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PIMPERNEL
0 THE TIMES : — " The spirit of the book is in it. It is guileless adventure unspoilt by any of the so-called improvements which a less discreet studio might have invented."
# SUNDAY EXPRESS :— " It is the best thing I have ever seen Leslie Howard do, and he has done many good things. I am not sure that it is not the performance of the year."
# SUNDAY DISPATCH :— " Charged with audience dynamite ! "
# SUNDAY REFEREE :— " ' The Scarlet Pimpernel ' is a great British film, a thrilling, wonderful entertainment."
# DAILY MIRROR :— " ' The Scarlet Pimpernel,' with its gripping and deftly constructed story and picturesque settings, is a stirring entertainment which should have a world-wide success."
0 DAILY SKETCH : — " I advise you to make a point of seeing this famous tale so vividly told on the screen."
# SUNDAY GRAPHIC :— " Superb is the only word for Leslie Howard's performance."
# SUNDAY CHRONICLE :—" Alexander Korda has done it again. Not only is this as good a film as we have ever made, but it shows Leslie Howard as an even better actor than one would have ever suspected. All this film is good — story, settings, general acting, and production."
0 OBSERVER : — " I should recommend that you make a bee-line for the Leicester Square Theatre and see ' The Scarlet Pimpernel.' This film is not only the best entertainment for the holiday season, but, I would suggest, the most skilful bit of all-round craftsmanship that has ever been done in a British Studio."
# DAILY HERALD :— " Korda's fresh triumph—' The Scarlet Pimpernel ' is a grand film."
# NEWS OF THE WORLD : — " It is a production which you should enter into your diary with a note — ' must see this.' "
0 FILM WEEKLY : — " If anyone still doubts that Leslie Howard is one of the most polished, resourceful and charming actors who have ever graced the screen, let him see this ! "
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