"I Remember Mama": Memorable Play
"I Remember Mama": Memorable Play "SUMMER STORM" REVEALS COMPLEX HUMAN EMOTIONS "Summer Storm," which opened l»»t week at the Gotham Theatre, i* said to be one of the most dramatically...
...At the height of her beauty, when ahe is about on the verge of becoming the Countess Volsky, Olga is found stabbed to death...
...As the Russisn peasant girl whose beauty is as irresistible ss it is destructive, Linda Darnell gives one of her most superb performances, George Sanders, costarred with her, i* excellent in hi* portrayal of a judge who sacrifices everything he holds dear to win a few moments of ecstasy with the peasant girl he knows to be unworthy...
...Anna Lee, Hugo Haas,'' and Lori Lahner round out the east of excellent supporting play, era, each one winning acting laurels...
...A revealing story of elementary human emotion*, it build* steadily to a smashing climax...
...But we can assure you you're in for a surprise...
...We won't spoil the highly dramatic climax by revealing the murderer...
...Petroff remains under Olga'* spell and she also adds the Count to her list, playing them, in addition to her blindly adoring husband, for all she can get out of them...
...The bewitching lady comes to a bad end, however...
...Her cold-blooded greediness is a fascinating thing to watch, the onlooker's interest mounting as' Olga ruthlessly tosses aside all scruples for material gain...
...It is an entirely different role far this veteran player aad he gives a fins performance...
...the helplessness of the principals involved, aa they struggle futilely agsintt what must inevitably come to pass...
...Although1 he loves Nadina, he cannot resist the beau ulul Olga (Linda Darnell) who is the daughter of one of the workmen on Count Volsky's estate...
...When Nadina catches Petroff kissing Olga only an hour after the latter has married Urbenin, overseer on the Count's estate, ahe j breaks their engagement...
...MUSIC HALL HOLDS FILM Taking its place with the all -tiam high box office successes at Kadis City Musk Hall, Metro-Goldwysv Mayer's emash hit, "Mrs...
...Throughout, one feels tbe suspense-laden undertones of approaching tragedy...
...Parking, ton," starring Greer Garson anf Walter Pidgeon, continues for » third week at the big playhouse...
...I Remember Mama": Memorable Play "SUMMER STORM" REVEALS COMPLEX HUMAN EMOTIONS "Summer Storm," which opened l»»t week at the Gotham Theatre, i* said to be one of the most dramatically exciting picture* «aen here in many moon...
...Summer Storm" is a Seymour Nebenxal production, directed by Douglas Sirk...
...In the early sequences we see Judge Kedor Petroff (Sanders) as one of the leading citizens in the town of Tenors, and engaged to (he good and lovely Nadina, played by Anna Lee...
...Kdward Everett Horton is thoroughly delightful as the deendnt C' 'nt Volsky...
Vol. 27 • October 1944 • No. 44
