Word: bergner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Escape Me Never (British & Dominions). Cinemaddicts who, after Catherine the Great, still have any doubts about the capabilities of Elisabeth Bergner, should find them allayed by this picture. Purposely designed to exhibit her extraordinary versatility, it becomes a sort of steeplechase of the emotions in which, as Gemma, a strangely sophisticated yet completely unworldly waif married to a pompous, self-centred young musical genius, Actress Bergner is called upon to take more spiritual hurdles than occur in any normal lifetime. The hazards of Gemma's career are indicated in the first scene by the fantastic means she uses...
Estheticians are fond of pointing out that one test of an actress' stature is her ability to seem superior to her roles. If this is true, Miss Bergner's performance in Escape Me Never goes far to justify the encomiums of critics who, after Catherine the Great, called her a cinematic Duse. In other respects, though it is a definite improvement on the wooden play written under the same title by Margaret Kennedy as a sequel to The Constant Nymph and performed by Elisabeth Bergner in London and Manhattan (TIME, Jan. 28). Escape Me Never is a cinematic...
Escape Me Never! Elisabeth Bergner displaying virtuosity in practically no play...
...current crop of Broadway theatrical predictions. Not counting musicals, nor the repertory or limited engagement group, the current season has brought forth five plays of hit proportions, beginning with Kaufman's "Merrily We Roll Along," and climaxed by last Monday's Guild opening of "Escape Me Never," starring Elizabeth Bergner...
...spite of a weak play, Elizabeth Bergner is assured full houses for the twelve weeks she will be in Manhattan. The sheer fresh artistry of an actress who uses hands, hair, feet, arms, her whole body to form pantomimic patterns, supplementing a voice which is understandable even when inarticulate, sent first-nighters at Escape Me Never! to their feet yelling "Bravo...