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  1. Madonna of the Seven Moons is a 1945 British Gainsborough melodrama but melodrama is hardly an adequate word to describe this truly bizarre film. It's beyond mere melodrama. Over-the-top, outrageously excessive, a delight from start to finish.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

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  2. The main problem with Carol Reed's NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940) starring Margaret Lockwood is that you're going to compare it to THE LADY VANISHES with which it has a lot in common. Not as good as Hitchcock's film but a decent train thriller.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #classicmovies #classicmovie #1940smovie #BritishCinema #britishmovie #britishmovies #spymovie #spymovies #spies #MargaretLockwood #CarolReed

  3. The Man in Grey (1943), first of the great Gainsborough British melodramas.

    With James Mason as a dissipated, cruel dangerous nobleman and Margaret Lockwood doing the bad girl thing as only she could.

    Packs as much twisted romance and illicit sexuality into its running time as it can. An out-and-out melodrama and an unashamed bodice ripper but very stylish and great fun.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #classicmovies #melodrama #JamesMason #MargaretLockwood #StewartGranger #BritishCinema