PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 306, 31 December 1935, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

"ESCAPE ME NEVER.” Named by many of the most famous critics as the finest actress on the fclage or screen to-day. Elisabeth Berguer reveals emotional talent that has never been surpassed on the screen in the role of the carefree gamin whose life strays into tragic paths and forms the story of “Escape Me Never,” the brilliant British production which concludes a season to-night at the Plaza Theatre. Elfishly elusive, she dances through the picture, gurgling with laughter at one moment as a child will gurgle in sheer contentment, the next flashing away in impish mischief; but with it all is the woman, a ring of knowledge in her voice, a depth of feeling in her grief. And (suddenly her mood changes.—she lifts her empty hand, and it seems weighed with all the sorrows of her tragic little life. The film, which was direeed by Dr. Paul Czinner, is a perfect vehicle for the genius of the geatest actess in the world to-day. George Arliss Film. George Arliss, one of the most distinguished character actors of the century, makes a further acreen appearance in “The Guv'nor,’’ the nejv British film which will commence screening at the midnight matinee at the Plaza Theatre to-night. The story concerns the Continental and General Banking Company of Paris, a firm on the verge of bankruptcy, and Barsac, the preeidet, who had evolved a scheme for averting a crash. The Granyille family .had been borrowing heavily from tfye bank and owed Barsac a great deal of money. Barsac demanded in payment of his debts the family’s share in an important mine. The family had the good fortune to meet an old tramp, known far and wide as the Guv’nor. When he revealed that he was a member of the famous banking house of Bothschjld, other members of the family offered him substantial bribes to conceal his identity from the world at large. Earlier in his life, the old tramp had been befriended by a daughter of the Granville family, and decided to utilise some of his new-found wealth to assist the Granvilles. Eventually he became president of the bank, and there was a panic in Paris. Heedless of business principles, the old man bought stocks and shares at random, and the market was thrown into hopelees confusion. Brilliant in conception, it is stated the production is a triumph for the English studios. Thfere will •be an. sttraciv® lelection. of shorter films.