Real-Life Adventures of a Woman Spy

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 181, 3 August 1938, Page 11

Real-Life Adventures of a Woman Spy

‘MADEMOISELLE DOCTEUS EXCITING DRAMA

(State: Screening Wednesday next

A film likely to prove agreeable to all tastes is “Mademoiselle Docteur,” an exciting drama which is based on the real-life adventures of a woman spy. In the title role is Dita Parlo, a glamorous star new to the British screen.

Opposite her are Erich von Stroheim and John Loder. The three stars are given every opportunity, in a colourful, thrilling story which shows how Anne Marie Lesser becomes an espionage agent to avenge the death of her fiance. She is remarkably efficient and her country makes many demands upon her services. Eventually she arrives in Salonika . masquerading as a Swedish Baroness interested in Red Cross work. Here she meets and is immediately attracted to Lieutenant Peter Carr, of the British Intelligence Service. The pair fall in love, and Anne-Marie finds that she can no longer carry on with her spying activities. But Colonel Simonis, her chief, plays a master card in alleging, falsely, that Carr is the man who killed her former fiance. By this device he persuades her to steal important documents from Carr which ' results in tho town being bombed tc J destruction. Just as the air-raid begins, [Carr learns of Anne-Marie’s true idenjtity. The building collapses and Carr is badly wounded, but before losing consciousness he confesses his love and urges her to escape.