FAMOUS NOVEL FILMED

Evening Star, Issue 22262, 13 February 1936, Page 19

FAMOUS NOVEL FILMED

1 JANE EYRE • FOR ST. JAMES ‘ Jane Eyre,’ which will be screened at the St. James to-morrow, is tho simple but moving story of a little English orphan who is sent to a public institution by her callous foster parents. Coming to young womanhood, she leaves the orphanage and takes a position as governess in an English country home. It is here that she first finds happiness, and is about to marry Mr Rochester when his insane wife breaks out of her quarters and appears at the ceremony. Sick at heart. Jane leaves and takes up charity work in a distant town. She is about to marry a clergyman and go to India in missionary work when events transpire that bring her again to her first love. The supporting cast is excellent in its authentic characterisation of the various Bronte counterparts. Virginia Bruce in the title role probably gives the finest performance of her successful career. She is a typical “ Jane Eyre,’ ’and portrays her part, it is said, with all the winsome sweetness of her literary counterpart. Colin Clive, the star of ‘ Journey’s End,’ and' more recent successes, also gives a remarkably faithful picture ot Mr Rochester, the English gentleman who brings the first breath of romance into the life of the orphaned Jane. Among the players are Eileen Pringle, Jameson Thomas, Beryl Mercer, and David Torrance. The producers claim that the film version of Charlotte Bronte’s famous novel preserves all the flavour of the original, while at the same time it imparts the modern tempo that has accounted for the phenomenal success of its recent predecessors in the classic field.