Movie #301 "The Lady Vanishes" was actually a Hitchcock film I hadn't remember seeing, and I'm glad I got to see it. What fun! The only drawback is that they don't get to the train and the lady actually vanishing until about 30 minutes into it, so there's a bit of a set up, but after that, it's all lots of thrills, spills and fun! I especially love these two brits who just want to make it to some sporting event and they don't care if the lady is there or not, and one ends up facing several guns because he doesn't believe there's anyone really trying to kill them and............lo and behold he gets shot in the wrist, and in true British form, just says oh dear and walks back to the others and informs them that he was wrong. It was a funny scene, and typical Hitchcockian. My one regret is that I didn't see Hitchcock in the background and I know I missed him because he appears in all his films. My big delight here is to finally see Michael Redgrave at work --- I do believe he is the father of Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, and he was very "dashing" --- I know, a terribly British word, but he was!
Average rating: 3.718
I give it 4 stars
The Lady Vanishes
(1938) NR
Traveling aboard a transcontinental train, young Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) becomes alarmed when an acquaintance, elderly governess Miss Froy (Dame Mae Whitty), suddenly vanishes. Inexplicably, all the other passengers deny having seen the woman. So Iris turns to her lone ally -- handsome music scholar Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) -- for help. As the two search for clues to Froy's disappearance, they uncloak a sinister plot.
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