Word: esckilsen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...simplicity isn't of the Antigone mold; left to a world of deception, she is deceived. The countess persuades Hero (Robert Esckilsen) to lure the count away from the house, make Lucile think he has deserted her, and then seduce her. She runs away in shame the next day, the count runs after her, too late (his wife and friends are sure he'll return to their circle soon...
...Lanchester, whose comic sense is erratic, seems to be a competent straight actor and he keeps the last two acts moving nicely. Miss Archer plays her very difficult role with a great deal of style, and Mr. Esckilsen comes off best of all as the drunkard, obsessed by a Lucile-like girl the count made him give up 20 years before...
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