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Contents.Plot Barbara Covett is a history teacher at a in. A nearing retirement, her only comfort is her diary. When a new art teacher, Sheba Hart, joins the staff, Barbara is immediately attracted to her. Sheba is married to the much older Richard, and is just re-entering the work force after devoting herself to her son.Barbara later witnesses Sheba in a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old student named Steven Connolly at a school Christmas concert celebration. When Barbara confronts her, she recounts all the details of her involvement with the boy, and Sheba asks her not to tell the school administration until after Christmas, as she wants to be with her family. Barbara claims she has no intention of reporting her, providing Sheba ends the relationship immediately. Sheba tells Steven that the affair is over.

However, when she refuses to give in to Barbara's demands on her time, Barbara reveals the secret to a male teacher. He tells her that he is attracted to Sheba and asks her to act as an intermediary. After the affair becomes public, Barbara and Sheba both lose their jobs.

The head teacher, Sandy Pabblem, suspects that Barbara knew about the affair and did not notify the authorities, and also learned that a former teacher at the school had taken out a restraining order against Barbara for stalking her and her fiance.Sheba is thrown out of her home by her husband, and moves into Barbara's house. Sheba is unaware that Barbara is the reason she was found out, believing the affair became known because Steven confessed it to his mother.

When Sheba finds Barbara's diary and learns it was Barbara who leaked the story of the affair, she confronts Barbara and strikes her in anger. A row ensues, and Sheba runs outside with Barbara's journal to a crowd of reporters and photographers. When she becomes hemmed in by them, Barbara rescues her.Sheba's emotions spent, she quietly tells Barbara that she had initiated the friendship with her because she liked her and that they could have been friends. She leaves Barbara, placing the journal on the table, and returns to her family home.

Richard and Sheba face one another silently for several moments, and then Richard allows her to enter. Sheba is subsequently sentenced to 10 months in prison.Later, Barbara meets another younger woman who is reading a newspaper about the Sheba Hart affair. Barbara says she was acquainted with Sheba, but implies they hardly knew each other. Barbara introduces herself, invites the other woman to a concert, and the pair continue to talk.Cast. as Barbara Covett. as Sheba Hart.

as Richard Hart. as Steven Connolly. as Ted Mawson. as Sandy Pabblem. as Sue Hodge. as Bill Rumer.

as Linda. as Brian Bangs. as Polly Hart.

Max Lewis as Ben Hart. as Annabel. as MarjorieFilming Filming took place in August and September 2005. The film was mainly shot on location in the, and areas of northwest London. The was used a film location for many of the school scenes.

Reception Critical reaction The film opened to generally positive reviews, with Blanchett and Dench receiving critical acclaim for their performances, and receiving a 'Certified Fresh' rating of 87%. Called the film a 'delectable adaptation' with 'tremendous acting from Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett, with many blue-chip supporting contributions and a 'screenwriting masterclass from Patrick Marber'. Praised the film, saying: ' Notes on a Scandal, is screenwriting at its vicious best. Richard Eyre directs the film like a. He leans on Philip Glass's ever-present and insistent music like a crutch. But his natural gift for framing scenes is terrifically assured.

A potent and evil pleasure.' American publications also gave the film acclaim, with the describing the film as 'Sexy, aspirational and post-politically correct, Notes on a Scandal could turn out to be the of the noughties.' Noted the 'dark brilliance' and that it 'offers what is possibly the only intelligent account of such a disaster ever constructed, with a point of view that is somewhat gimlet-eyed and offered with absolutely no sentimentality whatsoever.' The reviewer also identified the film as a 'study in the anthropology of British liberal-left middle-class life.'

Film critic heaped praise on the film: 'Perhaps the most impressive acting duo in any film of 2006. Dench and Blanchett are magnificent. Notes on a Scandal is whip-smart, sharp and grown up.' However, the criticized the film as a melodrama, saying, 'dramatic overstatement saturates just about every piece of this production'. Commercial The film grossed $49,752,391 worldwide, against a budget of $15 million. Soundtrack. Main article:The original score for the movie was composed.

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Running time97 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish, German, French and ItalianThe Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British directed by, starring. Written by and based on the 1936 novel by, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is helped by a young musicologist, the two proceeding to search the train for clues to the old lady's disappearance.The Lady Vanishes was filmed in the at. Hitchcock caught Hollywood's attention with the film and relocated to Hollywood soon after its release. Although the director's three previous efforts had done poorly at the box office, The Lady Vanishes was widely successful, and confirmed American producer 's belief that Hitchcock indeed had a future in Hollywood cinema.The ranked The Lady Vanishes the.

