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The Ring (1927 lm)

At an expensive English boarding school for boys, Roddy Berwick (IvorNovello) is School Captain and star rugby player. He and his best friendTim (Robin Irvine) start seeing a waitress Mabel (Annette Benson). Out ofpique, she tells the headmaster that she is pregnant and that Roddy isthe father. In fact it was Tim, who cannot afford to be expelled because heneeds to win a scholarship to attend Oxford University. Promising Tim

that he will never reveal the truth, Roddy accepts expulsion.Returning to his parents’ home, he nds that his father (Norman

McKinnel) believes him guilty of the false accusation.[1]

Leaving home, Roddy nds work as an actor in a theatre. He marries theleading actress Julia (Isabel Jeans) after inheriting £30,000 from a

relation. The unfaithful Julia secretly continues an affair with her leadingman (Ian Hunter) and discards Roddy after his inheritance is exhausted.He becomes agigoloin a Paris music hall but soon quits over self-loathing at romancing older women for money.

Roddy ends up alone and delirious in a shabby room in Marseilles. Somesailors take pity on him and ship him back home, possibly hoping forreward. Roddy's father has learned the truth about the waitress's falseaccusation during his son's absence and joyfully welcomes him back.Roddy resumes his previous life.

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The Farmer's Wife

Tibby, the wife of Samuel Sweetland ( Jameson Thomas) dies, and shortlyafterwards his daughter marries and leaves home, leaving him on hisown with his two servants. His wife had told him that he should remarryafter her death, so he pursues some local spinsters who were at hisdaughter's wedding after he and his housekeeper Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) make out a list of possibilities.

First is Widow Louisa Windeatt, but Sweetland is shocked and mad whenshe rejects his advances and says she is too independent for him. Next,he attempts to court Thirza Tapper, a nervous wreck who almost collapseswhen Sweetland proposes to her. She, too, rejects him because she saysshe has no need for a man, and he is furious yet again. He wandersoutside as other guests arrive for her party. Hisbolshieservant Ash ishelping at the party, wearing an ill-tting coat and trying to keep histrousers up while doing his work at the party.

While the others are outside listening to some singers, Sweetlandproposes to Mary Hearn, but she rejects him as too old, and then burstsinto hysterical laughter when he angrily tells her that she is "full blownand a bit over."

Later Sweetland tells Minta that he is not going to nish the list ofwomen because he is so dejected. He leaves the room and Ash returnsand tells Minta what an embarrassment to men that

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because he is going to try number four on the list, Mercy Bassett, abarmaid at a local inn. After he leaves, it is revealed that Minta is in lovewith him. Bassett rejects him too and he comes home dejectedly.Meanwhile postmistress Hearn and Tapper compare notes and Hearndecides she should marry him after all and she goes to his house withTapper.

Having run through the women who have turned him down, Samuelsees Minta for the rst time as more than a housekeeper and decides that

she is the woman for him, if she'll have him. He tells her he has got usedto being rejected and will not be angry if she rejects him, too. She acceptshim and he tells her to put on the dress Tibby gave her. As she goes to theroom, Hearn and Tapper arrive. Hearn says she is now willing to be hiswife. Samuel says all should drink a toast to his wife to be and Hearn issure it is her, until Minta comes down the stairs in an attractive dress.Hearn lapses into hysterics as Sweetland reveals that Minta will be hisbride.

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Easy Virtue (1928 lm)

'Virtue is its own reward' they say -- but 'easy virtue' is society's reward fora slandered reputation.

Larita Filton (Isabel Jeans) is on the witness stand testifying regarding herpending divorce. In a ashback, her husband, a drunken brute namedAubrey Filton (Franklin Dyall), is getting drunk in an artist's studio, as

Mrs. Filton's portrait is painted. His drunkenness prevents her from beingable to sit for the portrait. Meanwhile, the painter, Claude (Eric BransbyWilliams), is smitten with Larita. He sends her a letter professing hisdesire that she leave the physically abusive Mr. Filton, and allow him tobe a good husband to her instead. Later, he attempts to kiss her when herhusband is not present. She rejects Claude's advances and is pushinghim away, when Aubrey walks in on them appearing to be embraced.Aubrey confronts Claude. Claude runs for a gun he has hidden, andshoots but misses Aubrey. Aubrey begins to beat Claude severely with hiswalking cane. In the struggle, Claude shoots Aubrey, who falls to theoor, still alive. Larita rushes to her husband's side. Two servants enterseparately and each see Claude standing with the gun, and run for police.As Claude watches one servant beckon a policemen to follow her, Claude

realizes what he's done and looks terried. Presumably, he shootshimself, as police in the next frame are kneeling over Claude's lifelessbody. Larita seems completely disinterested in Claude, and is holding hernon-mortally wounded husband lovingly in her lap on the oor. Hereaches over, and picks up the note from Claude to Larita, which askedher to leave her husband, presumably seeing it for the rst time.

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Aubrey les for divorce on the grounds ofadultery, which is why Larita istestifying her innocence in court this day. The jury rejects Larita'stestimony that she was never inappropriate with the artist. The juryinstead decides in Aubrey's favor, in large part considering the "proof"that Larita is quite attractive, and Claude had written a will leaving her hisentire fortune ("to another man's wife! "). As Larita leaves the courtroomin shame, photographers rush to try to take her picture, and she hides herface and rushes away.

Since she is now a disgraced woman of "easy virtue", Larita leaves for theFrench Rivierato avoid continued unwanted attention. As she registers inthe hotel that will be her new home, she remembers all the media frenzyaround her, and at the last second, changes the name she writes in theregistry to Larita Grey.

She is happy there, living anonymously. One day as she is watching a

tennis match, she is struck in the eye by the tennis ball of a rich youngerman, John Whittaker (Robin Irvine). He rushes to her aid, apologizesprofusely, and takes her to be tended to medically. He checks on heragain the following day, and soon asks Larita to marry him. She proteststhat surely he must want to know more about her rst. He responds thatall he need know is that he loves her. They marry, and return to Englandto meet his family. While John's father likes Larita very much, his motherstrongly disapproves even before meeting her. When they do meet, John's mother believes she recognizes Larita, but cannot place fromwhere. She questions John about where Larita comes from, and chastiseshim for marrying someone about whom he knows nothing. John begshis mother to be kind to her for his sake. But his mother is only kind toLarita in public. Privately, she is cold and unwelcoming, and tries to turn

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As John's mother remains suspicious and cruel regarding Larita, andmakes her life privately miserable, Larita begs John to go back to theSouth of France where they were happy. He asks why she cannot behappy in England. She tells him his family hates her, and that they areteaching him to hate her too. Later that day, John admits to his oldgirlfriend that his mother has helped him see that he made a hugemistake marrying Larita. Unknown to him, Larita overhears him.

After a family outing to a society event, John's sister sees Larita's picture

with the Whittakers in the papers. In the caption, Larita is identied as theformer Mrs. Filton. John's sister shows her mother, and Mrs. Whittakerdigs up the old magazine articles about Larita's notorious adulteryscandal. Mrs. Whittaker confronts Larita in front of the family,condescendingly stating, "In our world, we do not understand this codeof easy virtue", as she thrusts the gossip magazine under Larita's nose.Larita responds that indeed they don't understand much of anything, andexcuses herself to her room.

Mrs. Whittaker, fearing scandal and gossip about her family, tries tointimidate Larita into staying in her room during the large party thefamily is hosting that same evening. Instead, Larita makes a grandentrance, and disallows Mrs. Whittaker to lie about her having beenindisposed with a headache. Meanwhile, realizing how hopeless hersituation is, she has her servant upstairs packing all her things to leave.Larita steps into a private room during the party to conde to a friend thatshe will leave John so he may seek a divorce, and she will not contest it,in hopes it will make it easy for John. Before leaving, she tells the oldgirlfriend Sarah (Enid Stamp Taylor), a local girl whom his mother had inmind as a suitable match for John, and who has been quite kind to her,

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"Sarah- YOU ought to have married John" , and then kisses her cheekbefore leaving.

In the nal scene, Larita is sitting anonymously in the court gallery,weeping, as she watches John's uncontested divorce. A reporterrecognizes her, and runs outside to alert the others. As she exits the court,still having not identied herself to anyone there, photographers arewaiting for her. For the rst time since her previous court appearance,Larita is dressed all in black. This time she doesn't run from the reporters.

She stops, looks at the throng of photographers waiting hungrily for her,and exclaims, "Shoot! There's nothing left to kill." And the movie ends.

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Champagne (1928 lm)

The Heiress Betty (Betty Balfour) draws the ire of her father after using hiaeroplane to y to her boyfriend (Jean Braden) on an ocean liner headedto France.

French customs obviously, at the time, were not favorable to suchbehaviors. Even for daughters of wealthy men in the

Champagne business. Marriage, in France, Has always been preferred to casual relationships.

