My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Watch almost any Hitchcock film and tell me the man wasn't a genius.  This is one of his more light thrillers, a fun adventure about an English tourist played by Margret Lockwood and musician played by Michael Redgrave who are thrust into a mystery when an older lady staying in the same inn disappears.  Soon the mystery spins into a complex European conspiracy on a train.  Along for the ride are cricket enthusiasts Caldicott and Charters, two proper English men played by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat who I first enjoyed in the film Night Train to Munich.  This was the popular comic duo's first film appearance and you can see why they became recurring characters.  There's a lot to enjoy about this one.  It's technically a marvel with memorable performances from an outstanding cast.  This was the film that spurred Hitchcock's career toward Hollywood where he'd soon become a legend.  Grade: A.
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