FAMOUS NOVEL FILMED

Evening Star, Issue 22261, 12 February 1936, Page 6

FAMOUS NOVEL FILMED

JANE EYRE FOR ST. JAMES The recreation of ‘ Eyre ’ in motion pictures, the play opening at the St. James on Friday, js something more tiian a gesture. It is, in effect, an acknowledgment on the part of the purveyors of film entertainment that the public demand for dramas of real substance and human values must not be ignored. Charlotte Bronte’s novel has gripped the hearts of readers for more than three-quarters of a century. It was acclaimed as the work of a genius when published in October, 18-17, and at once achieved a decided success. An innate modesty and sensitiveness prompted Charlotte Bronte to assume the pen name of Currer Bell and to keep her own identity a secret even from the publishers. The tender romance, poignant drama of ‘ Jane Eyre,’ the lonely girl who was soulstarved for human love and finally found happiness after a series of tragicevents, are as absorbing to readers of to-day as of that early Victorian period when such - literary giants as Dickens and Thackeray were at the height of their,, fame. ‘ Jane Eyre ’ comes to the screen at the St. James Theatre on Friday in a vitalising film transcription that is said to retain all the gripping romance, pathos, and heartinterest of the written word. Virginia Bruce 1-s I In- title role and Colin Clive portrays BochesU'..