Jan 7th  
Thunder Rock***   
(GB 1942)       
MGM/Charter Films. 112m.

A lighthouse keeper isolates himself from the world conflict and takes comfort in the ghosts of a previous generation who were shipwrecked, who help him face up to present realities.
Excellent supernatural drama speaking out against isolationism in WWII (although it speaks oddly relevantly to today's Trumpist climate as well), with multi-perspective flashbacks, allowing both characters and performances to develop with extra dimension.

Written by: Bernard Miles, Jeffrey Dell, based on the play by Robert Ardrey.
Producer: John Boulting.
Director: Roy Boulting.
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Finlay Currie, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Frederick Valk, Barbara Mullen, Frederick Cooper, Barry Morse, Miles Malleson, A.E. Matthews.
Photography: Mutz Greenbaum (Max Greene).
Music: Hans May.

+ the original play by Robert Ardrey was first set and performed in the US in 1939 and flopped - it later transferred to London at the beginning of WWII and chimed with the mood perfectly and became a critical and financial success. It was revealed after the war that the Government had funded the continuation of the production in the West End once theatres had been reopened, in spite of the threat of bombings during the Blitz. Michael Redgrave and Frederick Valk were among the original cast who reprised their roles for the film.

THUNDER ROCK (1942). Michael Redgrave vainly appeals to a disinterested British public not to submit to fascism. Sounds familiar?