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This 1937 humorous thriller is one of the first substantial masterpieces of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on Ethel Lina White’s new, THE WHEEL SPINS, it mixes laughs and chills better than honest about any other film, before or since. A nervous bride-to-be (ravishing Margaret Lockwood) meets a sweet elderly woman (the graceful Dame May Whitty) on a narrate hump through Europe to London fair before WWII. Also aboard: a waggish musicologist (Michael Redgrave), a pair of adulterers (Cecil Parker and Linden Travers), a calm German doctor (Paul Lukas), two delightfully fussy cricket fans (Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne), and a mysterious nun (Catherine Lacy) wearing sexy high heels under her habit. When the mature lady disappears from the interesting whine, the young heroine investigates, and everyone else aboard insists that she is mistaken–there never was any old-fashioned lady….
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I can reflect of no higher tribute to Hitchcock than the fact that so many current hit films are virtual remakes of his classic gems. DISTURBIA is REAR WINDOW recast with unusual teens, and the 2005 Jodie Foster thriller, FLIGHTPLAN, was an unofficial remake of THE LADY VANISHES with an airliner standing in for the train–right down to the eminent “fingerprint on the window.” Why do unusual filmmakers preserve imitating the Master’s films? Stare for yourself. This current, 2-disc reissue from Criterion has a lot of extras and a newly remastered print of the film itself. It’s a must for fans and newcomers alike. Highly Recommended.
Criterion has fair released the original 2-disc transfer of 1938’s “The Lady Vanishes”, Alfred Hitchcock’s last titanic British effort; filmed impartial before he was swallowed-up by David O. Selznick and Hollywood. Fair before the war, the magnificent young Iris(Margaret Lockwood), traveling across Europe by protest, meets the governess Miss Froy(Dame May Whitty), a charming veteran spinster, who promptly disappears into thin air. In fact, no one even recalls having seen the veteran lady aboard the sing. Iris turns sleuth, and soon finds herself drawn into a complex murder-mystery and robust adventure. The fictitous country where most of the narrative takes state is named in the movie by Miss Froy in her first scene: “Bandrika is one of Europe’s few undiscovered corners”. “The Lady Vanishes” is a worship yarn, two daffy, English gents, and two car-loads of Nazi’s, all tossed together in a shining, devilish silly thriller. Comical English humor keeps the proceedings spellbinding along. In one scene, Iris complains: “Hello, Boris? Miss Henderson speaking. Contemplate, someone upstairs is playing musical chairs with an elephant. Travel one of them out, will you? I want to come by some sleep”. A powerful cast includes Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lucas, and Dame May Whitty. As the redoubtable Miss Froy, Whitty easily steals the entire film. The final sequence is fair short of perfect. Dame May Whitty died at age 82 from cancer in Beverly Hills, shortly after her scenes in the movie “The Effect of the Ram(1948) “. She once said, “I’ve got everything Betty Grable has…only I’ve had it longer”. Modestly budgeted, “The Lady Vanishes” was shot on studio stages, and relied on miniatures, rear-projection, stock footage, transparencies, and one ninety-foot-long railroad area. The genuine meat of the film is it’s nimble acting and dynamic screenplay. There’s a lot to chew on here. Criterion released “The Lady Vanishes” in 1998 with less results; it suffered abominable video and sound drop-out. There is one drop-out at 18 minutes into the film, but otherwise you have a high-quality transfer. This recent high-definition digital transfer was taken from a 35 mm composite fine-grain master sure, and audio restoration has reduced clicks, pops, and utter. Extras include audio commentary by Bruce Eder(a petite dry), “Crook’s Tour”, a 1941 feature with Basil Radford and Nuanton Wayne reprising their roles from “The Lady Vanishes”, Francois Truffaut’s 1962 interview with Alfred Hitchcock, a original video essay by scholar Leonard Leff, an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien, photos, and art. Alfred Hitchcock made 37 cameo appearances in his films(from 1926 to 1976) . 90 minutes into “The Lady Vanishes”, you can observe him walking along the platform of London’s Victoria Region, wearing a murky coat and puffing on a cigarette. Alfred Hitchcock changed the blueprint movies are made; both long ago, and upright up until the raze. We’re so joyful he did.
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