CHILD STAR'S FILM
PLAZA'S "LITTLE FRIEND."
Nova Pilbeam, the 13-yeav-old English actress, makes her screen debut in the eagerly awaited film "Little Friend, which will open a season at the Plaza Theatre to-morrow. Local audiences have 'seen manv child actresses, but they have been for the most part p.ero.:iuus infants who have been taught .to imitate the actions of their elders. Nova, however, reveals surprising ability in a /<•>.<• whi.-.i demands an intelligent nil erslalidlllg. "Moreover, the film'is not nieiviv a succession of scenes showing the voiitbiui player in various utti Hides, but is a human drama of the higucst order. Ihe story tells of the feelings ot an only chn 1 when her parents qiiarrr-1 and °" all / become divorced. 1 lie role is a difiieult one even for an experienced player, but this remarkable child gives a performance lof real merit.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 277, 22 November 1934, Page 11
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