“LADY HAMILTON”
Alexander Korda's screen romance '•Ladv-Hamilton," with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in the stellar roles, will commence a season at the Octagon Theatre to-morrow. Briefly, the story of " Lady Hamilton " concerns the spectacular career of beautiful Lady Emma Hamilton, wife of Sir William Hamilton, who jame into this world as the daughter of a blacksmith. Her rise to prominence in Neapolitan societv began with a profitable deal between the bankrupt Charier, Greville and his uncle. Sir William. For ceding his sweetheart, then Emma Hart, to his uncle, Greville received funds to pay off his debts. Although the lady at first resented the' exchange, her instinct for power and luxury told her that it was probably the chance of a lifetime. Her ror.ance with Lord Nelson the romance that changed history, makes the film delightfully stirring. The picture gives a vivid account of Nelson's life.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24715, 18 September 1941, Page 3
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