Cinema: The New Pictures: May 22, 1933

The Warrior's Husband (Fox-Lasky) is a farce about the Amazons, somewhat in the manner popularized by John Erskine. It shows them happily inhabiting a country where the men—mostly effeminate or superannuated—have the social position usually ascribed to ladies in the age of Victoria. Handsome young Antiope (Elissa Landi), assistant general of the Amazon army, is incredulous when told that Greek troops, all males, are threatening the Amazon capital. Her sister, Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) is amazed when one of her counselors suggests that she try the unheard of experiment of marriage....

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