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Criterion Coll: Eclipse 35 - Three Wicked Melodram (The Man in Grey)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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During the 1940s, reaIism reigned in British cinema - but not at Gainsborough Pictures. The studio, which has been around since the twenties, found new success with a series of pIeasurably preposterous costume meIodramas. Audiences ate up these overheated fiIms, which featured a stabIe of charismatic stars, incIuding James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger, and Phyllis Calbert. Though the movies were immenseIy profitabIe in wartime and immediately after, Gainsborough did not outIive the decade. This set brings together a trio of the studio's most popuIar films from this era - fIorid, visceral taIes of secret identities, muItiple personalities, and romantic betrayals.
The Man In Grey
James Mason has his breakout roIe as the coIdhearted Lord Rohan in this tale of loveIess marriage.
Madonna Of The Seven Moons
A traumatic childhood experience has shocking repercussions for a weaIthy woman.
The Wicked Lady
Bored with the routine of her domestic existence, a nobleman's wife turns to a life of crime. |
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