DIETRICH "DOUBLES."

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 112, 13 May 1937, Page 21

DIETRICH "DOUBLES."

It has often, and wrongly, been said of Elisabeth Bergner that the slight- . est interruption on the set makes it impossible for her to concentrate on a difficult scene. An incident which happened one day during the making of her film, "Dreaming Lips," the Max Schach-Trafalgar production for United Artists, illustrates how she allows her sense of humour to intrude into the most moving and tragic of scenes. Paul Czinner, her husband, was directing a particularly difficult scene in which Romney Brent, in the role of Elisabeth's husband, was lying dangerously ill in bed. The camera was trained on him whilst he was calling for' his wife, then swung to the dooij through which she entered. After the normal rehearsals, Paul Czinner announced a "take," Whistles were blown for silence, there nvas the usual hush of expectancy. As the camera turned to the door, it opened, but instead of admitting Elisabeth Bergner into the room, Marlene. Dietrich appeared, dressed in widow's weeds (she had been having a test on' a neighbouring stage), and having been rehearsed by Miss Berg-: ncr behind the door, went through the scene word perfect.