STATE THEATRE.

Wairarapa Age, 21 January 1936, Page 2

STATE THEATRE.

“RETURN OF PETER GRIMM.’’

“The Return of Peter Grimm” is to be shown again at the State Theatre to-day at 2.15 p.nl. and 8 p.m. Reserves at F. J. Adcock’s, ’phone 1275. COMING TO-MORROW. “ESCAPE ME NEVER.” 3?he new programme to be screened at the State Theatre to-morrow at three sessions—ll a.m., 2.15 p.m. and 8 p.m.—is headed by the British film, “Escape Me Never.” The leading part is taken by the mysterious Austro-Heb-rew actress, Elisabeth Bergner, whom both Sir James Barrie and George Bernard Shaw acclaim as the greatest actress in the world to-day. Elisabeth Bergner is mysterious through necessity, since frailty rather than ill-health keeps her from the ordinary jays of life. Never since the advent of Garbo has a star been so hidden from the clamorous press and curious public alike. Her home at Hampstead Heath is inviolate, since even listening to another person completely exhausts her. Her exclusion is no cheap publicity stunt, but an absolute necessity. In “Escape Me Never.” a play written specially for her by Margaret Kennedy, Bergner gives a sensitive and exquisite performance as Gemma Jones, and the add spirit of the story has been carefully preserved. The theme of an untidy, feckless genius, with no manners, callous over the dying baby of his wife, yet loved by her in spite of all, is even more poignant on the screen. The strange story has a wild beauty of its own, and is splendidly set in Venice, Switzerland, and London. Supporting Bergner in “Escape Me Never”* are Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Leon Quartermain, Irene Vanbrugh, Lyn Harding, and Penelope Dudley Ward. Seats may be reserved at F. J. Adcock’s, ’phone 1275.