The Lady Vanishes
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Features
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• NTSC
In Theaters : 01 November, 1938
DVD Release : 01 January, 2003 |
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The Lady Vanishes Customer Reviews
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Screwball comedy + Thriller + Romance = Great Fun
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This is a very funny, totally enjoyable movie, that's sure to please almost anyone. The cast is first rate. Michael Redgrave is handsome, funny, and totally charming in his first major film role. Margaret Lockwood is more than just a beautiful screwball comedian; she displays a subtlety that many actresses of this genre lack. Together they make a great team. Dame Mae Whitty plays an English governess type that everyone will want to hug. Some of the others---the excitable hotel manager, the smiling buxom maid, the Italian magician, his spooky wife, as well as the two cricket-mad English tourists, are all hilarious. The dancers who accompany the eccentric musicologist are wonderful---especially when stopped in mid-action.
The plot starts slowly, with plenty of comedy and then gradually the difficulty presents itself. We know, from the title, that some lady will vanish but it takes a while before we know who it will be. Tension mounts and eventually things get real serious before it all settles down.
Considering the time and place in which the film was made, there are pertinent themes which deepen its value---the initial reluctance of some of the English train passengers to recognize the danger they are in and then to do something about it, the idea of saving one's self vs sacrifice. The ultimate guy-you-want-to-hate is a pompous lawyer, on an adulterous trip with his married girlfriend, who values his own reputation over everything. Several times people comment about having a sense of proportion. This is a very smart film, which can be enjoyed on many levels.
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