Always uneasy due to seasickness, Betty's boyfriend is unable to dinewith her. She realizes notices a man watching her. He had

Been (briey) watching her from a far, and sits to talk with her. Bettyreceives a telegram from her father who disapprovingly warns her theboyfriend is not going to be

Admired by her friends. To prove her father wrong she asks the boyfriendFor his hand in marriage. A quarrel ensues during the trip and the twopart company when Its over. The boyfriend regrets the ght and goes toBetty to apologize. He nds her

Excellence in chess, during a game with the mysterious man, to be quitesurprising (he never took interest in her hobbies.) Another quarrelbetween the two is interrupted by the arrival of Betty's father (GordonHarker). He tells Betty the family fortune, earned in the "champagne"business, has been wiped out in the stock market. The boyfriend leaves

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after hearing the news of their fortune. The father sees this as proof theboyfriend is only after money.

Betty decides to sell her jewellery but is robbed en route to the jewellers.Now penniless Betty and her father move into a small shabby apartment.Unbeknownst to Betty her father sneaks out to eat at an expensiverestaurant after her cooking proves to be terrible. Once again herboyfriend tries for a reconciliation but is rebuked by Betty, who nowthinks her father is right about the boyfriend, vows to get a job.

Betty nds work at a swank restaurant. Soon the mysterious man showsup and invites Betty to his table. She becomes uncomfortable with thestranger and is relieved when her boyfriend once again arrives. Themysterious man leaves after handing her a note that advises her to callhim if she ever needs any help. The boyfriend openly disapproves ofBetty's job. He leaves after a still angry Betty dances wildly to provoke

him.

The boyfriend soon returns with Betty's father. He is outraged at Betty's"unseemly" job and confesses he lied about the loss of their fortune toteach her a lesson. Rather than being pleased, Betty is further angered byboth the father and the boyfriend. She turns to the mysterious man whooffers to take Betty back to America. Betty gladly accepts but is later

horried to nd she has been locked in her cabin. She imagines the worstabout the mysterious man's intentions and is both relieved anddelighted when her boyfriend arrives yet again and releases her from thecabin. They soon reconcile.

The boyfriend hides in the bathroom when they hear the mysterious manapproaching. He enters with her father who confesses he hired the manto follow and protect her. The boyfriend is furious and comes forth to

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attack the man. Betty's father pacies the boyfriend's anger by tellinghim he no longer disapproves of their wedding. The reunited couple startdiscussing the wedding when once again another argument starts.

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The Manxman

The lm tells the story of two close childhood friends, a handsome butpoor sherman, Pete Quilliam (Carl Brisson), and a well-educatedmiddle-class lawyer, Philip Christian (Malcolm Keen); Both the youngmen are smitten with beautiful and lively Kate (Anny Ondra), the pubowner's daughter. In Pete's case, Kate is also interested in him, or at leastshe enjoys having him as a suitor.

Pete proposes, asking Philip to make the case to Kate's tough father, OldCaesar (Randle Ayrton). The father refuses to consent to the marriage,because Pete is penniless. Pete decides to goto Africato make his fortune, so he will be considered eligible to marryher, and he asks Kate if she will "wait for him". At rst she jokes around,but nally she says yes. Pete then asks Philip to take care of Kate until hereturns.

In his absence, Philip starts calling on Kate almost every day. Kate andPhilip become strongly attracted to one another, and start an affair whilevisiting an old mill.

News reaches the village that Pete has been killed upcountry in Africa.Philip and Kate are shocked but Kate is relieved to realize that they cannow plan their lives together. Philip's career has been going well, and heis preparing to assume the powerful position ofDeemster, the island'schief magistrate.

However, it then turns out that Pete is still alive, and has been successfulin Africa. He lets Philip know via telegram that he is returning. Pete

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sweetheart. Philip and Kate are shocked and appalled, but they do not letanyone know what has passed between them. Old Caesar is nowdelighted to agree to Kate marrying Pete. The wedding reception iscelebrated in the old mill, where Old Caesar sternly warns the newlywedsto remember that God will punish anyone who violates the vows ofmarriage.

Kate is still in love with Philip, and can hardly bear to be married to Pete.

As the weeks pass, Pete is thrilled to nd out that Kate is pregnant, andhe naturally assumes he is the father. When Kate's daughter is born, notlong afterwards Kate is desperate and decides to leave Pete. She walksout, leaving her baby behind, and a note saying that she had lovedanother man, and still loves him. Pete is appalled and does not knowwhere Kate went, but he tells the villagers that Kate needed a vacation, sohe sent her to London for a while. During the weeks she is gone, Pete

proves himself to be a wonderful father, taking care of the baby very well,and comforting himself by believing that although Kate has gone, he stillhas their baby to love.

Kate persuades Philip to hide her at his law ofces, hoping she can stillsomehow have a life with him. However, Philip is about to become theDeemster, and he is unwilling to ruin his career by running off with her.

Frustrated and distraught, Kate returns to the house to take the baby. Shetells Pete he is not the baby's father. Pete is stunned and refuses tobelieve her. He also refuses to give up the child. In desperation, Kateleaves the house and tries to commitsuicideby throwing herself off thequay.

Kate is rescued by a policeman. Attempted suicide is classied as a crime,and Kate is brought to trial on the rst day that Philip serves as Deemster.

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Now Philip is stunned and hardly knows what to do. When Pete appearsin the courtroom to plead for his wife, Philip agrees to hand Kate over tohim. But Kate refuses to go. Kate's father, Old Caesar, who is watchingcarefully, nally understands that Kate and Philip had an affair. OldCaesar gets up and loudly condemns Philip for being the "other man".Philip publicly admits his extreme moral failings. He removes his wigand surrenders his ofcial position, and then leaves the court.

In the nal scene, Philip and Kate sadly prepare to leave the island. They

arrive at Pete's house to take away the baby. Kate picks up the child, whilePhilip and Pete stand at opposite ends of the room. She brings the childover to Pete to say one last goodbye, and he breaks down, having nallylost everything. Philip and Kate leave thecottageto the jeers andcondemnation of the villagers, who have been watching the scenethrough the windows.

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Blackmail (1929 lm)

Scotland YardDetective Frank Webber ( John Longden) escorts hisgirlfriend Alice White (Anny Ondra) to a tea house. They have anargument and Frank storms out. While reconsidering his action, he seesAlice leave with Mr. Crewe (Cyril Ritchard), an artist she had earlier agreedto meet.

Crewe persuades a reluctant Alice into coming up to see his studio. Sheadmires a painting of a laughing clown, and uses his palette and brushesto paint a cartoonish drawing of a face; he adds a few strokes of afeminine gure, and they both sign the "work". He gives her a dancer'soutt and Crewe sings and plays "Miss Up-to-Date" on the piano.

Crewe steals a kiss, to Alice's disgust, but as she is changing and

preparing to leave, he takes her dress from the changing area. Heattempts to rape her; her cries for help are not heard on the street below.In desperation, Alice grabs a nearby bread knife and kills him. She angrilypunches a hole in the painting of the clown, then leaves after attemptingto remove any evidence of her presence in the at, but forgets to take hergloves. She walks the streets of London all night in a daze.

When the body is found, the killing is assumed to be murder. Frank isassigned to the case and nds one of Alice's gloves. He recognizes boththe glove and the dead man, but conceals this from his superior. Takingthe glove, he goes to speak with Alice at her father's tobacco shop, butshe is still too distraught to speak.

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Crewe's at, and gone in and taken one of the gloves. When he seesFrank with the other one, he attempts to blackmail the couple. His rstdemands are petty ones and they accede. Then Frank learns by phonethat Tracy is wanted for questioning: he was seen near the scene and hasa criminal record. Frank sends for policemen and tells Tracy he will pay fothe murder.

Alice is apprehensive about Tracy being prosecuted for what she did, butstill does not speak up. The tension mounts. When the police arrive,

Tracy's nerve nally breaks and he ees. The chase leads to theBritishMuseum, where he clambers onto the domed roof of theReading Room,but slips, crashes through a skylight, and falls to his death inside. Thepolice assume he was guilty of murder.

Unaware of this, Alice nally feels compelled to give herself up and goesto New Scotland Yard. She writes a confession letter and goes to see the

Chief Inspector. Before she can bring herself to confess, the inspectorreceives a telephone call and asks Frank to deal with Alice. She nallytells him the truth—that it was self-defense against an attack she cannotbear to speak of—and they leave together. As they do, a policeman walkspast, carrying the damaged painting of the laughing clown and thecanvas where Alice has painted over her name and Crewe’s.

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Juno and the Paycock (lm)

Barry Fitzgerald, who played Captain Jack Boyle in the original stageproduction, appears as an orator in the rst scene, but has no other role.In the slums ofDublinduring theIrish Civil War, Captain Boyle (EdwardChapman) lives in a two-room tenement at with his wife Juno (SaraAllgood) and their two young children Mary (Kathleen O'Regan) and Johnny ( John Laurie). Juno has dubbed her husband "the Paycock"

because she thinks him as useful and vain as apeacock. Juno workswhile the Captain loafs around the at when not drinking up the family'smeager nances at the neighbourhood pub.

