldridge step into the roles of Cyrano and Roxanne in this enjoyable rendition of the classic play.
Listening to it again Roxanne is a bit of a snobby bitch – she tells Christian to go away and get some flashy language. Get stuffed, Roxanne, you’re the one drooling over a himbo.
This is solid stuff, though – we meet Cyrano, there’s the famous insult scene, Christian comes along, Christian woos via Cyrano, war comes along (Roxanne redeems herself going to the front), Christian dies, convent, Cyrano dies… I’m surprised the film version of this wasn’t a success at the box office it remains a great adventure romance story. March handles the language very well.
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