"POISON PEN" RELEASE
The queer mind that finds an outlet for its repressions in writing scurrilous, unsigned letters has provided much material for'newspaper headlines. The habit has reached the screen in "Poison Pen," shortly to be released in New Zealand by British Empire Films. In this film the havoc which can be wrought by such letters in a tranquil English village is portrayed. The power of the poison is almost uncanny. There are characters in this story strong enough to'dismiss the letters when they receive them, but they cannot resist doubt and suspicion when a coincidence lends support to the accusations. Then again, the writer sometimes builds the letters on facts capable of an innocent explanation, knowing that it is so easy for frail humans to believe the worst. Kiora Robson has the leading part in the story.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23537, 23 December 1939, Page 10 (Supplement)
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138"POISON PEN" RELEASE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23537, 23 December 1939, Page 10 (Supplement)
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