Daughter Mary has a job but is on strike against the victimisation of a co-worker. Son Johnny has become a semi invalid after losing an arm andseverely injuring his hip in a ght with theBlack and Tansduring theIrish

War of Independence. Although Johnny has taken the Anti-Treaty sideduring the continuingIrish Civil War, he has recently turned in a fellowIrish Republican Army(IRA) member to theIrish Free Statepolice whosubsequently kill him. The Paycock tells his friend Joxer (Sidney Morgan)of his disgust at the informer, unaware that his son was responsible. TheIRA suspect Johnny and order him to report to them for questioning; herefuses, protesting that his wounds show he has done his bit for Ireland.

Mary is courted by Jerry Devine (Dave Morris) but dumps him for CharlieBentham ( John Longden) who whisks her away after telling Mary's familythe Captain is to receive an inheritance. The elated Captain borrowsmoney against the (as yet un-received) inheritance and spends it freelyon new furniture and aVictrola. Family friends are invited to animpromptu party at the once shabby tenement.

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The Captain soon learns the inheritance has been lost because Benthammade an error in drafting the will. The Captain keeps the bad news asecret until creditors show up. Even Joxer turns on the Captain andgleefully spreads the news of the nonexistent inheritance to creditors.The furniture store repossesses the furniture. The tailor demands moneyfor new clothes. Pub owner Mrs. Madigan’ (Maire O'Neill) takes theVictrola to cover the Captain's bar tab.

The worst is yet to come, however. Mary reveals that she has shamed the

family by becoming pregnant by Charles, who has disappeared after hisblunder was discovered. Her former ancé Jerry proclaims his love forMary and offers to marry her back until he learns of her pregnancy. Whilehis parents are absent dealing with the situation, Johnny is arrested bythe IRA and his body is later found riddled with bullets. Realizing thattheir family has been destroyed, Mary declares, "It's true. There is noGod." Although completely shattered, Juno shushes her daughter, sayingthat they will need both Christ and theBlessed Virginto deal with theirgrief. Alone, however, she laments her son's fate before the religiousstatues in the family's empty tenement, deciding that Boyle will remainuseless and leaves with Mary.

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Murder! (1930 lm)

Diana Baring (Norah Baring), a young actress in a travelling theatretroupe, is found in a daze with blood on her clothes, standing by themurdered body of another young actress, Edna Druce. The poker used tocommit the murder was at Diana's feet, but she has no memory of whathappened during the minutes the crime was committed. The two youngwomen were thought to have been rivals, and the police arrest her. Diana

withholds some important information deliberately, to protect somethingabout the identity of a man that she will not name.

At her trial most of the jury are certain she is guilty. One or two feel thatshe may have a severe mental illness which meant that she really didhave no memory of killing the other woman, but they are convinced thatshe should still be hanged lest she strike again. One juror, Sir John

Menier (Herbert Marshall), a celebratedactor-manager, seems sure shemust be innocent, but is brow- beaten into voting "guilty" along with therest of the jury. Diana is imprisoned, and awaiting hanging.

Sir John feels responsible, as he was the one who had recommendedthat Diana take the touring job in order for her to get more lifeexperience. It also turns out that Diana has been a fan of his since

childhood. She is beautiful, and seems far too honest and straightforwardto be a criminal of any kind. Using skills he has learned in the theatre, Sir John investigates the murder with the help of the stage manager TedMarkham (Edward Chapman) and his wife (Phyllis Konstam). They narrowthe possible suspects down to one male actor in the troupe, Handell Fane(Esme Percy), who often playscross-dressingroles.

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Sir John tries to cleverly lure a confession out of Fane, by asking him toaudition for a new play that Sir John has written, on the subject of themurder. Fane realises that they know he committed the crime, as well asunderstanding how and why he did it. During the interaction we learnFane's secret: he is ahalf-caste, onlypassingas white. Fane leaves theaudition without confessing, and goes back to his old job; he is a solotrapezeperformer in a circus. Sir John and the others go there to confronthim again. During his performance, from his high perch he looks downand sees them waiting. Despairing, he knots his access rope into a noose,

slips it over his head and jumps to his death.

We then see Diana, free, and gloriously dressed inwhite furs, entering abeautiful room and being welcomed warmly by Sir John, who receivesher as if he loves her. The camera pulls back and we realise we arewatching the very last scene of a new play, possibly the new play, inwhich Diana stars opposite Sir John.

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The Skin Game (1931 lm)

The plot tells the story of a feud between two afuent families, the long-established (upper class) Hillcrists, played byC.V. France,Helen Haye, and Jill Esmond, and the nouveau riche (formerly working class)Hornblowers, played byEdmund Gwenn, John Longden, and FrankLawton. Two underlying themes in the story are class warfare and theurbanization of the countryside.

The Hillcrists are upset by the actions of Mr. Hornblower, whom theyconsider to be ostentatious and crass, in buying up land, evictingtenantfarmers, and surrounding the area with factories. The Hillcrists makeevery effort they can to preserve the last large piece of open land that

adjoins their beautiful rural estate.After being tricked out of the land in an auction, the Hillcrists learn a darksecret about Mr. Hornblower's beautiful daughter-in-law Chloe (playedbyPhyllis Konstam). It turns out that she had previously earned a livingby playing the professional "other woman" in pre-arranged divorce cases.

When Mr. Hornblower learns of this secret, and that the Hillcrists havediscovered it and are prepared to use it against his family, Mr.Hornblower agrees to sell the rural land to the Hillcrists for less than halfthe auction price, on the condition that the family swears to keep theinformation secret. However, the news starts to leak out, precipitating acrisis in the family.

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Chloe Hornblower goes to the Hillcrists, begging them to help keep thesecret from her husband, who is aware that something is going on. Shehides behind a curtain when her husband unexpectedly storms into theHillcrist home, demanding to know the secret.

Keeping his promise to Chloe, Mr. Hillcrist makes up a story, but theyoung Mr. Hornblower is not convinced, and declares that he intends toend his marriage, even though Chloe is pregnant with his child.

Upon hearing this, Chloe runs to the lily pond outside the Hillcrist homeand drowns herself. When her body is discovered, the elder Hornblowerconcedes that Hillcrist has destroyed him and his family completely.Hillcrist attempts to apologize.

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Rich and Strange

A couple, Fred (Henry Kendall) and Emily Hill ( Joan Barry), living amundane middle class life in London, receive a telegram informing themthat an uncle will give them, as an advance against their futureinheritance, as much money as they need to enjoy themselves in thepresent. Immediately Fred quits his job as a clerk and they leave on acruise for "theOrient". Fred quickly shows his susceptibility tosea-sicknesswhile crossing theEnglish Channel. While in Paris, both arescandalised by theFolies Bergère.

As they cruise the Mediterranean, Fred's sea-sickness keeps him in bed.During this time, Emily begins a relationship with a Commander Gordon(Percy Marmont), a dapper, popular bachelor. Finally feeling well enoughto appear on deck, Fred is immediately smitten with a German"princess" (Betty Amann), who hits him in the eye with the rope ring usedto playdeck tennis(a combination of tennis andquoitswhich was at thetime widely played shipboard). Both begin spending their time on boardwith their new paramours to the virtual exclusion of each other, and eachplans to dissolve their marriage. InColombo, British Ceylon, the coupleaccidentally and awkwardly end up next to each other in arickshaw, notknowing the other had even gotten off the ship.

When the passengers disembark in the nal destination of Singapore,Emily leaves with Gordon for his home. When he reveals that the princessis a sham only out for Fred's money, she realizes she cannot go on withGordon and returns to warn her husband. Fred does not believe her atrst, but soon discovers his lover has absconded with£1000 of hismoney toRangoon. He learns that she was merely the daughter of aBerlinlaundry owner and a commonadventuress. The couple have only

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enough money to clear their hotel bill and to book passage home toEngland on a "tramp steamer".

However, Fred and Emily's troubles have not ended, as the ship isabandoned after a collision in the fog. They are trapped in their stateroomand prepare themselves for a watery end. In the morning, however, theyawake to nd the ship still aoat, and extract themselves through theirporthole. A Chinese junkarrives, and the crew proceed to loot the ship.When Fred and Emily board the junk, they are left unmolested and even

fed. They nally return home, with their love for each other appreciatedand seemingly wiser for their experiences. In the last scene, back homeinLondon, the couple are seen arguing in a manner reminiscent of theirbickering immediately prior to the arrival of the fateful telegram.

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Number Seventeen

Detective Barton is searching for a necklace stolen by a gang of thieves.In the beginning, the gang is in a house in London, before going on therun.

The lm starts off with Detective Barton ( John Stuart) arriving at a housemarked for sale or rent. The door is unlocked and he wanders in. Anunknown person with a candle is wandering about and a dead body is

found. When confronted the mysterious person claims innocence of themurdered person. Barton (who introduces himself as Forsythe) asks thestranger what he has in his pockets (handkerchief, string, sausage,picture of a child, half a cigarette), before the shadow of a hand is shownreaching for a doorknob. The stranger (who later introduces himself asBen) searches the body of the dead person and nds handcuffs and agun which he takes.

