Kind lady earned an oscar nomination for walter plunkett and gile steeles costumes, while the film s release provoked a minor bit of controversy, as the wage earners committee picketed the film s l. Kind lady is a 1935 drama film starring aline macmahon and basil rathbone. A slick, serviceable, streamingonly remake updates the technology. It is based on the play of the same name by edward chodorov and a short story called the silver mask by hugh walpole. This is an extremely bizarre little film that has been outlived by the 1951 remake but this film here manages to be quite effective even though the directing is highly lacking.
Kind lady stars ethel barrymore as mary merries, a rich, elderly woman who enjoys her lavish posessions. Angela lansbury is beginning her great longrunning film career in this movie. Telecharger kind lady film en streaming voir kind lady streaming en hd. Kind lady 1951 online teljes film magyarul filmekhu.
Aline macmahon was a wonderful character actress, and here was her chance to be a leading lady. Kind lady is a film directed by john sturges with ethel barrymore, maurice evans, angela lansbury, keenan wynn, year. Voir kind lady 1935 en streaming complet streamvoir. During the great depression itinerant workers would put codes on the side of homes and businesses to let other hobos know what to expect a meal, a temp job, hostile police, a vicious dog. Plotrich but very stagey, almost as if it might have originally been a play, kind lady tells the story of. Though habitually unlucky in love, wealthy london recluse mary herries. The oral history of the most controversial film of the nineties twenty years later, cast and creators tell the inside story on the most notorious teen movie ever made by. Il mistero della signora scomparsa angela lansbury,1979 completo duration. Hollywood seemed to have a particular obsession with plots where villains attempted to drive their victims insane or else present them as insane to the rest of the world. Its an above average drama that stars ethel barrymore instead in a role which seems tailor made for the actresss ability. A look at kind lady from origins as hugh walpole story the silver mask, through chodorovs stage adaptation and both film versions, especially the 1935 film starring aline macmahon and basil rathbone. Seitz, aline macmahon, basil rathbone, mary carlisle, thriller, drama april 12, 2018 mary herries is a rich woman with a.
The official database for broadway theatre information kind lady broadway play original. If george cukors gaslight is probably the finest example kind lady runs it a close second. Sota fujimori our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Angela lansbury in kind lady 1951 ethel barrymore and betsy blair in kind lady. Maurice evans portrays the seemingly starving artist henry springer elcott. But everything else about the film is absolutely right. Photo metrogoldwynmayer mgm frank albertson, mary carlisle. It is 1 of the best classical movies to be producted after the end of ww2. Warner archives has finally released 1951s kind lady and we have been double treated with the inclusion of the 1935 version as well. Kind lady 1951 was a period suspense film, in which ethel barrymore portrayed an elderly art lover who is held prisoner in her home as a group of thieves maurice evans and angela lansbury, among others plot to steal her collection. The first film adaptation in 1936 starring basil rathbone as the evil con artist and aline macmahon as his hapless victim was effectively creepy. She started a website calmed make not porn a kind of youtube video streaming channel online where real life couples give office a peek beneat their sheets. Put together as a quite unambitious thriller, based on the story the silver casket by hugh walpole and adapted from the play kind lady by edward chodurov, who also cowrote the screenplay, it tells the story of a middleaged spinster aline macmahon who takes pity on an impoverished but charming and.
Kind lady 1951 john sturges, ethel barrymore, maurice evans, angela lansbury, crime, drama, thriller. Mary aline macmahon, an elderly woman with good intentions, takes pity on henry basil rathbone, an artist with no home. It stars ethel barrymore, maurice evans, keenan wynn and angela lansbury. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the.
It stars ethel barrymore, maurice evans, keenan wynn and angela lansbury the film is remake of the 1935 film of the same name, which starred aline macmahon in the title role. Kind lady 1935 quite a bit different from the superior 1951 remake starring ethel barrymore this original thrillerdrama features aline macmahon in the title role of mary herries a generous wealthy war widow whos too trusting for her own good such that shes taken advantage of by an unscrupulous starving artist henry abbott played by basil rathbone. However, the movie really belongs to the mildlooking evans elcott who manages an effortless study in civilized evil. Kind lady is adapted from edward chodorovs theatrical version of the hugh walpole novel silver mask, with walpoles original bleak ending bypassed in favor of chodorovs more optimistic denouement. Kind lady 1935 mary aline macmahon, an elderly woman with good intentions, takes pity on henry basil rathbone, an artist with no home. The woman is tricked into allowing an artist, his wife, and another couple into. The woman is tricked into allowing an artist, his wife, and. Kind lady 1951 john sturges, ethel barrymore, maurice.
Its very interesting to watch the two films backtoback for a comparison. Kind lady is a 1951 film drama directed by john sturges. Even thought she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. Mary sees henry again painting in the park and she invites him to visit her. Barrymore plays an elderly woman who falls for a con mans evans ruse of a sick wife living in a cold flat with a baby and invites them to stay in her home. Music video by supertramp performing my kind of lady. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. This film tells the harrowing story of a kindly old british woman with a love of art. To avoid confusion with mgms 1951 remake, the 1936 version of kind lady was retitled house of menace for television. The decision to premiere lady and the tramp digitally, morphing it into a tv movie. Kind lady is adapted from edward chodorovs theatrical version of the hugh walpole novel. Kind lady original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city sep 9, 1935 and played through sep 1935.
Ethel barrymore is the kind lady in this 1951 mgm suspenser, also starring maurice evans, keenan wynn, angela lansbury, and john williams. It is based on the play of the same name by edward chodorov and a short story. Kind lady 1951 is the second film version of the popular edward chodorov play which in turn was based on hugh walpoles story, the silver casket. What an odd little movie from the golden age of hollywood. Lion king, dumbo and a maleficent sequel all released theatrically. This cat symbol is hobo code for a kind lady lives here. Kind lady 1951 directed by john sturges who would earn his only academy award nomination for directing bad day at black rock 1955 this unassuming thriller is a remake of the 1935 film featuring aline macmahon in the title role. In this film, an italian girl enjoys a brief wartime romance with an american paratrooper but she is already the property of a suave millionaire. Henry meets mary when he admires her elaborate door knocker and inquires about its origin. The oral history of the most controversial film of. Mary herries has a passion for art and fine furniture.