Appendix 3.2: Sample films - synopses and character lists
THE SEVENTH VEIL UK 45
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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 |
4 |
|
11 |
Peter______________________________________________ |
2_____ |
|
12 |
Audience at the puppet show Francesca attends |
4 |
|
13 |
Diners in the restaurant where Francesca and |
4 |
|
14 |
Waiter in the nightclub where Francesca and Peter |
4 |
|
15 |
Dancers in the nightclub where Francesca and |
4 |
|
16 |
Members of the orchestra with whom Francesca |
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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