A partial inheritance was theirs for the taking and take it they did. 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. Meet the perpetually disgruntled fred henry kendall and his mundane, suburban life. Fred quickly shows his susceptibility to seasickness while. Rich strange the sorcerers apprentice dvd, 1999 for.
Share rich strange the sorcerers apprentice dvd, 1999 rich strange the sorcerers apprentice dvd, 1999 2 product ratings. A couple inherits a fortune and journeys around the world. This movie has many silent movie features, such as scene captions, exaggerated acting. Rich and strange motion picture lc linked data service. Victor halperin the granddaddy of all modernday zombie films of the sound era, with effective, atmospheric horror, although dated. This was bela lugosis followup film to dracula 1931, and his second most important movie role. This is a 1932 hitchcock comedy which, although i have never seen the phantom menace, has perhaps the most annoying character in film history. With henry kendall, joan barry, percy marmont, betty amann. 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. The title is an allusion to words of ariels song full fathom five in shakespeares the tempest. Jun 09, 2014 fred and emily hill, a happy young married couple, inherit money and decide to take a world cruise. Aubrey smith forces her to marry a rich prince so that her father will be saved from his debt. Rich and strange 1932 the sorcerers apprentice 1962. 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.
Alfred hitchcock 7 dvd lot psychobirdsrear windownorth by northwestvertigo. The lowbudget film was the archetype and model for many subsequent zombie movies. 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. 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. 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.
An unexpected inheritance proves less than a boon to a young married couple. As they leave the office, freds colleagues open their. Rich and strange 1932 genres comedy romance director alfred hitchcock writers alfred hitchcock alma reville val valentine composer hal dolphe director of. Rich and strange 1932 rich and strange, alfred hitchcocks third sound feature, is a sly and strange film indeed. They set out to use their money the best way possible by spending it. 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. 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.
Joan barry biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Alfred hitchcocks rich and stranger 1931 video dailymotion. Rich and strange is indeed a strange effort from the young master. Strange interlude 1932 was a commercially risky venture, the story of neurotic nina leeds, whose first love is killed in world war i. With marian marsh, reginald denny, richard bennett, norman foster. The plot concerns the adventures and misadventures of married couple fred and emily hill, played by henry kendall and joan barry. Rich and strange 1931 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Rich and strange 1931 changes the movie database tmdb. Yet done in such a wonderful way that you loved to. On board ship their new found fortune goes to their heads and they tend to go their separate. Now, when i subscribed for this blogathon, i was sure that rich and strange was a 1932s film. Disney movie lot pirates of the caribbean sorcerers apprentice hocus pocu. 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. For further relevant information about this film, see also.
Rich and strange, released in the united states as east of shanghai, is a 1931 film directed by. The creepy 1932 classic that inspired american horror. The title is an allusion to words of ariels song full fathom five in. Two sailors are leaving the us navy after 10 years.
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. Barry retired from films the following year to marry a london banker. 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. Rich and strange, released in december 1931, was hitchcock s third sound film not. 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. Rich and strange is a rarely seen early hitchcock made for bip in 1932 and includes many of the masters comedic touches. 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. With william haines, madge evans, conrad nagel, arthur byron.
Rich and strange is her film debut, playing the old maid at the reallife. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. 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 1932 stream and watch online moviefone. Review kendall and barry, married and bored are given money and travel around the world. In 1929, she dubbed the dialog for polish leading lady anny ondra in hitchcocks first talkie, blackmail.
Rich and strange 1931 061932 gb comedy, drama, thriller 1h 23m user score. Fred and emily hill, a happy young married couple, inherit money and decide to take a world cruise. In 1932, a vivid actress with soulful eyes and a cello voice exploded onto movie screens as a gangsters tragic sister in scarface. No more orchids isnt a very well known film and even fans of lombard seems to have never seen it. Immediately fred takes leave from his job as a clerk and they leave on a cruise for the orient.
Rich and strange, released in december 1931, was hitchcocks third sound film not counting the revue elstree calling d. For somebody looking for box office information on 1932 it is very very frustrating. Being englishmen of their time, they mostly stare or shout at the funny natives and show disgust for customs different from their own. They decide to escape from it all by writing to a rich relative and asking for their inheritance in advance. The film was adapted by hitchcock, his wife alma reville, and val valentine from the novel by dale collins. Strange interlude was produced as a prestige picture, and, unsurprisingly, was difficult to market. Made in 1931, after such early classics as the lodger 1927, blackmail 1929 and murder. In 1932, hitchcock cast her as a socialite in 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 has a snappy pace and much quicker dialogue to keep things moving, and its much easier to follow. 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. After directing one more film, number seventeen 1932 and producing.
Yet done in such a wonderful way that you loved to see her, so you can groan, i do not want to see her. Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point. The strangeness of rich and strange the wonderful world of. This is one of hitchcocks most entertaining and well directed movies of the 1930s. Its quite a bit of light fun that is rather inconsequential in the end, but thats not always a problem.
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. The creepy 1932 classic that inspired american horror story. She copes with her grief by marrying, but her husbands. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Rich and strange 1932, directed by alfred hitchcock. British actress joan barry was best known for her theatrical work during the 1920s, but she also appeared in silent films. Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them. Rich and strange 1932 is an odd story about a middleclass couple that uses an inheritance to travel around the world on vacation. Sort 1932 top box office movies by ultimate movie ranking score umr. Immediately fred takes leave from his job as a clerk and they leave on a cruise for \the orient\. Jul 14, 20 rich and strange is a weird, weird movie.
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. It was one of eight films featuring ann dvorak that year, including her first leading role for warner bros. Rich and strange 1932, directed by alfred hitchcock movie. Early hitchcock movie is not in the same class as his later thrillers. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. 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. 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. Sep 01, 2000 septembers movie was rich and strange. Joseph jefferson farjeon play, alma reville scenario, alfred hitchcock scenario and rodney ackland scenario stars.
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