Elizabeth Bergner Film Held Up
It's a whim of the whimsical Miss Elisabeth Bergner (and husband, Dr. Paul Czinner), that is keeping some 60,000 feet of'film in which £25,000 of British Government money has been invested, locked up in a vault in Liverpool, England. The 60,000 feet of celluloid is the footage of an uncompleted picture. Unless Miss Bergner returns to England and finishes the job the money is sunk. The lady is in Hollywood, in a very nice mansion in Westwood, at the moment, and looks likely to remain there. A long time ago now the Ministry of Information put up the money for a picture called "49th Parallel," the story on what would happen to Canada under attempted Nazi invasion. Miss Bergner and her husband secured exit visas to go to Canada to make all the exteriors. They made them. Eight members of the company that came from England with them returned home. Miss Bergner did not. She went to Hollywood instead. At present Bergner refuses to answer all queries on the new sub- | ject, and gives no sign of going to | England. Bergner herself was driven '
From Germany sought sanctuary in England, became a stage and screen success there, and made a fortune, from the British public.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13233, 8 January 1941, Page 7
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