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The Lady Vanishes [DVD] [1938]

DVD ~ Margaret Lockwood
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers: Ethel Lina White, Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
  • Producers: Edward Black
  • Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Dec 2001
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004S8IM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98,444 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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At first glance The Lady Vanishes appears to be a frothy, lightweight treat, a testament to Alfred Hitchcock's nimble touch. This snappy, sophisticated romantic thriller begins innocently enough, as a contingent of eccentric tourists spend the night in a picture-postcard village inn nestled in the Swiss Alps before setting off on the train the next morning. In a wonderfully Hitchcockian twist on "meeting cute" attractive young Iris (Margaret Lockwood) clashes with brash music student Gilbert (Michael Redgrave) when his nocturnal concerts give her no peace. She gets him kicked out of his room, so he barges in on hers: true love is inevitable, but not before they are both plunged into an international conspiracy. The next day on the train, kindly old Mrs Froy (Dame May Whitty) vanishes from her train car without a trace and the once quarrelsome couple unite to search the train and uncover a dastardly plot. No one is as he or she seems, but sorting out the villains from the merely mysterious is a challenge in itself, as our innocents abroad face resistance from the entire passenger list. Hitchcock effortlessly navigates this vivid thriller from light comedy to high tension and back again, creating one of his most enchanting and entertaining mysteries. Though this wasn't his final British film before departing for Hollywood (that honour goes to Jamaica Inn), many critics prefer to think of this as his fond farewell to the British Film Industry. --Sean Axmaker


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DVD Special Features: Interactive menus Scene Index

Language: English, Dolby Digital Subtitles: English for the hard of hearing Video aspect ratio: Feature - 4:3

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Film - Awful Print, 9 Oct 2001
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This is one of the greatest comedy mysteries of all time and if you haven't seen it yet then your film education is sadly remiss. The script is witty and clever, the acting has just the right lightness of touch for this genre and Hitchcock's direction is as masterful as ever. However this Cinema Club DVD version is appalling: the sound is lousy and the print is a disgrace - there is even a dirty great scratch all the way down the right hand side of the print for all of the last reel! Why bother doing a DVD transfer when they are not prepared to do some work on the film to make it look and sound as good as possible? The publishers should hang their heads in shame. This is a 5 star film on a no star print. An insult.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They've finally got it right!!, 16 Sep 2003
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This review is from: The Lady Vanishes [DVD] [1938] (DVD)
This is one of the greatest comedy mysteries of all time and if you haven't seen it yet then your film education is sadly remiss. The script is witty and clever, the acting has just the right lightness of touch for this genre and Hitchcock's direction is as masterful as ever. And what's more - this time Carlton have produced a fantastic print of the film: it looks gorgeous!! And this gives really added value to what is already a smashing film. As I noted in a previous review, the old Cinema Classics DVD print was shameful - but I have to give credit here where it is due; this is excellent. Well done Carlton. Great film, beautifully reproduced. This is a perfect film for a cold winter's afternoon in front of the fire. Buy it now.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Fitting Crescendo to the English Period, 22 Nov 2000
This review is from: The Lady Vanishes [VHS] [1938] (VHS Tape)
This was Hitchcock's last film before his triumphant defection to the US (aside from the obviously-contractually-obliged "Jamaica Inn"), and as a result it sees him at the top of his first major artistic peak. It comes after his six strongest films (all of them thrillers) and in retrospect provides an excellent full stop before his hesitant start in America.

Margaret Lockwood is the vulnerable central heroine, to whom things happen purely by accident. She is the "Did I/Didn't I" witness to the abduction of the apparently harmless old lady Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty), and goes through quite a substantial amount of self-doubt before becoming sure of what she saw.

Stiff upper lipped Michael Redgrave provides an excellent (and amusing) shoulder to cry on, before the whole plot is revealed and turns into a shootout between secret agents.

Whitty is excellent as the frail (but secretly hard as nails) Miss Froy, and Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne are rightly vaunted as the "couldn't give a stuff" double-act of Charters and Cauldicott.

Excellent, sexy, thrilling, droll English Hitch. You can forget later versions of this film, they just don't cut it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite a masterpiece
I think a few reviewers here are getting a bit carried away. The first part of this, set in an Alpine railway inn, goes on much too long, its pacing is pretty sluggish, and is all... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Humpty Dumpty

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS 1930s CLASSIC!

One of the greatest movies from the 1930s!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, but Scary
My daughter (6) says:

It was exciting, but scary. I thought that the lady really had vanished. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars I know she was here
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable hitchcock
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5.0 out of 5 stars marvellous old classic, full of atmosphere
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3.0 out of 5 stars Yes, they are all in on it...
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