The detective returns from investigating the weird sound and nds thehandcuffs which the stranger left on the ground. A person is seen to becrawling on the roof through shadows, who then falls through the roof.This is a woman called Miss Akroyd (Ann Casson) who is revived and criesout for her father. She explains that her father went onto the roof and that

they are next door in number 15.The bell tolls half past midnight and the dead body has disappeared.Three people arrive at the windswept house, Mr. Ackroyd (Henry Caine),Nora (Anne Grey) (who is deaf and dumb) and a third person. Ben drawsout the gun. Ben accidentally shoots the governor. Mr. Ackroyd draws outa gun and asks him to search the gentlemen, Ben and Miss Ackroyd. The

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diamond necklace, which he has hidden in the upper portion of a toilet.Ben causes a commotion and is locked away with Sheldrake.

The two hands of Sheldrake reach out and appear to strangle Ben who isonly pretending to be knocked out. More members of the gang arrive.They suggest tying up Miss Akroyd and 'Forsythe'. The three thieves allhave to catch a train. However, one of the "thieves" is Miss Akroyd'sfather--a police ofcer--who locks away two of the thieves and frees MissAkroyd and Doyle. He opens the door where Ben is locked away with

Sheldrake and gets into a st ght with Sheldrake.The other man reveals himself as Sheldrake (the supposed 'corpse' fromearlier) and frees the others. Miss Akroyd and 'Forsythe' are tied up again.Nora reveals herself to be able to speak and says "I'm coming back". Shecomes back and frees Miss Akroyd and Doyle. Miss Akroyd faints butrecovers. Nora returns to the basement to allay the suspicions of the

other thieves and buy time for the rest to get away. They free Ben andMiss Akroyd's father. The thieves arrive at the train yard, and board afreight train that is departing. The train says Deutsch-EnglischerFahrverkehr Ferry Service between Germany-Great Britain.

The train departs with Ben aboard and he stumbles onto crates of wine.The thieves, after dispatching the conductor, go to the front of the train,

shoot the reman, and catch the Driver as he faints. 'Forsythe' failed toget on the train before it departed and commandeers a bus. Ben isrevealed to have the necklace. Sheldrake discovers he doesn't have thediamond and the thieves ght each other. Sheldrake claims that 'Barton'a detective posing as a thief. A chase scene occurs on the train as thethieves go after Barton. Barton escapes and handcuffs Nora. The bus that'Forsythe' is on races after the train. The thieves, realising the train is

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accelerating, try and nd the brakes. They turn dials helplessly and noticethe bus that 'Forsythe' is on.

Pushing levers and turning dials does nothing, indeed, it only makes thetrain go faster, leaving the thieves unable to escape. At the dock, the ferrypulls up. As 'Forsythe' watches, the train hurtles through the dock,crashes into the train currently on the ferry at full speed, and pushes itout to sea, dragging the remaining cars into the ocean. People arerescued from the water. Henry Doyle tells Forsythe that he is posing as

Detective Barton. But Forsythe is actually Detective Barton, who says toDoyle, "You can't be Barton because I am." All of the thieves areapprehended by the police who are on the scene. Nora asks Barton,"What are you going to do about it?" Barton replied "You better comealong with me." Nora says "Where?" "To breakfast." Barton says, and theylaugh. Ben then reveals he has the diamond necklace.

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Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna begins the sound of the re brigade horn and theclip-clop of horses’ hooves, as the remen race towards a re atEbezeder’s Café. Upstairs from the café, Rasi and Schani are oblivious tothe danger, lost in a love duet that concludes with Schani telling Rasi thathe has dedicated his newest song to her. At the same time, Schani’smusic attracts the attention of the Countess Helga von Stahl, who isshopping in the dressmaker’s store next door. Schani and Rasi’s romanticinterlude is interrupted by Leopold, a baker in Rasi’s father's café who isin love with Rasi, as he awkwardly climbs up the ladder to save her.Schani and Leopold argue over who will save Rasi from the re, butLeopold eventually wins and hauls Rasi over his shoulder and down theladder, causing her to lose her skirt on the way. Rasi races to thedressmaker’s shop to get away from the laughter of the onlookers. Schani

retrieves Rasi’s skirt and then stumbles into the dressmaker’s in search ofRasi, where he meets the Countess. When the Countess learns thatSchani is an aspiring musician, she proposes that he set some of herverses to music. As the Countess offers Schani her card, Rasi enters theroom and becomes immediately suspicious of the Countess’s intentions.

With the romantic triangle set up, the next scene sets up the conict

between Schani and his father. At orchestra rehearsal, in which Schaniplays second violin under his father’s baton, Schani gets himself introuble when he insults his father’s music to his stand partner. The elderStrauss overhears and demands that Schani perform one of his owncompositions for the members of the orchestra. Strauss Sr. then ridiculeshis son’s waltz and tells him he could never have a career as a composer,inciting Schani to quit the orchestra.

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Excited by his newfound freedom and the commission from theCountess, Schani visits Rasi at her father’s bakery to tell her his news. Rasinitially berates Schani and informs him that, if he wants to marry her, hewill have to give up music and take over the bakery. However, when shereads the Countess’s lyrics, she is drawn into the music, singing theopening ofThe Blue Danubewaltz to Schani. Their moment ofcomposition is interrupted when Rasi’s father arrives to give Schani a tourof the bakery. As Schani and Ebezeder walk into the basement, amemorable and unusual scene of musical composition begins. While

Schani looks around, the tune that Rasi sang begins to evolve. Two menthrowing bread back and forth inspire the second phrase of the melody; aman tossing croissants into a box creates the offbeat rhythm of the waltz.The rhythm of the dough mixing machine provides Schani with thesecond main theme of the rst waltz. As he tells the begrudging Leopoldto go faster, this second theme turns into the beginning of the secondlarge section of piece, at which point Schani runs upstairs, exclaiming toRasi that he has nished the composition. He then rushes off to tell theCountess that he has composed the perfect waltz to accompany herverses.

The next scene opens with Schani playing the nal measures of the waltzto the Countess. After he nishes, she kisses him and then apologizesprofusely, explaining that she was overwhelmed by his wonderful music.Schani then plays the second section of the waltz while her hand restspossessively on his shoulder, which, through a dissolve, becomes Rasi’shand. After thanking Rasi for coming up with the phrase, Schani agrees todedicate the song to her. As the scene fades away, the page with Schani’sdedication to Rasi ips up to reveal another page with the same title, butdedicated to the Countess.

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The duplicitous dedication is discovered when Rasi hears Schani and theCountess playing the waltz for the publisher, Anton Drexler. Schani runsafter Rasi to explain and they reconcile only when Schani tells her that hewill give up his music to work in the bakery. However, Schani is clearlymiserable in his new job and he ghts with Rasi when he receives aninvitation from the Countess to attend St. Stephen’s Festival. Rasi tellsSchani that, if he attends, it will mean the end of their relationship.Meanwhile, the Countess plots a ruse that will cause Strauss Sr. to be latefor the festival so that Schani can take his father's place to conduct his

new waltz.

As Schani conducts The Blue Danube at the festival, all of the lm’sconicts come to a climax. The Countess detains the elder Strauss byasking the dancers at the festival to play to his ego, requesting that heplay his waltzes over and over for their pleasure in a back room. StraussSr. nally arrives to nd that his son has taken his place, performing foran enthusiastic audience. Meanwhile, Rasi laments that Schani betrayedher by coming to the festival at the Countess’s command.

Following the performance, the elder Strauss angrily tells his son that hehad not authorized the performance, as the Countess had led him tobelieve. Schani leaves the festival in confusion and the Countess followshim home where they share another kiss. However, the romanticmoment is interrupted by the Count, who, upon learning where theCountess had gone, left the party in a rage. Fortunately, Rasi arrives intime to sneak in the back and replace the Countess, who then walks backup the front stairs to surprise her husband, as the crowd outside humsThe Blue Danube Waltz.

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 lm)

Bob and Jill Lawrence (Leslie Banksand Edna Best) are a British coupleon vacation inSwitzerland, with their daughter Betty (Nova Pilbeam). Jillis participating in aclay pigeon shootingcontest. They befriend aforeigner, Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay), who is staying in their hotel.One evening, as Jill dances with Louis, she witnesses him being killed.Before dying, Louis passes onto them some vital information to be

delivered to the British consul.To ensure their silence, the assassins, led by Abbott (Peter Lorre), kidnapthe Lawrences' daughter. Unable to seek help from the police, the couplereturn to England and, after following a series of leads, discover that thegroup intends to assassinate the head of state of an unidentiedEuropean country during a concert at theRoyal Albert Hall. Jill attends

the concert and distracts the gunman with a scream.

