| Show Unusual Role For Illustrious Star Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester whose claims to fame Include an Illustrious stage career In England a long string of brilliant American film successes perpetual stardom stardom stardom star star- dom with Holl Hollywoods Hollywood's woods unique Turnabout Turnabout Turnabout Turn Turn- about Theatre and marriage to Charles Laughton now Is seen In one of or th the most unusual characterizations of her career that of a hilarious woman taxi taxi- driver In Republics Republic's Hells Half HaIr Acre coming to the Egyptian Theatre Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day only In this tense drama which was filmed In Honolulu Miss Lanchester stars co-stars with Wendell Corey and Evelyn Keyes I under the direction of Associate Producer Producer Pro Pro- pro pro-I ducer John H. H Auer Born in Lewisham England daughter of at James and Edith Sullivan she adopted adopt adopt- adopt I ed her mothers mother's maiden name when embarking embarking embarking em em- barking on her career This was In 1918 when she started the Childrens Children's Theatre Soho She subsequently started the Cave of Harmony Gower Street London where she presented plays b by llo Housman Anatole France etc She made her first professional appearance at the Kingsway Theatre London in 1922 In Thirty Minutes Ina in ina ina a Str Street et and subsequently for 15 years played London and provincial theatres with time out for tor Payment Deferred Deterred In New York in 1931 Her repertoire ran from ancient Greek drama to Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare spear to moderns She appeared also In numerous made British-made films In several several several sev sev- eral of or which she played with her hus- hus I SU SUBSCRIBE FOR OR FORTHE FORTHE 1 THE TIlE PARK RECORD j band Charles Laughton who for for a time I was also their producer O |
