The Lady Vanishes (1938)
78,87,91 or 96-97 mins | Melodrama | 1 November 1938
Director:
Alfred HitchcockWriters:
Sidney Gilliat, Frank LaunderCinematographer:
Jack CoxEditor:
R. E. DearingProduction Companies:
Gaumont-British Picture Corp. , Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd.This film was also known under the title Lost Lady. According to Var, this was the first film under a new arrangement between Gaumont-British and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, wherein some of Gaumont's Gainsborough productions would be released by M-G-M in England. HR reported that this agreement included a provision in which M-G-M would pay half the production costs of the Gainsborough films they released. In the United States, however, the film was released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. The film was re-released by United Artists in 1952. Modern credits include Prod Edward Black, Des Maurice Carter and Albert Jullion and Mus Cecil Milner in the production. ...
This film was also known under the title Lost Lady. According to Var, this was the first film under a new arrangement between Gaumont-British and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, wherein some of Gaumont's Gainsborough productions would be released by M-G-M in England. HR reported that this agreement included a provision in which M-G-M would pay half the production costs of the Gainsborough films they released. In the United States, however, the film was released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. The film was re-released by United Artists in 1952. Modern credits include Prod Edward Black, Des Maurice Carter and Albert Jullion and Mus Cecil Milner in the production.
Aboard a train bound for London, Miss Froy, an elderly English governess, makes the acquaintance of young Iris Henderson. When Miss Froy disappears, Iris asks for the other passengers' assistance in finding the old woman, only to have all contend that Miss Froy was never on the train. With the assistance of Gilbert, a musicologist, Iris uncovers a spy ring, and eventually finds Miss Froy in ...
Aboard a train bound for London, Miss Froy, an elderly English governess, makes the acquaintance of young Iris Henderson. When Miss Froy disappears, Iris asks for the other passengers' assistance in finding the old woman, only to have all contend that Miss Froy was never on the train. With the assistance of Gilbert, a musicologist, Iris uncovers a spy ring, and eventually finds Miss Froy in London.
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