Sep 16th
The Clairvoyant**
(GB 1934)
A mind reading act meets a woman who enables him to foresee disasters.
Effective and quite well shot British supernatural thriller, with slightly melodramatic acting but with lots of enjoyable moments.
Written by: Charles Bennett, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Robert Edmunds, from the novel by Ernst Lothar.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Director: Maurice Elvey.
Starring: Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Jane Baxter, Mary Clare, Athole Stewart, Felix Aylmer, Donald Calthrop, Graham Moffatt.
Photography: Glen MacWilliams.
Musical Direction: Louis Levy.
Preceded by:
The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film*
(GB 1959.11m.bw; Surreal Goonish take on Un Chien Andalou which only occasionally justifies its reputation as a classic comedy short. It impressed the Beatles enough to hire the director for A Hard Day's Night. d: Richard Lester; s: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Graham Stark, Leo McKern, Richard Lester.)
The Clairvoyant**
(GB 1934)
A mind reading act meets a woman who enables him to foresee disasters.
Effective and quite well shot British supernatural thriller, with slightly melodramatic acting but with lots of enjoyable moments.
Written by: Charles Bennett, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Robert Edmunds, from the novel by Ernst Lothar.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Director: Maurice Elvey.
Starring: Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Jane Baxter, Mary Clare, Athole Stewart, Felix Aylmer, Donald Calthrop, Graham Moffatt.
Photography: Glen MacWilliams.
Musical Direction: Louis Levy.
Preceded by:
The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film*
(GB 1959.11m.bw; Surreal Goonish take on Un Chien Andalou which only occasionally justifies its reputation as a classic comedy short. It impressed the Beatles enough to hire the director for A Hard Day's Night. d: Richard Lester; s: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Graham Stark, Leo McKern, Richard Lester.)
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