Alfred Hitchcock is an able and experienced director, and it was natural to expect that he would make the most of her talents. Miss Matthews has all the qualities that appeal to the Hollywood plutocrats - personality, vivacity, complete lack of camera-consciousness, and an obvious relish for the screen as a medium. English studios have lost many more actors and actresses than they can afford to Hollywood, and unless they arc careful they may lose Miss Jessie Matthews as well. New American films this week are Counsellor-at-Law and Footlight Parade. Another British film is Red Ensign, which, as its title suggests, has the merchant service and the building of ships as its theme. Alfred Hitchcock, whose work has long been absent from the London screen, is represented at the Marble Arch Pavilion this week by Waltzes from Vienna, which has been directed by him for the Gaumont-British Corporation.
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