Universal Filmlexikon (1932)

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Isobel Elsom is one of the most brilliant and famons actresses now on the Enjilish stage. She niarle her first appearance on the stage at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1911, in the chorus of "The Quaker Girl", since when she has played a great variety of leading parts in all types of plays, reaping rapturous ajjplause and enthusiastic press notices in London and New\ork as well as in the English provinces. The plays in which she has scored her greatest snecesses inclnde, among manv others, "After the Girl", "My Lady s Dress", "Milestones", "The Man who ?tayed at Home "The Constant Lover "Broadway Jones", "A Bridal Suite", "Belinda"', "Sleeping Partners" (on tour, with Seyniour Hicks). "A Night Out", "LTp in MabeLs Rooni", "The Surprise", "The Outsider", "The Green Goddess", "Ashes". "The Behaviour of Mrs. Crane", "Such Men are Dangerous", "Autunm Crocus", etc. Has just returned from America, where she appeared in "The Command to Love", "The Outsider" and "Blue Sky Beyond", and also on the niusic hall stage. Needless to say, her reputation Stands as high in America as in England — and in England she is a star of the first magnitude with millions of admirers. Naturally. an actress of her calibre could not help attracting the attention of film producers, and she made her film debut in the days of the silent film. She has just completed her first talking film, "The Stranglehold", produced by Warner Bros. ISOBEL ELSOM 54, Eaton Mews Soulh, London, S. W. 1 T: Sloane 7740 X: GL AA • BA • BI • CB • CC • EA • ED • EU • EV • FF FN • Gl • GK phot: Dorolhy Wilding. London Isobel Elsom steht in der vordersten Reihe der englischen Darstellerinnen. Sie debütierte 1911 am Adelphi-Theater in London im Chor von .,The Quaker Girl", kam aber rasch vor\värts und hat seither eine Unzahl führender Rollen an ersten Bühnen unter dem großen Beifall des Publikums und der Anerkennung der Presse gespielt, und zwar in England wie in New\ork. Ihre größten Erfolge errang die Künstlerin in „After the Girl", „My Lady 's Dress", „Milestones". ..The Man who stayed at home". -The Constant Lover". ..Broadway Jones". ..A Bridal Suite", ..Belinda". „Sleeping Partners" ( auf einer Tournee unter der Regie Sevmour Hicks' l, „A Night Out", „Up in Mabel's' Room", „The Surprise", „The Outsider". „The Green Goddess", ..Ashes". ..The Behaviour of Mrs. Crane", ..Such INIen are Dangerous" usw. Die Künstlerin ist eben aus Amerika zurückgekehrt, wo sie bisher in ..The Command to Love", ..The Outsider". ..Blue Sky Beyond" und in der Music Hall auftrat. Es ist unnötig, zu sagen, daß sie in Amerika einen ebenso bedeutenden Ruf genießt wie in England, wo sie als Bühnenstern erster Ordnung Millionen von Bewunderern zählt. Selbstverständlich ist auch, daß eine Darstellerin vom Range der Isobel Elsom auch zum Film herangezogen ^\"urde; schon in den Tagen des stummen Films holte man sie zu bedeutenden Aufgaben. Eben ist auch der erste Tonfilm fertiggestellt worden, in dem sie eine Hauptrolle spielt : ,.The Stranglehold" bei Warner Bros. 478