The assassins are then tracked to a working-class area ofWappinginLondon, near the docks, where they have their hide-out in the temple of asun-worshippingcult. Bob enters and is held prisoner, but manages toescape. The police surround the building and a gunght ensues. Theassassins hold out until their ammunition runs low and most of them

have been killed. Betty, who has been held there, and one of thecriminals are seen on the roof, and it is Jill's sharpshooting skills thatdispatch the man, who is revealed as the man who beat Jill in theshooting contest in Switzerland.

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The 39 Steps (1935 lm)

At a London music hall theatre,Richard Hannay(Robert Donat) iswatching a demonstration of the superlative powers of recall of "Mr.Memory" (Wylie Watson)—a man with aphotographic memory

—when shots are red.[3] In the ensuing panic, Hannay nds himselfholding a seemingly frightened Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), who

talks him into taking her back to his at. There, she tells him that she is aspy, being chased by assassins, and that she has uncovered a plot to stealvital British military secrets, masterminded by a man with the top jointmissing from one of his ngers. She mentions the "39 steps", but doesnot explain its meaning.

Later that night, Smith bursts into Hannay's bedroom, fatally stabbed in

the back, and warns him to escape. He nds a map of theScottishHighlandsclutched in her hand, showing the area aroundKillinwith ahouse or farm inGlen Lochaynamed "Alt-na-Shellach" circled. He sneaksout of the watched at disguised as a milkman and boards theFlyingScotsmanexpress train to Scotland, pulled bylocomotive 2595. AtEdinburgh Waverley railway stationhe learns from a newspaper that he isthe target of a nationwide manhunt for Smith's murderer, and as thetrain continues over theForth Rail Bridgehe sees the police searching thetrain. Quickly, he enters a compartment and kisses the sole occupant, theattractive Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), in a desperate attempt to escapedetection. She frees herself from his unwanted embrace and alerts thepolicemen, who pull thecommunication cordstopping the train on thebridge. Hannay jumps from the train onto the girders of the bridge and

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He walks toward "Alt-na-Shellach", and still 14 miles (23 km) short of hisdestination pays to stay the night in the house of a poorcrofter( JohnLaurie) and his much younger wife (Peggy Ashcroft) who sees thenewspaper headline and realises that Hannay is accused of murder. Earlynext morning she sees a police car approaching in the dark and warnsHannay, the crofter accuses her of irting with Hannay who pays him tofend off the police. As Hannay ees she gives him the farmer's darkSunday coat to wear. Large numbers of police pursue him in a wild glen(lmed

in Glen Coeat The Studywith views of theThree Sisters massif ) and hehides asWeir's autogyrosearches for him from the air. He ees along the river,and at a bridge nds a sign for "Alt-na-Shellach". Hannay presumes thatthis must be the house of Annabella's contact, whom she was trying tomeet and tell of the "39 steps". He arrives at the house of the seeminglyrespectable Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) and is let in after saying hehas been sent by Anabella Smith. He is introduced to Jordan's guests,including the localSheriff . The police arrive, but Jordan sends them awayand listens to Hannay's story. Jordan reveals that he is missing part of anger, and as Hannay realises his mistake, Jordan shoots him and leaveshim for dead.

Luckily, the bullet is stopped by the farmer's hymn book, left in his coatpocket. Hannay drives into town and goes to the Sheriff, who disbelievesthe story since he knows Jordan well, and brings in the police. Hannay'sright wrist is handcuffed but he jumps through a window and escapes by joining a march through the town. He tries to hide himself at a politicalmeeting, but is mistaken for the introductory speaker. He gives a rousing

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Secret Agent (1936 lm)

British Captain and novelist Edgar Brodie (Gielgud) returns home onleave during theFirst World War, only to discover his obituary in thenewspaper. He is brought to a man identifying himself only as "R", whoasks him to undertake a secret mission: to identify and eliminate aGerman agent on his way to Arabia to stir up trouble in the Middle East.Upon agreeing, Brodie is given a new identity (Richard Ashenden), a fakedeath, and the assistance of a killer known variously as "the HairlessMexican" and "the General" (Lorre), though he is neither bald, Mexicanor a general.

Brodie's late "predecessor" thought that the enemy agent was staying at

the Hotel Excelsior in neutral Switzerland. When "Ashenden" arrivesthere, he is surprised to nd that "R" has also provided him with anattractive wife, Elsa Carrington (Carroll). Entering their suite, he alsoencounters her new admirer, fellow hotel guest Robert Marvin (Young),who is only slightly deterred by the arrival of her husband (and continuesto irt with Elsa for much of the lm). When they are alone, Ashenden isdispleased when Elsa reveals she insisted upon the assignment for the

thrill of it.

Ashenden and the General go to contact a double agent, the churchorganist, only to nd him dead. In his hand, however, they nd a button,evidently torn off in the struggle. When they go to the casino to meetElsa, the button is accidentally dropped onto a gambling table. Since itlooks the same as his own buttons, Caypor assumes it is his.

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Sabotage (1936 lm)

Suddenly, London goes dark and loses all of its electricity. There iscommotion at a cinema, with people demanding their money back. Theowner of the cinema, Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka), enters through a backentrance to the living quarters above, and pretends to have been asleepand not know anything of the blackout. His wife, Mrs. Verloc (SylviaSidney) comes to get him and is surprised to see him, but he informs herthat he had been sleeping the entire time. He instructs his wife to returnthe money to the customers -- against her protests -- because he has"some money coming in." As the money is about to be disbursed to thecustomers downstairs, the lights go back on. It is revealed that sand wasput in theboilersas an act of sabotage on London's electricity grid.

The next day, Verloc meets with his contact and it is revealed that he ispart of a gangof terroristsfrom an unnamedEuropeancountry who are planning aseries of attacks inLondon, though, their exact motives are not madeclear. Verloc's contact is disappointed that the newspapers mocked theshort loss of electricity, and instructs Verloc to place a parcel of

"recrackers" at thePiccadilly London Undergroundstation. Verloc tellsthe contact that he is not comfortable with any act that would cause theloss of life.

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her little brother, Stevie (Desmond Tester), who lives with them, bytreating them to a fancy dinner. At this point, Spencer and Scotland Yardare unsure whether Mrs. Verloc is complicit in the terrorist plots or merelyinnocently unaware.

Verloc goes to a bird shop to meet his contact, who is actually a bomb-maker. The contact tells Verloc the time and place of where he is mustdeliver the bomb -- all Verloc has to do is place the bomb at the Tubestation at 1:45 on Saturday, as it is actually atime bombthat will already

be set. Later that night, the associates of the terrorist group are having ameeting in Verloc's living room above the cinema. Detective Spencerattempts to eavesdrop on the conversation, but he is found. His cover isblown by one of the terrorist associates, and Verloc realizes that the policeare investigating him. The meeting ends abruptly and the membersscatter, worried that they are all being followed. Verloc tells his wife thepolice are investigating him, and he conrms with the greengrocer thatSpencer was with Scotland Yard.

The next day, thecanariesare delivered to Verloc -- a present for Stevie --and the bomb is located within their cage. Detective Spencer shows upwith Stevie and tells Mrs. Verloc of Scotland Yard's suspicions that he isinvolved in sabotage. Verloc sees his wife and Spencer talking, andbecomes nervous. Before Spencer comes to question Verloc, he tellsStevie to deliver a lm canister to the cloak room underPiccadilly Circus,but he was unknowingly carrying the time bomb for Verloc. The boy hadbecome distracted along the way by street sideshows, which had delayedits delivery, and thus, the bomb exploded en route to its nal target.

Verloc confesses to his wife, but then blames Scotland Yard and Spencerfor Stevie's death, saying that they were the ones who prevented Verloc

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from successfully carrying out the bomb delivery himself. Soonafterwards, as Verloc and his wife are preparing to eat dinner, she stabshim to death with a knife. When Spencer arrives to arrest Verloc herealizes what has happened, but insists that she shouldn't admit that shekilled her husband. Nevertheless, she starts to confess her crime to apoliceman. Meanwhile, at this very moment, the terrorist bomb makersneaks into Verloc's room to retrieve the birdcage that had been used todeliver the bomb out of fear that it might incriminate him. But as thepolice surround the building, he detonates abomber-coathe wears in

the event he is about to be caught. The explosion and re interrupts Mrs.Verloc's confession, destroying all evidence of her crime and effectivelypreventing the policeman from remembering whether it was before orafter the explosion that she told him, "My husband is dead!"

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Young and Innocent

Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), a successful actress, argues passionatelywith her jealous ex- husband Guy (George Curzon), who makes particularreference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying near her at her retreat onthe English coast. Christine slaps him several times across the face, buthe hardly reacts, choosing instead to depart without a word.

The next morning, Robert Tisdall (Derrick De Marney) happens to be

walking along the seaside cliffs when Christine's body washes ashore. Heruns to get help and call the police, but two young swimmers arrive justin time to see him racing away from the corpse. A belt from his raincoat,which had just recently gone missing, is found next to the body, furtherimplicating him in her strangling. He is subsequently arrested andbecomes the main suspect, partly because of a large sum of moneyChristine left to him in her will, a gift he was unaware of. Saddled with adespondent barrister, Tisdall doubts if his innocence will ever beestablished. He elects to take advantage of a crowded courthouse andmake his escape.

