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15 May 1948 (USA)
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CAUGHT IN THE BLACK SPELL OF TERROR! (original ad - all caps) more
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A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been...
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Nice attempt by Warner stock company to film Wilkie Collins' novel...
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(Complete credited cast) | Alexis Smith | ... | Marian Halcombe |
 | Eleanor Parker | ... | Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick |
 | Sydney Greenstreet | ... | Count Fosco |
| Gig Young | ... | Walter Hartright |
 | Agnes Moorehead | ... | Countess Fosco |
| John Abbott | ... | Frederick Fairlie |
| John Emery | ... | Sir Percival Glyde |
| Curt Bois | ... | Louis |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Vesey |
| Matthew Boulton | ... | Dr. Nevin |
| Anita Sharp-Bolster | ... | Mrs. Todd |
| Clifford Brooke | ... | Jepson |
| Barry Bernard | ... | Dimmock |
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UK:109 min | USA:109 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Wilkie Collins' 'The Woman in White' published in 1860, is considered to be the first modern mystery employing a crime-detecting hero.
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Version of The Woman in White (1917)
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So who does Walter end up with...Marion or Laura?What became of Walter after he learned that Laura was going to marry Percival?
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At least you have to give Warner Bros. credit for trying to film THE WOMAN IN WHITE, taken from the famous Wilkie Collins novel about an evil man (SYDNEY GREENSTREET) and his equally cunning wife (AGNES MOOREHEAD), along with more conventional romantic characters, ELEANOR PARKER (in a dual role), ALEXIS SMITH and GIG YOUNG.
They only partly succeed, due mainly to Greenstreet's histrionic finesse as Count Fosco, seething with villainous intentions and stealing every scene he's in. Eleanor Parker, even though she has a dual role, gives one of her weaker performances as the dull heroine Laura and is only slightly more interesting in the title role. Gig Young is handsome as her suitor but looks a bit uncomfortable in his costume role.
If you like Gothic romance, you'll find plenty to admire here, especially the low-key lighting, the costumes, the quietly menacing music and the overall atmosphere of this period piece. But the resolution differs from the novel and goes for an artificially contrived happy ending.
Trivia note: When the film was released, the poster art showed all the actors in modern costumes to disguise the fact that the story took place in Victorian times. Warner Bros. frequently misled their audiences in this manner, particularly with films like DEVOTION (the Bronte sisters) showing the actresses in modern dress.