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...Hollywood (Wuthering Heights, We Are Not Alone), One of England's leading serious actresses, she has played older parts since youth, has probably depicted as many queens-Queen Elizabeth, Empress Elizabeth, Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's Katharine-as any other living actress. With Robert Donat, she worked hard in a little shoestring theatre at Cambridge; with Charles Laughton she played for a season at London's Old Vic. When Ladies in Retirement closes, she will probably go to Hollywood instead of back to England, because "I can't be funny, and there's little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New & Old Plays in Manhattan | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

Companion picture "The Ghost Comes Home" does not show Robert Donat returning from the West, unfortunately. There are, however, Frank Morgan and Billie Burke, plus love interest. For those who like to see him mumble and her flutter, this should be amusing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

Hollywood's swank Cocoanut Grove was aflutter with ermine wraps and shimmering gowns as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made its twelfth annual awards. To Robert Donat for his role in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and to Vivien Leigh for her Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind went Oscars signifying the year's best performances by an actor and actress. Nobody was surprised. Academy selections of the best supporting actor and actress met with general approval: 1) Thomas Mitchell, for his whiskey-soaked doctor in Stagecoach; 2) Hattie McDaniel, for her sentimental performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 11, 1940 | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

Good-Bye, Mr. Chips (Robert Donat, Greer Garson; TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jul. 10, 1939 | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

CURRENT & CHOICE Young Mr. Lincoln (Henry Fonda, Marjorie Weaver, Donald Meek; TIME, June 12). Stolen Life (Elisabeth Bergner, Michael Redgrave; TIME, June 5). The Mikado (Kenny Baker, Jean Colin, Martyn Green; TIME, June 5). Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Robert Donat, Greer Garson; TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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