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Appendix 3.2: Sample films - synopses and character lists

THE SEVENTH VEIL UK 45

7_____	Parker, Nicholas' manservant______________________	3_____
8_____	James, Nicholas' manservant_______________________	3_____
9_____	Fellow students in Francesca's music class________	4_____
10	Audience at concerts that Francesca attends as a student____________________________________________	4
11	Peter______________________________________________	2_____
12	Audience at the puppet show Francesca attends with Peter_________________________________________	4
13	Diners in the restaurant where Francesca and Peter dine	4
14	Waiter in the nightclub where Francesca and Peter dance	4
15	Dancers in the nightclub where Francesca and Peter dance	4
16	Members of the orchestra with whom Francesca plays______________________________________________	4
17	Susan's husband	4_____
18	Conductor at Francesca's Albert Hall concert	4____
19	Dancers in Peter's club	4_____
20	Members of Peter's band___________________________	4_____
21	Max Leyden	3_____

THE WICKED LADY dir Leslie Arliss UK 1945

The film is set in seventeenth century England amongst the
seventeenth century equivalent of the middle class. The
narrative chronicles the misdeeds and eventual downfall of
Barbara (Margaret Lockwood), the wicked lady of the title,
whose wickedness is opposed to the goodness of her cousin and
childhood friend Caroline (Patricia Roc). The opposition
between the two women is constructed apropos their differing
attitudes to marriage, men and the moral code in general.
There is much discussion and exploration of the nature of love
and its presence, or absence, in marriage. Barbara’s self
seeking opportunism is contrasted with Caroline’s self denying
fidelity: in a sense the pair can be understood as a
representation of two faces of the same coin, Woman. Barbara
steals Caroline's fiance, Ralph, and marries him; Caroline
continues to run their household. Out of boredom Barbara
embarks on a secret double life as a ’Highwayman' in
partnership with the notorious Jerry Jackson (James Mason) who

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