The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection
by Alfred Hitchcock
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Actor: Abraham Sofaer, Basil Radford, Charles Oliver, Greta Gynt, Naunton WayneDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion Collection
Movie Reviews of The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: Where is Freud, or Fraud, or...
Summary: 4 Stars
This interesting remake of Jodie Foster's "Flightplan"... sorry, kidding. Hitchcock greatness is easy to spot in this 1938 comedy thriller. It starts with what seems a gathering of all European nations in an hotel somewhere at the foot of the mountains, with people speaking languages as if they were in Babel after the fall. Nobody understands entirely each other, and if they act nice, egoism surface when they must sacrifice an interest for somebody else. So, when a lady friend of our heroine disappears inside a train in movement, nobody wants to admit it. It reaches a point when we are not entirely sure the lady in question even exists. The year is 1938, and spies with obscure plans seems to roam the entire train, which stands for Europe. If at the end the film seems quaint, outdated, all the motives of the characters are explained, and what is more important, they make a sense, a characteristic lost in "Flightplan". Add to that a palpable chemistry between the three main characters, smartly portrayed. Personally I think that the comedy holds better in this film that the suspense, but this opinion must not deter you from watching it.
Summary of The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection
In Alfred Hitchcock's most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller the beautiful Margaret Lockwood traveling across Europe by train meets Dame May Whitty's charming old spinster who seemingly disappears into thin air. Soon enough the young woman turns investigator and finds herself drawn into a complex web of mystery and high adventure. The Lady Vanishes now in an all-new digital transfer remains one of the master filmmaker's purest delights. System Requirements:Running Time: 96 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY UPC:?715515026727Alfred Hitchcock had hit his early, near-flawless stride by the time of The Lady Vanishes, the 1938 classic that seems as bright and funny now as the day it was released. After the deliciously comic opening reels at a mittel-European hotel where a train has been snowed in, the plot kicks into gear: a very nice old lady (Dame May Whitty) suddenly disappears in mid-train ride. Worse, the young woman (Margaret Lockwood) who'd befriended her can't find anybody to confirm that the lady ever actually existed. Luckily, suave gadabout Michael Redgrave is at the ready--to say nothing of two English cricket fans, brought to memorable life by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne. The film bops along briskly, borne along on the charm of the players and the witty script by expert craftsman Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat (who also did the delightful Green for Danger and the St. Trinian's films), to say nothing of Hitchcock's healthy sense of humor about the whole thing--indeed, it may be the most "British" of his films. --Robert Horton
On the DVD
This two-disc package is the second time Lady has been issued by Criterion, and features a (visually and aurally) improved transfer of the film. It retains a commentary from the earlier release, but adds tasty extras: a half-hour documentary from Leonard Leff (standard stuff, but a nice intro to Hitchcockian ideas), plus a 10-minute audio excerpt from Francois Truffaut's legendary book-length interview with Hitch. This is not only a good way to hear Hitchcock on The Lady Vanishes, it's a fascinating ringside seat at an important moment in film history. And then there's Crook's Tour, a fun 1941 feature comedy vehicle for Charters and Caldicott, the two characters played by Radford and Wayne (they'd been such a hit in The Lady Vanishes that audiences demanded more of them, leading to a long-term teaming in film and radio). All good--but Lady itself is the ride you'll be returning to again and again. --Robert Horton
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