"CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP"

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 111, 13 May 1941, Page 11

"CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP"

AT CIVIC THEATRE FRIDAY

Thrilling romance arid poignant dramsj sweep through the intensely emotional picture which is unfolded in Richard A.-, Rowland's '"Cheers for Miss Biehop, ' which will begin, screening at the Civic Theatre on Friday. The film is a tribute to the brilliant directing talents of Tay Garnett and the splendid acting of a topnotch cast headed by Martha Scott and William Cargan. The supporting cast in thi6 gripping romance includes such eterling character actors as Edmund (jtwenn, Sidney Blackmer, Sterling Hollow-ay, Dorothy Peterson and Donald Douglas. In addition "Cheers for Mi-s Bishop" introduces Mary Anderson, a brunette who made her screen debut in a lesser role in "Gone With the Wind." The illm has for its background the rich colourful days of the gay '90's when women a.-: well as men shared in the lusty life of a mid-western university town. The beautiful and exciting heroine of this town is Martha Scott, who finds herself sought and loved by three men. William j Gargan, Sidney Blaekmer and Donald I Douglas. This three-cornered romance overshadows, of course, the absorbing background story which deals with the I start and growth of a university. Mi.-> Scott's portrayal of a schoolmistress ageing with the years and her experiences is the kind of performance that people talk of for years.