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Movie Info

Genre:

drama, fantasy
Original Language:

English
Director:

John Francis Dillon

Cast & Crew

Otis Skinner

Loretta Young

David Manners

John Francis Dillon
Director

Critic Reviews for Kismet

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (2)

The dialogue is competently handled, so that, while the spectacular episodes are eye-filling, the story always holds one's attention. There are huge settings of the palace and the dungeons, the size of which enhances the value of the action.

September 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Mordaunt Hall
New York Times
A splendid effort.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Sid Silverman
Variety
The opulent and extensive splendour of the production may do something to remove the advantages of concise unity or to make them inappropriate, but even so a little precision is something for which to be thankful.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Times (UK) Staff
Times (UK)
The experiment of adapting such a notable stage success as Kismet to the talking screen has proved an outstanding success in the case of the film of that name.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Age Staff
The Age (Australia)
Mr. Skinner furnishes another example of artistic acting in this film, in the crafty wit of the beggar, his mingled arrogance and obsequiousness, his rapacity, and cunning.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

SMH Staff
Sydney Morning Herald
The only remaining element that might give interest to Kismet is the able performance of 72-year-old Otis Skinner in the role he first acted 19 years ago. The rest of the players are indifferent and the play itself is pretty well outdated.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

TIME Staff
TIME Magazine
Mr. Skinner is altogether superb, as everyone must have expected he would be. But the handicap of an absurdly lavish, moviesque production proves a little too much for him.

September 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Martin Dickstein
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
There is no denial as to its artistic worth; it has been produced most artistically, and Mr. Skinner does as good acting in it as he did on the stage.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

P.S. Harrison
Harrison's Reports
Skinner gives a robust, effectively calculated and at times engrossing performance.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Film Daily Staff
The Film Daily
The settings of the screen version are extraordinary in art and lavishness.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Sunday Mail Staff
Sunday Mail (Australia)
[Otis Skinner] is, as ever, perfect as the charming rogue.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Shadow Stage
Photoplay
The film Is unusual, and brings to the screen a striking and compelling personality.

September 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Mercury Staff
The Mercury (Australia)