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Fanny by Gaslight 1944 2 stars

    N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Man of Evil

Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Helen Haye, Margaretta Scott, Nora Swinburne, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Laurie

  Hard-drinking Lord Manderstoke (James Mason) falls for Fanny (Phyllis Calvert), and the influence he exerts threatens her chance for a happy life.

The Last Man to Hang 1956 2 stars

    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Eunice Gayson, Freda Jackson, Anthony Newley, Raymond Huntley, Thomas Heathcote, Ronald Simpson, Victor Maddern, Margaretta Scott

  Following a fatal overdose by his "wife," Roderick (Tom Conway) is tried for her murder and acquitted, but then his wife, Daphne (Elizabeth Sellars), turns up alive in the hospital registered under an alias.

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel 1938 2 stars

    N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hans Schwartz
Cast: Barry K. Barnes, Margaretta Scott, Sophie Stewart, James Mason, Francis Lister, Anthony Bushell, David Tree

  This poor remake of the exciting original film is set in Robespierre's France. Sir Percy Blakeney (Barry K. Barnes) comes to the aid of French aristocrats imprisoned and scheduled for execution.

Things to Come 1936 3 stars

    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Cast: Raymond Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Margaretta Scott, Maurice Braddell, Derrick DeMarney, Ann Todd, George Sanders, Abraham Sofaer

  Based on H.G. Wells' book, this is the story involving the aftermath of nuclear war and the survivors' battle with inhabitants of the moon. Good.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
aka: Man of Evil
2. The Last Man to Hang (1956)
3. Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1938)
4. Things to Come (1936)

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