Celia goes on vacation to Mexico to get away from
New York for a while. She meets
Mark Lamphere while she is there and he seems to be her dream man. He is handsome, mysterious and he
publishes his own magazine. In a
short time they marry and after their honeymoon they move to his mansion. He has added rooms as a hobby and they
depict places where famous murders took place? There is one room that is always kept locked and Celia is
very interested is seeing what is in this room?
The music is scary
but nothing about the film is scary?
Both Bennett and Lang agreed that this film was their weakest effort in
their collaborations. There were a
lot of times I wanted to yell at the screen!! “Don’t marry Mark!!
Don’t’ live in that house!!
Don’t go into that room!! ”
But, how would there be a story without Celia doing everything wrong? 2 ½*
99
min, Drama directed by Fritz Lang with Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne
Revere, Barbara O’Neil, Natalie Schafer, Paul Cavanagh, Anabel Shaw, Rosa Rey,
James Seay, Mark Dennis.
Note: Imdb 6.9 out of 10, 54% critic 56%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with 23 reviews.
Special
Note: This film was a version of
Rebecca from 1940 but it was over budget and over schedule. Bennett and Lang didn’t agree many
times during filming. Some of the
comments about the film at the preview were "beyond human endurance and it stinks!!"
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