In what is the 37th and in all probability the funniest dramatization of "Amphitryon," the French have substantially improved on Aristophanes' version of Jupiter's futile escapade. By the addition of Mercury (who impersonates General Amphitryon's adjutant) and in cleverly contrasting the characters of master and servant and god and mortal, the story has been given a masterful twist, a twist which incidentally lets Mercury succeed where Jupiter fails. Henri Garat as the bibulous deity and Armand Bernardas, his more conservative messenger, give brilliant performances opposite Jeanne Boitel and Odette Florelle, two charming citizens of Joinville, whose ardor the Hays Commission has never dampened.
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