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Volume XII, No. 6
FILM AND RADIO GUIDE
Scenes in "Devotion."
ABOVE — Arthur Kennedy os Bronwell Bronte. BELOW — Thockeroy (Sydney Greenstreet) introduces Charlotte Bronte (Olivia de Havilland) at a London banquet in her honor.
daughter, they see a young English woman who leaves her rich surroundings and former easy life to drive an army motorcar. In her sweetheart from childhood times they find a courteous, affable British aviator. In fact, in all around they they see the friendly and patriotic spirit that characterizes the people of the United States.
Some events take place at the Lord’s country seat, some in London, and some in the air. All alike lead toward a climax that avoids the usually perfunctory happy ending of motion pictures.
Herbert Wilcox, as director, and Anna Neagle, Rex Harrison, Dean dagger, and Robert Morley, as players, bring into the story a rich amount of sentiment and personal interest. Anna Neagle, in particular, shows herself a most attractive personality.
The combination of story interest, character interest, and emphasis of similarities between the British and the Americans makes a most pleasing film.
F. H. L.
★ ★ ★
DEVOTION. Biography of the Bronte Sisters. Worner Brothers. Curtis Bernhardt, Director. Strongly recommended tor all.
The .story of the amazing literary succes.ses of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte forms the basis of Devotion, a period picture of the first half of the nineteenth century in England.
All lovers of literature, and especially all admirers of Jane Eyre, Wutherinfi Heights and Agnes Grey, will have keen interest in this motion picture that follows closely the facts about the remarkable Bronte family.
In the picture story we see the secluded family on the bleak moors, the father who keeps to himself and his study, and the