Tisdall coerces Erica Burgoyne (Nova Pilbeam), daughter of the localpoliceChief Constable, to give him a ride in herMorris car. Though she is

initially unsure about her passenger, Burgoyne eventually becomesconvinced of his innocence and elects to help him in any way that shecan. They are eventually spotted together, forcing both to stay on the run.Tisdall tries to prove his innocence by tracking down the stolen coat.

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unfortunately, all that Old Will can remember about the man is hisdistinctive eye twitch.

Upon searching the pockets of the coat, Erica nds a box of matches fromthe Grand Hotel, a place Tisdall has never been to. She is separated fromthe group, however, and taken in by the police. Upon realising that hisdaughter has fully allied herself with the murder suspect, her fatherchooses to resign his position as Chief Constable rather than arrest herfor assisting Tisdall. Nonetheless, Erica and Old Will go to the Grand Hote

together, hoping to nd the true murderer. In a memorably long,continuous sequence, the camera moves forward through the hotelballroom, nally focusing on the drummer in a dance band performinginblackface. Recognizing Old Will in the audience, and seeing policemennearby (unaware that they have followed Old Will in the hopes of ndingTisdall), the man performs poorly due to fear and a drug he has beentaking to try to control the twitching, and is berated by themusicalconductor. Eventually the drummer faints in the middle of aperformance, drawing the attention of Erica and the policemen.Immediately after being revived and confronted, he confesses his crimeand begins laughing hysterically.

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The Lady Vanishes (1938 lm)

English tourist Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) arrives at the"Gasthof Petrus" inn in the ctitious country of Bandrika, "one ofEurope's few undiscovered corners". Iris is returning to Britain to marry a"blue-blooded cheque chaser", but anavalanchehas blocked the railwayline. The stranded passengers are forced to stay the night at the inn,including Charters and Caldicott, cricket enthusiasts who want to return

to England to see the last days of theTest match.That evening, Iris complains about loud folk music coming from the roomabove her. She has Gilbert (Michael Redgrave), the guilty musician,thrown out of his room, only to have him move into hers, forcing her tocapitulate.

Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty), a former governess and music teacher,listens to a tune performed by a folk singer under her window. Unseen byher, the singer is killed.

The next morning, before catching the train, Iris is hit on the head by aplanter apparently aimed at Miss Froy, who then helps Iris onto the train.Also on board are Charters and Caldicott, Gilbert, and a lawyer named

Todhunter and his mistress "Mrs. Todhunter". As a result of her injury, Irisblacks out. After the train is moving, Iris wakes up in a compartment withMiss Froy and several strangers. She joins Miss Froy in the dining car fortea. Unable to be heard above the train noise, the elderly lady writes hername on the window with her nger. Soon after, they return to theircompartment, where Iris falls asleep.

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When Iris awakens, Miss Froy has vanished. The strangers in hercompartment say they know nothing about an English lady. EvenTodhunter in the next compartment, who spoke with Miss Froy earlier,pretends not to remember her. Iris searches, but cannot nd her. Shemeets up with Gilbert, who agrees to help. Dr. Hartz (Paul Lukas), a brainsurgeon, says Iris may be suffering from concussion-relatedhallucinations. Charters and Caldicott also claim not to remember MissFroy, because they are afraid a delay would make them miss the cricketmatch.

Another lady appears, dressed exactly like Miss Froy, but Iris and Gilbertcontinue to search. They are attacked by a knife-wielding magician,Signor Doppo. They start to suspect that Dr. Hartz's patient, whose face iscovered by bandages, is Miss Froy. Dr. Hartz tells his fellow conspirator,dressed as a nun, to kill the couple; convinced they will soon be dead, headmits to being involved in the conspiracy. The false nun does not followHartz's instructions out of loyalty to her fellow countrywoman; Gilbertand Iris escape, free Miss Froy and replace her with one of theconspirators.

When the train stops near the border, Dr. Hartz discovers the switch. Hehas part of the train diverted onto a branch line, where soldiers await.Gilbert and Iris inform their fellow passengers what is happening. Whenthe train pulls to a stop, a uniformed soldier requests that they allaccompany him. Todhunter attempts to surrender, waving a whitehandkerchief, and is shot dead. Another soldier res and woundsCharters in the hand.

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In another part of the inn, the gang convenes to discuss why they get solittle money for their efforts. They suspect Jem Traherne (Robert Newton),a gang member who has been with them for only two months, ofembezzling goods. They hang him from one of the rafters of the inn, butMary cuts the rope afterwards and saves his life. Together, Traherne andMary ee from the gang. They are almost recaptured and have to swimfor their lives in order to escape.

They seek the protection of Pengallan, unaware that Pengallan is the

secret leader of Joss's gang. Traherne reveals to Pengallan that he isactually an undercover law-ofcer on a mission to investigate the wrecks.Pengallan is alarmed, but he maintains his composure and pretends to join forces with Traherne. Mary overhears this conversation and goes tothe inn to warn Patience that law enforcement knows about the wreckinggang and that she must ee in order to avoid being arrested as anaccomplice. However, Patience refuses to leave her husband. Traherneand Pengallan also go to the Inn to search for evidence. While Traherne issearching the Inn, Joss and the gang return. Pengallan takes Joss asideand tells him a wreck must be performed immediately because he needsthe money to escape to France now that the gang's activity has come tothe attention of law enforcement. He advises Joss to go into hiding aswell as soon as the wreck is complete. Joss and the gang go to do thewreck, leaving Traherne tied up. Joss also pretends to tie up Pengallan asa ploy to fool Traherne, but he secretly leaves Pengallan's hands free.After the gang leaves, Pengallan releases himself from his bonds andreveals himself to Traherne. He gives Patience a loaded pistol andinstructs her to shoot Traherne if he gets loose. Pengallen then leaves.Traherne reasons with Patience, and promises to let her and Joss escapeif she releases him. She agrees and unties him. He sets out for a nearby

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and re-lights the warning beacon which the wreckers had extinguished.The crew of the ship see the beacon and turn away; the ship does notwreck. The gang capture Mary and resolve to kill her for preventing thewreck. Joss rescues her and the two escape by horse-cart, but Joss is shotin the back while escaping and collapses when they reach Jamaica Inn. AsPatience is about to tell Mary that Pengallan is the secret leader of thewrecking gang, Pengallan shoots and kills Patience from offstage. Jossthen dies of his wound as well. While Mary is reeling from the shock ofwitnessing these two violent deaths, Pengallan reveals himself to her,

takes her hostage, ties her hands behind her back, gags her, and tells herthat he plans to keep her and take care of her now that she has no oneelse in the world. He drives her, still tied up and covered by a heavy cloak,to the harbor and they board a ship bound for France.

The gang returns to Jamaica Inn to nd Joss and Patience dead. Justthen, Traherne arrives with a posse of soldiers, who take the gang intocustody. Traherne goes to the harbor with some of his soldiers to rescueMary, and Pengallan is cornered on the ship. He climbs to the top of amast, where he clumsily drops his gun. As Traherne's soldiers climb upafter him, he jumps to his death, shouting "Make way for Pengallan!" AsTraherne leads Mary away from the scene, Pengallan's horried butler(Horace Hodges) is left wondering to himself, with a memory ofPengallan's voice ringing in his ears.

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Rebecca (1940 lm)

A naïve young woman ( Joan Fontaine), whose name is never mentioned,is inMonte Carloworking as a paid companion to Edythe Van Hopper(Florence Bates) when she meets the aristocratic but brooding widowerMaximilian "Maxim" de Winter (Laurence Olivier). They fall in love, andwithin two weeks they are married.

She is now the second "Mrs. de Winter"; Maxim takes her back toManderley, hiscountry housein Cornwall. The housekeeper, Mrs.Danvers ( Judith Anderson), is domineering and cold, and is obsessedwith the beauty, intelligence and sophistication of the rst Mrs. deWinter, the eponymous Rebecca, preserving her former bedroom as ashrine. Rebecca's so-called "cousin", Jack Favell (George Sanders), visitsthe house while Maxim is away.

The new Mrs. de Winter is intimidated by her responsibilities and beginsto doubt her relationship with her husband. The continuous reminders ofRebecca overwhelm her; she believes that Maxim is still deeply in lovewith his rst wife. She also discovers that her husband sometimesbecomes very angry at her for apparently insignicant actions.

Trying to be the perfect wife, the young Mrs. de Winter convinces Maximto hold a costume party, as he had done with Rebecca. The heroine wantsto plan her own costume, but Mrs. Danvers suggests she copy thebeautiful outt in the ancestral portrait of Caroline de Winter. At the party,when the costume is revealed, Maxim is appalled; Rebecca wore thesame outt at the ball a year ago, shortly before her death.