In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for magazine saw it ranked the 31st best British film ever. Having remained one of Hitchcock's most renowned British films, a remake (also titled ) was released in 1979, and in March 2013 the broadcast starring as Iris. Has adapted the 1938 film to a stage version which will be on a national tour in 2019. The play stars husband and wife. Contents.Plot English tourist Iris Henderson along with her friends Blanche and Julie (Sally Stewart) arrive at the 'Gasthof Petrus' inn in the country of Bandrika, 'one of Europe's few undiscovered corners'. Iris is returning to Britain to marry a 'blue-blooded cheque chaser', but an has blocked the railway line.

The stranded passengers are forced to stay the night at the inn, including, cricket enthusiasts who want to return to England to see the last days of the. Charters and Caldicott head for the dining room and are seated with Miss Froy , only to find that due to the rush of unexpected guests, there is no food left. Miss Froy tells them of her experience being governess for the past six years and now returning home to England.

Upon hearing a folk singer in the distance, she remarks on the cultural richness of the country and exits the dining room.In her room, Miss Froy opens the window to listen more intently to the folk singer, who sings on the street below her window. As evening comes, her listening is interrupted by a clarinet and stomping coming from the room above.

Coming into the hallway of the inn, she encounters Iris, who has the room next to hers and is very perturbed by the noise. Iris enters the offending room to discover Gilbert Redman , an, who is playing clarinet and transcribing indigenous folk music of the region while three natives dance. She tips the hotel manager who has Gilbert thrown out of his room. Gilbert attempts to make himself comfortable in Iris's room, forcing her to capitulate.As Miss Froy listens, the folk singer is strangled by an unseen murderer.The next morning, before catching the train, Iris is hit on the head by a planter apparently aimed at Miss Froy, who then helps Iris onto the train.

Also on board are Charters and Caldicott, Gilbert, a lawyer named Todhunter and his mistress 'Mrs. As a result of her injury, Iris blacks out. After the train is moving, Iris wakes up in a compartment with Miss Froy and several strangers. She joins Miss Froy in the dining car for tea.

Unable to be heard above the train noise, the elderly lady writes her name on the window with her finger. Soon after, they return to their compartment, where Iris falls asleep.When Iris awakens, Miss Froy has vanished.

The strangers in her compartment say they know nothing about an English lady. Even Todhunter, who spoke with Miss Froy earlier, pretends not to remember her in an attempt to avoid any possible scandal. Iris searches, but cannot find her. She meets up with Gilbert, who agrees to help. Hartz , a brain surgeon, says Iris may be suffering from concussion-related hallucinations. Charters and Caldicott also claim not to remember Miss Froy, because they are afraid a delay would make them miss the cricket match. as Iris Henderson.

as Gilbert. as Dr. Hartz. as Miss Froy. as Mr.

Todhunter. as 'Mrs.' Todhunter.

as Caldicott. as Charters. as Baroness. as Hotel Manager. as Blanche.

Sally Stewart as Julie. Philip Leaver as Signor Doppo. as Signora Doppo. as the Nun. as Madame Kummer. as the Officer.

Kathleen Tremaine as AnnaProduction The Lady Vanishes was originally called The Lost Lady, and Irish director was assigned by producer to make it. A crew was dispatched to to do background shots, but when the Yugoslav police accidentally discovered that they were not well-portrayed in the script, they kicked the crew out of the country, and Black scrapped the project. A year later, Hitchcock could not come up with a property to direct to fulfil his contract with Black, so he accepted when Black offered The Lost Lady to him.

Hitchcock worked with the writers to make some changes to tighten up the opening and ending of the story, but otherwise the script did not change much.At first, Hitchcock considered for the female lead, but went instead with Margaret Lockwood, who was at the time relatively unknown. Lockwood was attracted to the heroines of 's stories, and accepted the role. Michael Redgrave was also unknown to the cinema audience, but was a rising stage star at the time.

He was reluctant to leave the stage to do the film, but was convinced by to do so. As it happened, the film, Redgrave's first leading role, made him an international star. However, according to, host of, Redgrave and Hitchcock did not get along; Redgrave wanted more rehearsals, while Hitchcock valued spontaneity more. The two never worked together again.The film, which was shot at and, and on location in, including at where there is the, was the first to be made under an agreement between and, in which Gaumont provided MGM with some of their Gainsborough films for release in the UK, for which MGM would pay half the production costs if MGM decided to release the film in the US.

In the case of The Lady Vanishes, however, did the American release.Filming was briefly interrupted by a strike of electricians.The plot of Hitchcock's film differs considerably from White's novel. In The Wheel Spins, Miss Froy really is an innocent old lady looking forward to seeing her octogenarian parents; she is abducted because she knows something (without realising its significance) that would cause trouble for the local authorities if it came out. Iris' mental confusion is due to sunstroke, not a blow to the head. In White's novel, the wheel keeps spinning: the train never stops, and there is no final shoot-out. Additionally, the supporting cast differs somewhat; for instance, in the novel, the Gilbert character is Max Hare, a young British engineer building a dam in the hills who knows the local language, and there is also a modern-languages professor character who acts as Iris's and Max's interpreter who does not appear in the film. The cricket-obsessed characters were created especially for the film and do not appear in the novel.The plot has clear references to the political situation leading up to World War II. The British characters, originally trying their hardest to keep out of the conflict, end up working together to fight off the jack-booted foreigners, while the lawyer who wishes to negotiate with the attackers by waving a white flag is shot.at, wearing a black coat and smoking a cigarette, near the end of the film.

