WAIPAWA THEATRE
"Escape Me Never" Screens To-night Rarely, if ever, lias the moving picture screen heen the vehicle for such brilliant dramatic ax*t as that of Elizabcth Bergner in "Escape Me Never," scveening to-night. This romaclcable production is a revelation of what actiug oan be. It is no exaggeration to eay that Miss Bergner holds the audience in thrall. There is a subtle atmosphere in the theatre, Tliroughout the soreening there is a subtle atmosphere in the theatre, Throughout the screening there is a deep eilence, unbroken even by the usual semi-surreptitious rustling of paper bags. There is something mysterious about her acting^ She makes a point. It is never laboured, but everybody feels what she wishes them to feel. Her features are extremely mobile. Commentmg ou the production of "Escape Me Never," the Melbourne "Argus" says : — "Bergner can convey every shade of ineaning and every emotiou with the utmost economy. To her tecbuical gifts, which are flawless, she adds a s jbtle and Ueou iutelligenco aud a radianfc personalii fel.."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 157, 21 July 1937, Page 12
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171WAIPAWA THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 157, 21 July 1937, Page 12
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