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The heroine confronts Danvers, who tells her she can never takeRebecca's place, and almost manages to convince her to jump to herdeath. An airbornearereveals that a ship has hit the rocks. The heroinerushes outside, where she hears that during the rescue a sunken boat hasbeen found with Rebecca's body in it.

Maxim admits to his new wife that he had earlier misidentied anotherbody as Rebecca's, in order to conceal the truth. His rst marriage, untilnow viewed by the world as ideal, was in fact a sham. At the very

beginning of their marriage Rebecca had told Maxim she intended tocontinue the scandalous life she had previously lived. He hated her forthis, but they agreed to an arrangement: in public she would pretend tobe the perfect wife and hostess, and he would ignore Rebecca'spromiscuity. However, Rebecca grew careless, including an ongoing affairwith her "cousin" Jack Favell. One night, Rebecca told Maxim she waspregnant with Favell's child. During the ensuing heated argument shefell, hit her head and died. Maxim took the body out in her boat, whichhe thenscuttled.

Shedding the remnants of her girlish innocence, Maxim's wife coachesher husband how to conceal the mode of Rebecca's death from theauthorities. In the police investigation, deliberate damage to the boatpoints to suicide. However Favell shows Maxim a note from Rebeccawhich appears to prove she was not suicidal; Favell tries to blackmailMaxim. Maxim tells the police, and then falls under suspicion of murder.The investigation reveals Rebecca's secret visit to a London doctor (Leo G.Carroll), which Favell assumes was due to her illicit pregnancy. However,the police interview with the doctor establishes that Rebecca was notactually pregnant; the doctor had told her she was suffering from a late-

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Foreign Correspondent (lm)

The editor of the New York Globe, Mr. Powers (Harry Davenport), isconcerned about the "crisis" in Europe, the growing power ofAdolfHitlerandNazi Germany, and the inability of celebrated foreigncorrespondents to get answers about whether or not war will ensueAfter searching for a good, tough crime reporter for a fresh viewpohe appoints Johnny Jones ( Joel McCrea) as a foreign correspondent,

under thepen nameHuntley Haverstock.The reporter's first assignment is Stephen Fisher (Herbert Marshall),leader of the Universal Peace Party, at an event held by Fisher inhonour of a Dutch diplomat named Van Meer (Albert Bassermann). Onthe way to the party, Haverstock sees Van Meer entering the car thato take him to the party, and runs to interview him; Van Meer invite

him to ride along. At the party, Haverstock meets Fisher's daughter,Carol (Laraine Day). Van Meer disappears mysteriously. Later, Fisherinforms the guests that Van Meer, who was supposed to be the guesof honor, will not be attending the party; instead he will be at apolitical conference inAmsterdam.

At the conference, Van Meer is shot in front of a large crowd by a mdisguised as a photographer. Haverstock commandeers a car to folltheassassin's getaway car. The car he jumps into happens to have in iCarol and Scott ffolliott (George Sanders), another reporter, whoexplains that the capital letter in his surname was dropped in memoof an executed ancestor. The group follows the assassin to awindmillin the countryside.

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Haverstock arrives, Fisher and his bodyguards escape, leaving VanMeer behind. Van Meer is rushed to the hospital in a coma.

England and France declare war on Germany. While Haverstock, ffand the Fishers are onaShort Empireplane to America, Fisher confesses his misdeeds to hisdaughter. Carol believes Haverstock does not really love her but onused her to pursue her father. Haverstock protests that he was justdoing his job as a reporter. Seconds later, the plane is shelled by a

German destroyer and crashes into the ocean. The survivors perch othe floating wing of the downed plane. Realizing that it cannot supeveryone, Fisher sacrifices himself by allowing himself to drown. Jand ffolliott attempt to save him, but are unsuccessful. They arerescued by an American ship, the Mohican. Jones, ffoliott, and Carosurreptitiously communicate the story by phone to Mr. Powers overobjections of the captain, who refuses to allow this abuse of ship'scommunications. In London, Haverstock and Carol broadcast via rato the United States a description of London being bombed, warninthem that the war will affect them all.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 lm)

Ann (Carole Lombard) and David Smith (Robert Montgomery) are amarried couple living in New York who, though happy, often havefights that last for days before they lovingly reconcile. One morninAnn asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? her disappointment, although he is very happy with her now andwouldn't marry someone else, he answers that he would not. Later tday, Harry Deever (Charles Halton), an Idaho county official informs

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David that due to a jurisdictional mishap, their three-year-old marrilicense from Idaho is not valid. Since Deever is a family acquaintanof Ann's from Idaho, he stops by their apartment to tell Ann and hemother (Esther Dale) the same thing. Ann does not mention this toDavid, and thinks he will remarry her that very night, as he just invher out to a romantic dinner at the fancy restaurant they ate at beforthey were married. When they arrive at the restaurant, however, therealize that the restaurant has turned into a seedy joint, and they hehome. When Ann feels she has given David long enough to propos

and leave to get married, she confronts him and accuses him of notwanting to marry her again. While David protests and says he wasgoing to ask her shortly, Ann dismisses that and kicks him out of thapartment.

David spends the night at his club, but when he goes home after wothe next day, he is not allowed entry by her maid. David waits in thlobby and sees Ann return with an older gentleman suitor. An angryand disheartened David takes to following Ann around, telling her will not support her, then getting her fired from a new job she has jtaken (as it turns out, the older gentleman suitor is her boss). Ann tDavid she has no intention of ever marrying him.

David's friend and law partner, Jefferson "Jeff" Custer (GeneRaymond), tells David he will talk to Ann and persuade her to remarrHowever, when David shows up later that evening, he finds that Jehas instead decided to "represent" Ann in the separation. To add insto injury, Jeff asks Ann to dinner the following night in front of DaDavid tells Ann if she goes on the date, "We're through," but Annaccepts the invitation.

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After dinner, Ann and Jeff leave and go to the fair, but become stucthe parachute ride and are forced to sit through hours of rain manyfeet up in the air. When they get back to Jeff's apartment, he dressego back out, but Ann gives him a lot of liquor to drink "medicinallyeven though he is ateetotaler. As Jeff becomes increasingly moredrunk, Ann leaves for the night.

Ann and Jeff begin to date seriously, and Ann meets Jeff's parents.They decide to take a vacation with Jeff's parents at a Lake Placid s

resort — the same resort where Ann and David had earlier beenplanning to holiday. Upon arriving at the resort, they find that Davihas rented a cabin right next to them, but when confronted, Davidsimply faints. David spends the next few hours pretending to be sicand delirious while Ann fawns over him, but when Ann discovers hdeception, she yells at him and leaves. They argue once again, andwhile yelling at each other, Jeff walks in. He knows Ann and Davidmeant for each other, as Ann, still playing out her scheme, then insuand berates Jeff for not beating up David.

Ann decides she wants to get away to the lodge by ski, even thoughshe does not know how to ski. Seated while she puts on the skis, Doffers to help her, but instead lifts up her legs so that she cannot staup from being on upright skis. As she struggles while threatening hin anger, she frees one ski, but then she is feigning helplessness, byreattaching the ski to her foot. David sees this too, and while shepretend rants at him, he bends down and kisses her, silencing her.

Suspicion (1941 lm)

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Handsome, irresponsible playboy Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) meetsdowdy Lina McLaidlaw ( Joan Fontaine) on a train, and charms her intorunning away and marrying him, despite the strong disapproval of wealthy father, General McLaidlaw (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). After a lavishhoneymoon and returning to an extravagant house, Lina discovers t Johnnie has no job, no income, habitually lives on borrowed moneand was intending to try to sponge off her father. She talks him intogetting a job, and he goes to work for his cousin, estate agent CaptaMelbeck (Leo G. Carroll).

Gradually, Lina learns that Johnnie has continued to gamble wildlydespite promising to quit, and that in order to pay a gambling debt sold two antique chairs (family heirlooms) that her father had givenher as a wedding present. Beaky (Nigel Bruce), Johnnie's good-natured but naive friend, tries to reassure Lina that her husband is aof fun and a highly entertaining liar. She repeatedly catches Johnniever more significant lies, discovering that he was fired weeks befo

forembezzlingfrom his cousin Melbeck, who says he will notprosecute if the money is repaid.

Lina writes a letter to Johnnie that she is leaving him but then tearsup. After this Johnnie enters the room and shows her a telegramannouncing her father's death. Johnnie is severely disappointed todiscover that Lina has inherited no money, only her father's portraitHe convinces Beaky to finance a hugely speculative land developmscheme. Lina is afraid this is a confidence trick or worse, and tries ttalk Beaky out of it, but he trusts his friend completely. Johnnieoverhears and angrily warns his wife to stay out of his affairs, but lhe calls the whole thing off. When Beaky leaves for Paris, Johnnie

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accompanies him partway. Later, news reaches Lina that Beaky dieParis. Johnnie lies to her and an investigating police inspector, sayithat he stayed in London. This and other details lead Lina to suspecwas responsible for Beaky's death.

