Freaks is a 1932 american precode horror film produced and directed by tod browning, and starring wallace ford, leila hyams, olga baclanova and roscoe ates. Fred and emily hill, a happy young married couple, inherit money and decide to take a world cruise. Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point. Rich and strange motion picture lc linked data service. Sep 01, 2000 septembers movie was rich and strange. After rich and strange was a box office bomb, british international pictures took hitchcock off the film he wanted to direct an adaption of john van drutens play london wall and assigned him to number 17 instead.
Rich and strange 1932 the sorcerers apprentice 1962. For somebody looking for box office information on 1932 it is very very frustrating. Jun 09, 2014 fred and emily hill, a happy young married couple, inherit money and decide to take a world cruise. Clips and stills indicate its clearly influenced by the 1932 horror classic freaks, which employed actual freak show performers for one of the most unusual films ever made by a. A couple, fred henry kendall and emily hill joan barry, living a mundane middleclass life in london, are given a small fortune by an uncle as an advance against their future inheritance so that they can enjoy it in the present.
On board ship their new found fortune goes to their heads and they tend to go their separate. Victor halperin the granddaddy of all modernday zombie films of the sound era, with effective, atmospheric horror, although dated. Made in 1931, after such early classics as the lodger 1927, blackmail 1929 and murder. Rich and strange 1932 rich and strange, alfred hitchcocks third sound feature, is a sly and strange film indeed.
The title is an allusion to words of ariels song full fathom five in shakespeares the tempest. Rich strange the sorcerers apprentice dvd, 1999 for. This is one of hitchcocks most entertaining and well directed movies of the 1930s. Two sailors are leaving the us navy after 10 years. Hitchcocks bizarre film september 29, 20 by emanuellevy though not one of hitchcocks strong films even of the british era, this early sound film, made in 1932, is worth seeing for those interested in the evolution of the masters as an artist, both thematically and stylistically. Yet done in such a wonderful way that you loved to.
Rich and strange, released in december 1931, was hitchcocks third sound film not counting the revue elstree calling d. Rich and strange 1932 fred and emily hill were leading a pretty humdrum life in london, until they received an unexpected telegram that would rock their world. Derivation of the title from the tempest, followed by newlyaffluent fred henry kendall and emily joan barry heading abroad, and some advanced shots by director alfred hitchcock from rich and strange, 1932. Fred quickly shows his susceptibility to seasickness while. Rich and strange 1932 accountant fred hill henry kendall and his wife, emily joan barry, lead lives of tedious regimentation until a kindly uncle gives them a small fortune. Sort 1932 top box office movies by ultimate movie ranking score umr. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Rich and strange 1932 genres comedy romance director alfred hitchcock writers alfred hitchcock alma reville val valentine composer hal dolphe director of photography jack cox. Adrian brunel, 1930, to which he contributed, and it begins with an entertaining and cleverly choreographed dialoguefree sequence, following fred henry kendall, an office worker, on his way home in the rain. Rich and strange, released in december 1931, was hitchcock s third sound film not. It follows a trapeze artist who joins a group of carnival sideshow performers with a plan to seduce and murder a dwarf in the troupe to gain his inheritance, but her plot proves to have dangerous consequences. In 1932, hitchcock cast her as a socialite in rich and strange. A couple inherits a fortune and journeys around the world.
Rich and strange is her film debut, playing the old maid at the reallife. They set out to use their money the best way possible by spending it. After directing one more film, number seventeen 1932 and producing. Rich and strange 1932 stream and watch online moviefone. In 1932, a vivid actress with soulful eyes and a cello voice exploded onto movie screens as a gangsters tragic sister in scarface.
Meet the perpetually disgruntled fred henry kendall and his mundane, suburban life. She copes with her grief by marrying, but her husbands. With marian marsh, reginald denny, richard bennett, norman foster. Disney movie lot pirates of the caribbean sorcerers apprentice hocus pocu. The strangeness of rich and strange the wonderful world of.
Being englishmen of their time, they mostly stare or shout at the funny natives and show disgust for customs different from their own. Oct 08, 2014 clips and stills indicate its clearly influenced by the 1932 horror classic freaks, which employed actual freak show performers for one of the most unusual films ever made by a. Barry retired from films the following year to marry a london banker. Immediately fred takes leave from his job as a clerk and they leave on a cruise for the orient.