The film marks the first appearance of the comedy double-act (played by Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford).Reception and legacy Critical response When The Lady Vanishes opened in the UK it was an immediate hit, becoming the most successful British film to that date. It was also very successful when it opened in New York. In a contemporary review, the described the film as an 'out of the ordinary and exciting thriller', praising Hitchcock's direction and the cast, specifically, and.The film has retained its popularity through the years. In his review for the BBC, Jamie Russell gave the film four out of five stars, calling it a 'craftily sophisticated thriller' and a 'cracking piece of entertainment'. In his review for BFI Screenonline, Mark Duguid wrote that the film was 'arguably the most accomplished, and certainly the wittiest of Hitchcock's British films, and is up there with the best of his American work'.

Duguid singled out the young writing partnership of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, noting:The story is blessed by great characters and many witty and imaginative touches, in particular the conceit by which the passengers are each given selfish motives for refusing to verify Iris' story. As well as the chemistry between the two leads, the film has some of Hitchcock's best character parts, with Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne particularly good value as the cricket obsessed Charters and Caldicott.The American film critic and historian gave the film four out of four stars in his, and included the film in his list of 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century. Called the film 'one of the greatest train movies from the genre's golden era', and a contender for the 'title of best comedy thriller ever made'. The film frequently ranks among the best British films of all time. Awards and honours The Lady Vanishes was named Best Picture of 1938. In 1939, Hitchcock received the for Best Director, the only time Hitchcock received an award for his directing. Charters and Caldicott.

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Main article:The humorous characters Charters and Caldicott proved to be so popular that they were featured in three somewhat related films that were made by other writers and directors. (1940) was the first of the three and was directed. This film was also written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder and starred (playing a different character than in The Lady Vanishes) as well as. Night Train to Munich was given a DVD release by Criterion.The duo also appeared in 1941 in written by Barbara K. Emary and directed by John Baxter. This film was included as a bonus feature on the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray release of The Lady Vanishes. The last film to feature the Charters and Caldicott characters was (1943), which was once again written by Gilliat and Launder, who also assumed the role of directors.

Hitchcock had nothing to do with any of these films, and had moved to Hollywood by the time they went into production.Music and sound Elisabeth Weis contends that Hitchcock’s use of sound in The Lady Vanishes uses the “classical style” – that is, that the director eschews sounds in favor of sounds heard in a realistic context. For example, when Iris faints on the train, rather than extraneous noises to denote delirium, only the sound of the train is heard.

Another striking use of sound is how evil things are often heard before they are shown. The evil doctor Dr.

Hartz often is first heard before he appears on screen, representing an aural intrusion “not so much an invasion of piracy as of security.”In over half of Hitchcock’s films, music is an essential component, often of fundamental importance to the plot. In The Lady Vanishes, Gilbert is a musicologist (really an ethnomusicologist) and music teacher and Miss Froy is also a music teacher.

“Hitchcock’s dependence on music, classical or popular, is also the logical outgrowth of his search for plot devices that are suggestive but that derive naturally from a situation, so that any symbolic or metaphorical value they might have is not so obtrusive as to stop the flow of action or reduce audience involvement.” Other than source music, no other music is heard during the film.The idea of confusing noise with music (already present in Hitchcock’s 1936 film ) is used when we first encounter Gilbert, the musicologist. We first hear the sound coming from his room as it interrupts Miss Froy listening to the serenader. Iris complains about the “noise” to the hotel manager. When she finally encounters Gilbert he clarifies their different points of view: “You dare call it noise—the ancient music with which your peasant ancestors celebrated every wedding for countless generations” (That Gilbert speaks of wedding music is ironically intentional because it will come up again at the end of the film when he tries to recall the tune and sings 's instead, an indication of his impending marriage to Iris.)The notion of folk music and its deceptive innocence is significant in the film.

The first encounter with folk music is when Miss Froy hears the serenader from the dining room. Before leaving to go to her room and listen more intently, she remarks “Do you hear that music?

Everyone sings here, the people are just like happy children with laughter on their lips and music in their hearts.” The next encounter with folk music is Gilbert’s preoccupation with preserving the musical heritage of Mandrika which “helps establish the innocent and indigenous qualities of folk tunes—and his own innocent, awkward sincerity as well.” The irony of these set-ups is that folk music is the cause of trouble. In the serenader’s case, his playing of the tune—the film's —results in his murder. In Gilbert’s case, his playing results in complaint from Iris. References Citations. Spoto 1992, p. 72.

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