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The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. [3] [4] Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, [3] the film is about an English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to ...
Catherine Lacey, Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938) Lockwood then had her best chance to-date, being given the lead in Bank Holiday, directed by Carol Reed and produced by Black. [11] This movie was a hit and launched Lockwood as a star.
He made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes in 1938. Redgrave received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), as well as two BAFTA nominations for Best British Actor for his performances in The Night My Number Came Up (1955) and Time Without Pity (1957).
In 1935, Hitchcock directed The 39 Steps; three years later, he directed The Lady Vanishes, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. In 1940, Hitchcock transitioned to Hollywood productions, the first of which was the psychological thriller Rebecca, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.
The Lady Vanishes, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave and Dame May Whitty. [3] The Lady Vanishes, starring Cybill Shepherd, Elliott Gould and Angela Lansbury. [3] The Lady Vanishes, television production starring Tuppence Middleton. [3]
Margaret Lockwood (middle) and Michael Redgrave (right) in a publicity shot for The Lady Vanishes (1938) Hitchcock's next major success was The Lady Vanishes (1938), "one of the greatest train movies from the genre's golden era", according to Philip French, in which Miss Froy , a British spy posing as a governess, disappears on a train journey ...
This led to several supporting roles in films, including that of the vanishing lady, Miss Froy, in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938). [2] In 1939, Whitty permanently moved to the United States - although she never became a US citizen; and appeared both on stage and in Hollywood films, usually playing wealthy dowagers.
The Lady Vanishes: Alfred Hitchcock: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, May Whitty: Mystery: Number 35 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films: Lassie from Lancashire: John Paddy Carstairs: Marjorie Browne, Mark Daly, Vera Lennox: Comedy: The Last Barricade: Alex Bryce: Meinhart Maur, Greta Gynt, Hay Petrie: Romance [5] Lightning Conductor ...