Rich and strange 1932 genres comedy romance director alfred hitchcock writers alfred hitchcock alma reville val valentine composer hal dolphe director of. It was one of eight films featuring ann dvorak that year, including her first leading role for warner bros. In 1929, she dubbed the dialog for polish leading lady anny ondra in hitchcocks first talkie, blackmail. Aubrey smith forces her to marry a rich prince so that her father will be saved from his debt. Rich and strange 1931 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Rich and strange has a snappy pace and much quicker dialogue to keep things moving, and its much easier to follow. Released 1932, rich and strange stars henry kendall, joan barry, percy marmont, betty amann the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them. With william haines, madge evans, conrad nagel, arthur byron. Joan barry biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. The creepy 1932 classic that inspired american horror. Rich and strange 1932, directed by alfred hitchcock.
Socialite banker henry judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Now, when i subscribed for this blogathon, i was sure that rich and strange was a 1932s film. An inheritance sends a bored british couple off on an adventure that leads to a ship wreck and a seriocomic romantic odyssey that includes infidelity. Review kendall and barry, married and bored are given money and travel around the world. The creepy 1932 classic that inspired american horror story. Rich and strange, released in the united states as east of shanghai, is a 1931 film directed by. This movie page looks at 1932 top box office movies finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult. Rich and strange, released in the united states as east of shanghai, is a 1931 film directed by alfred hitchcock during his time in the british film industry. This movie has many silent movie features, such as scene captions, exaggerated acting. No more orchids 1932 out of 4 interesting, if a tad bit strange, drama about a rich brat carole lombard who falls in love with an average guy lyle talbot but her greedy grandfather c.
Rich and strange is indeed a strange effort from the young master. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. As they leave the office, freds colleagues open their. British actress joan barry was best known for her theatrical work during the 1920s, but she also appeared in silent films. This is a 1932 hitchcock comedy which, although i have never seen the phantom menace, has perhaps the most annoying character in film history. In their spare time, one of them haines invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all that they succeed in doing is to sink the admirals launch. Rich and strange 1932, directed by alfred hitchcock movie. Rich and strange is a rarely seen early hitchcock made for bip in 1932 and includes many of the masters comedic touches. With henry kendall, joan barry, percy marmont, betty amann. For further relevant information about this film, see also. This was bela lugosis followup film to dracula 1931, and his second most important movie role. An unexpected inheritance proves less than a boon to a young married couple. Immediately fred takes leave from his job as a clerk and they leave on a cruise for \the orient\.
Rich and strange 1932 is an odd story about a middleclass couple that uses an inheritance to travel around the world on vacation. Yet done in such a wonderful way that you loved to see her, so you can groan, i do not want to see her. The lowbudget film was the archetype and model for many subsequent zombie movies. Now, in an effort to mimic the long matinee shows of the good old days, whirlwind media has combined 1932s rich and strange and 1939s jamaica inn onto one disc, throwing in a newsreel and a cartoon for some nostalgic matinee viewing. Early hitchcock movie is not in the same class as his later thrillers. Alfred hitchcock 7 dvd lot psychobirdsrear windownorth by northwestvertigo. They decide to escape from it all by writing to a rich relative and asking for their inheritance in advance. The plot concerns the adventures and misadventures of married couple fred and emily hill, played by henry kendall and joan barry.
Jul 14, 20 rich and strange is a weird, weird movie. The film was adapted by hitchcock, his wife alma reville, and val valentine from the novel by dale collins. A failure upon release, both critically and commercially, rich and strange cant be called a good film, but it has a bizarre allure to it. Alfred hitchcocks rich and stranger 1931 video dailymotion.
The title is an allusion to words of ariels song full fathom five in. Rich and strange 1931 changes the movie database tmdb. A partial inheritance was theirs for the taking and take it they did. Strange interlude was produced as a prestige picture, and, unsurprisingly, was difficult to market. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Rich and strange 1931 061932 gb comedy, drama, thriller 1h 23m user score. Strange interlude 1932 was a commercially risky venture, the story of neurotic nina leeds, whose first love is killed in world war i. Its quite a bit of light fun that is rather inconsequential in the end, but thats not always a problem. No more orchids isnt a very well known film and even fans of lombard seems to have never seen it.
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