Ann Todd Led The Vogue For Murder Trial
LES. M.
MURPHY) s .
(SPECIAL— FROM
. . WELLINGTON, July 31. - English director David Lean, of "Great Expeetations" fame, wants'to present Ann Todd in "The Trial of Madeleine Smith.'' Ann,hit the headlines in the stage play a few years TB.e®^ktorganisation has had an option on the play ever and la^eek took down'the script from the shelf.
Case* Or l^adeleine Smith" is dvl9th century crjme classic, still unsolvbd.' The Scdttisii jury which heard this beautiful young girl tried for the murder of her lover turned in that enigmatic verdict, "not proven." Murder trials are the newest fashions : in. film 'material. Two other murddr trial-'stories racing to be first- on the screen- are "A Pin To See the Peepshow," from the Tennyson Jesse novel, and "People Like Us." The Bywaters — Thompson case (in which a woman and her lover murdered the woman's husband).- inspired both stories.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1948, Page 6
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