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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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