Gertrude Lawrence

  • Alexander Korda – Rembrandt (1936)

    1931-1940Alexander KordaDramaUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. By 1656, he is bankrupt but consoles himself with the company of pretty maid Hendrickje, whom he’s unable to marry. Their relationship brings ostracism but also some measure of happiness. The final scenes find him in his last year, 1669, physically enfeebled but his spirit undimmed.Read More »

  • Paul L. Stein – Mimi (1935)

    1931-1940DramaPaul L. SteinRomanceUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    The story of a struggling playwright in 1850s Paris who is inspired by a consumptive young woman he falls in love with. Based on Henri Murger’s novel `La Vie de Boheme’.Read More »

  • Walter Reisch – Men Are Not Gods (1936)

    1931-1940DramaUSAWalter Reisch

    Very interesting cast in this 1936 British film that predates A DOUBLE LIFE by nearly a decade.

    Miriam Hopkins plays a secretary who alters a scathing review of an actor in OTHELLO at his wife’s (Gertrude Lawrence) behest. The wife turns out to be correct and the actor (Sebastian Shaw) goes on to become the rage of London’s West End.

    Hopkins then becomes obsessed with the actor and starts going to all the performances of the play. Shaw then become smitten with Hopkins and we get a parallel story of jealousy and rage finally played out on the stage as Shaw’s Othello tries to kill Lawrence’s Desdemona. All very intriguing and very well played with bits of humor here and there.Read More »

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