THAT LADY IN ERMINE
(20th Century-Fox) ‘[PHE Lady in Ermine whose exploits are celebrated in this harmless little technicoloured farrago was a 16th Century Countess of Bergamo-a small freehold property adjoining Ruritania and standing (we are told) on the road to Rome. The Lady in Ermine is played by Miss Betty Grable, who also manages (by varying her hair-do) to play the Lady’s great-great-great-grand-daughter Angelina-which is a splendid arrenge>ment fiom the foint of view of the cash-customers ( t of them Greble fans) since it means that they can both eat their cheesecake and have it, or least have two helpings at once. With such a chatelaine it is but natural that Cast!e Bergamo should be an impediment to the normal flow af traffic on the road to.Rome. Indeed, when an invading army of gHungarians (of at least,Jcompany strength) crosses the border @nder the command of that soft-centred chocolate soldier Doug. Fairbanks Jr., they get no. further than their primary objective. They lay siege to the castle and it falls like a ripe plum, then Mr. Fairbanks lays siege to Angelina, who refuses to fall. In her stead, great great-gieat-g andmother steps Cown from her place in the family portrai.-gallery and leads. the dashing hu sar a fine Bergamesqte dance (students of ccmparative philology please note) through the covridors and on to the dinirg-room teble. Won over by this nocturnal encounter, the. Hungarian ccmmander withdraws his shocked troops to winter quarters over the border. As it turns out, this novel form of offence in depth proves successful. Angelira surrénders to the gallant hussar, wedding-bells ring out, and a white Christmas is had by all. Ttat Lady in Ermine was the last film in which Ernst Lubi sch had a hand and though the script is for the most part painfully. pedestrian the picture has at times a quality of whimsical comedy which is not unattractive. It is, however, intended meinly for those to whom the sight of Betty Grableso round, so firm, so fully packed-is entertainment enough.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 501, 28 January 1949, Page 24
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336THAT LADY IN ERMINE New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 501, 28 January 1949, Page 24
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