Word: vanessa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...comprising most of the book, is an intense, imaginative version of Swift's tormented love life with Stella and Vanessa...
...killed her lover in the World War. During Swift's madness the two lovers appear as his servants. Few readers will be able to follow Author Sitwell's symbolical connection between the modern world and the egomania that drove Swift to destroy the lives of Stella and Vanessa because he would neither live with them nor leave them alone...
When Adeline Virginia (she dropped the Adeline early) was 13, her beautiful mother died. After her father's death, nine years later, she kept house in London with her sister Vanessa and two brothers...
...Wasn't that well done?" was the comment of the Lady-In-Front as the last flicker of "Vanessa" vanished from view and a satisfied audience dragged out of the University. Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes are teamed together again and supported by a notable cast including Otto Krenger and Lewis Stone who do their usual fine work. Taken from Hugh Walpole's best seller, the story is extremely well handled but like many another fine book is a little cramped. So few scenes for such a long story involves much being taken for granted...
...cinemaddicts who know that it invariably betokens a husband whose jealousy will drive him to distraction. Otto Kruger's presence in this picture will not add materially to its suspense. Nonetheless, his performance is the most convincing single feature of the entertainment. As Vanessa, Helen Hayes, who last week announced that she would return to the stage for good after one more cinema rôle, contributes her anguished smile and her catch-in-the-throat voice. Robert Montgomery's efforts are improved by the exchange of his customary whimsey for a set of sideburns...