This Australian-born supporting actress of the Thirties and Forties was really one of the best.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Lady For A Day (1933). I liked the 1961 remake, Pocket Full Of Miracles, with Bette Davis in the role.
May Robson, however, was brilliant as Aunt Polly in The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1938), especially when she clipped the ear of the tattle-tail David Holt.
That got quite a cheer, I remember, because it was right at the end of the film and he had it coming anyway.
Fine performances in the film were from Victor Jory and Walter Brennan.
-Gordon Dean, St Luke's Road, Brighton
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