Lina then begins to fear that her husband is plotting to kill her for hlife insurance. He has been questioning her friend Isobel Sedbusk(Auriol Lee), a writer of mystery novels, about untraceable poisons. Johnnie brings Lina a glass of milk before bed, but she is too afraid

drink it. Needing to get away for a while, she says she will stay witmother for a few days. Johnnie insists on

driving her there. He speeds recklessly in a powerful convertible (a1936LagondaLG45[2]) on a dangerous road beside a cliff. Lina's doorunexpectedly swings open. Johnnie reaches over, his intent unclearthe terrified woman. When she shrinks from him, he stops the car.

In the subsequent confrontation, it emerges that Johnnie was actualintending tocommitsuicideafter taking Lina to her mother's. Now however, he hasdecided that suicide is the coward's way out, and is resolved to faceresponsibilities, even to the point of going to jail for theembezzlement. He was in Liverpool at the time of Beaky's death, trto borrow on Lina’s life insurance policy in order to repay Melbecksuspicions allayed, Lina tells him that they will face the future toge

Saboteur (lm)

DuringWorld War II, aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (RobertCummings) is accused of starting a fire at the Stewart Aircraft Works

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foiled, Kane convinces the saboteurs to remove his manacles and tahim with them toNew York. He learns of their plan to sabotage thelaunching of a

newU.S. Navybattleship at theBrooklyn Navy Yard. Kane'sperformance fooled Martin as well; she contacts the authorities,hoping to get to New York to foil the saboteurs' plans.

The saboteurs reach New York but find the phone at their officedisconnected, indicating the police are on to them. They meet withNew York dowager Mrs. Sutton (Alma Kruger) and other conspirators ather mansion, during a grand society party. Kane finds the capturedMartin, who was betrayed by a corrupt sheriff. As Kane attempts tosignal her to escape, Tobin arrives. He recognizes Kane and exposehim. Tobin has Kane knocked out and locked in the mansion's cellaMartin is imprisoned in an office atRockefeller Center. The next

morning, Kane triggers a fire alarm at the mansion and escapes.Martin drops a note from the office window, which is found by somcabdrivers.

Kane reaches the Navy Yard, but only a few minutes before thelaunching. Rather than wait to explain to the Yard authorities, herushes out to search for the saboteurs. He spots Fry in a

fakenewsreelcamera truck, prepared to blow up the slipway duringthe launching. Their struggle prevents Fry from detonating theexplosion until seconds after the launch of the

USS Alaska battleship.[Note 1]

Fry takes Kane prisoner, and with his two accomplices returns to thRockefeller Center office. The police and FBI, alerted by Martin's n

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are waiting for them. The accomplices are caught, but Fry dodges ithe back of an adjacent movie theater (Radio City Music Hall). Heshoots a man in the audience, and escapes in the panic. In front of ttheater, Kane sees Fry get into a taxi. Still holding Kane in custody,FBI refuse to follow Fry, so Kane tells Martin to shadow the saboteShe follows Fry onto the ferry toLiberty Island, attracting his attention,and then to theStatue of Liberty. She calls the FBI, and at theirdirection, goes into the statue to find Fry and distract him. In theviewing room in the statue's head, She strikes up a conversation wi

Fry, stalling him until Kane and the FBI arrive.Kane escapes his escort and encounters Martin, who tells him that Fis escaping. Kane pursues Fry onto the viewing platform on the torWhen Kane emerges from the tunnel he confronts Fry. Falling overplatform's railing, Fry clings to the statue's hand. Kane climbs dowapprehend Fry. As the police and FBI agent reach the platform,watching from the railing, Fry's grip slips. Kane grabs the sleeve ofFry's jacket. The stitching gives way, and Fry falls to his death. Kanclimbs back up and embraces Martin.

Shadow of a Doubt

Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is a bored teenager living in the idyllictown ofSanta Rosa, California. She receives wonderful news: hermother's

One night, when Charlie's father and Herbie discuss how to commitheperfect murder, Uncle Charlie lets his guard down and describeselderly widows as "fat, wheezing animals"; he then says, "What

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Charlie runs out. Uncle Charlie follows and takes her into a seedy bHe admits he is one of the two suspects. He begs her for help; shereluctantly agrees not to say anything, as long as he leaves soon, toavoid a horrible confrontation that would destroy her mother, whoidolizes her younger brother. Detective Saunders tells Charlie that tphoto they took of Uncle Charlie was sent for identification bywitnesses. News breaks that an alternative suspect was chased bypolice and killed by an airplane propeller; it is assumed that he wasthe murderer. Jack tells young Charlie that he loves her and would

to marry her, and leaves.Uncle Charlie is delighted to be exonerated, but young Charlie knoall his secrets. Soon, she falls down dangerously steep stairs whichwere cut through. Uncle Charlie says he wants to settle down, andyoung Charlie says she will kill him if he stays. Later that night, shtrapped in the garage with a car spewing exhaust fumes, and almosdies.

Uncle Charlie announces he is leaving forSan Francisco, along with arich widow, Mrs. Potter. Young Charlie boards the train with heryounger sister Ann and their brother to see Uncle Charlie'scompartment. As the children disembark, Uncle Charlie restrains hniece Charlie on the train, hoping to kill her by shoving her out aftepicks up speed. In the ensuing struggle, he falls in front of anoncoming train. At his funeral, Uncle Charlie is honored by thetownspeople. Jack has returned, and Charlie confesses that shewithheld crucial information. They resolve to keep Uncle Charlie'scrimes secret.

Lifeboat (lm)

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Several British and US civilians, service members and merchantmarines are stuck in a lifeboat in theNorth Atlanticafter their ship andaU-boatsink each other in combat. Willi (Walter Slezak), a Germansurvivor, is pulled aboard and denies being the U-boat's captain.During an animated debate, Kovac ( John Hodiak) demands theGerman be thrown out to drown. However, the others object, withStanley (Hume Cronyn), wealthy industrialist Rittenhouse (Henry Hull)and columnist Connie Porter (Tallulah Bankhead), who speaks German,succeeding in arguing that he be allowed to stay. Porter, initially alo

in the boat, had managed to bring her luggage with her, and herprimary concern at first is a run in her stocking. She is thrilled at hafilmed the battle between the two vessels, but her movie camera is first in a series of her possessions to be lost overboard in a successiof incidents.

Among the passengers is a young British woman (Heather Angel)whose infant child is dead when they are pulled from the water. Aftbeing treated by a U.S. Army nurse, Alice (Mary Anderson), she must betied down to stop her from hurting herself. The woman, to whomPorter had loaned her mink coat, sneaks off the boat while the othepassengers sleep, drowning herself in the night, taking Porter's furwith her. Willi is revealed to be the U-boat captain.

The film then follows the lifeboat inhabitants as they attempt toorganize their rations, set a course forBermuda, and coexist as they tryto survive. The characters start out being good-natured, cooperativeand optimistic about rescue. However, they descend into desperatiodehydration, and frustration with each other. The back stories of thecharacters are examined, and divisions of race, religion, sex, class,

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Aventure Malgache

Paul Clarus, a French actor (played by "Paul Clarus") is chatting wifellow actors (the "MolièrePlayers") as they put on their makeupbefore a performance. He reminisces about a very unpleasantVichyofficial, the Chef de la Sûreté, (Paul Bonifas) that he knew when hepart of theResistanceon the island ofMadagascarduring theSecondWorld War. The events on Madagascar are shown inflashback.

Paul Clarus pretended to be loyal to the Vichy official, while hesimultaneously worked as the head of the Resistance movement. Hran an illegal pro-Resistance radio station "Madagascar Libre", andhelped arrange numerous boats to take loyal Frenchmen out of theisland to safety. Finally when the Vichy government falls, we see ththe Vichy official is nothing but aturncoat; in his office he rapidlyreplaces a portrait of MarshalPhilippe Pétainwith a portrait ofQueenVictoria, and he changes his bottle ofVichy waterfor bottles ofScotchandsoda water.

Bon Voyage (1944 film)

The story is told in flashback, once from the perspective of theprotagonist, and then a second time with a deeper understanding this provided by the intelligence officer in London.

A Scotsman, a downedRoyal Air Force air gunnerwho was previously aprisoner of war explains how he travelled with great difficulty throGerman-occupied France. He was accompanied most of the way bycompanion who was another escaped prisoner of war, and they wer

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gave him a letter to deliver once he reached London, supposedly a personal and private letter.

However, when we see the Intelligence officer's explanation of thesame events, it becomes clear that the gunner's companion, who wasupposedly helping him along, was in fact a Gestapo spy, whomurdered several of the Resistance fighters and reported the rest tothe authorities, and that the "personal letter" the gunner was going deliver in London contains secret information that would have help

the enemy.Spellbound (1945 lm)

The Fault... is Not in Our Stars, But in Ourselves...

— William Shakespeare The film opens withShakespeare's proverb, and words on the screenannouncing that its purpose

is to highlight the virtues ofpsychoanalysisin banishing mentalillness and restoring reason.

Dr. Co

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