“LETS HERSELF CO.”

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19765, 21 December 1935, Page 19 (Supplement)

“LETS HERSELF CO.”

EMOTION IN FILM WORK, LAUGHTON ON ELISABETH BERGNEH. “ Consider Elisabeth Bergner,” said Charles Laughton in defending himself from charges of too much emotionalism in his film work. “ She is, T suppose, our greatest actress, and if you analyse her performances you will find that each is a series of emotional sensations. She plays a part with certain restraint —then, suddenly, she lets ■herself go and gives the audience a taste of love, Ijatred, happiness, or whatever emotion she wishes to express. “ Such highly emotional scenes as the one in “Escape Ate Never,” where her baby died, arc specially designed lo make audiences weep. Critics and others who find such sequences embarrassing—who do riot want to be swayed—should stay away. "Bergner knows I lie importance of contrasts. She goes from happiness to misery, from laughter to (ears. ”