CIVICS BRITISH FILM.
"LORD CAMBER'S LADIES. 5 *
Gertrude Lawrence, beloved of English and American audiences alike, makes an instant success in the dramatic role of Shirley Neville in "Lord Camber's Ladies" at the Civic Theatre to-morraw. She has appealed in but two films previously—"The Battle of Paris" and "Aren't We All?" "Violently in love with the worthless Lord Camber, Shirley inveigles him into marrying her, but the marriage is not a success and after a hectic worldtour Shirley collapses and goes into a nursing home, suffering from a broken and overstrained heart. On the eve of her recovery she discovers her husband is carrying on an intrigue with her nurse, which causes a relapse and she dies. "Lord Camber's Ladies" provides Miss Lawrence with a perfect vehicle for her amazing versatility, filmgoers seeing her first as the temperamental, amusing Shirley, of the musical comedy stage, and then as the grief-stricken and dying Lady Camber. Sir Gerald du Maurier, Benita Hume and Nigel Bruce are seen at the heights of the individual acting ability in the other main roles in the film.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 97, 27 April 1933, Page 8
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181CIVICS BRITISH FILM. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 97, 27 April 1933, Page 8
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