Robert Powell, Nanette Newman, Gemma Craven, Jonathan Phillips, Rupert Rainsford, Finty Williams.Įxtremely mild creasing around the edges, crease across the top right corner, mild fold wear including a small tear at the center fold intersection and stress marks on all fold lines, slight yellowing around the edges and fold lines, small white surface crease just left of the nose, two small liquid splashes on the back of the poster and the title has been written on the back in Biro (all only noticeable on the front if the poster is held up to the light / backlit), Otherwise Very Good. Size : 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm approx. Original Quad Poster - Film Poster - Movie Poster - Cinema Poster Update: This is Heather Angel, left, and Valerie Hobson.īrain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mystery men and Back of the Head Woman), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday’s mystery guests and Back of the Head Woman), Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mystery men and Back of the Head Woman) and Suzanne Annette Stone (Monday’s mystery woman and Thursday’s most mysterious mystery man).This title is listed under the following categories: Update: This is David Manners and Heather Angel as Back of the Head Woman.īrain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday’s mystery guest), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and all mystery guests) and Sheila (Wednesday’s mystery guest).įor Friday, we have a couple of mysterious women. Possibly the most mysterious mystery guest the movieland mystery photo has ever had! And Back of the Head Woman. Update: This is Douglass Montgomery, sans old man makeup.Īnd finally, this mystery fellow. Note to Robert Morrissey, Megan and Thom: She’s in the movie, but in a different role.įor “Hm Wednesday,” we have this mysterious fellow.īrain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (Tuesday’s mysterious guest), Robert Morrissey (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mysterious guest) and Sheila (Tuesday’s mysterious guest).įor “Aha Thursday,” we have this mystery woman. A perfect image for “Tricky Tuesday.”īrain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman) and Sheila (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman). Update: This is Douglass Montgomery in old man makeup. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Droods uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Thus have John L Balderston and Gladys Unger resolved the mystery which went to the grave with Dickens sixty-fix years ago.įor “Tricky Tuesday,” we have a mysterious fellow. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. Crisparkle or - a fascinating possibility - Edwin Drood himself, was actually young Neville Landless, whom Jasper accused of the crime. Datchery, the strange bearded man who might have been Grewgious or Mr. John Jasper strangled him while the great storm raged on Christmas Eve and buried the body in quicklime in the crypt below the cathedral. But thanks to several strong performances (chiefly those of Claude Rains and David Manners), and some bold directorial choices, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a fascinating and fun watch. Wrong! Andre Sennwald! ( The New York Times, March 21, 1935):Įdwin Drood is dead. The movie is a bit of a mess, narratively. This would be too early for Bosley Crowther, so I’m guessing we’re firmly in Mordaunt Hall territory. The visuals by themselves make the film worth watching. It’s a fine film and has only aired once on TCM, in 2012, making it an excellent mystery movie. Overview Media Fandom Share The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) (US) Drama, Mystery 1h 27m User Score Watch it and watch it draw the crowds Overview A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her. I picked Mystery of Edwin Drood by going through the trades. Kino offers a restored version on Blu-ray. Mystery of Edwin Drood is available on DVD from Critics’ Choice Videos. Balderston and Gladys Unger.Īdaptation by Bradley King and Leopold Atlas.įurther information on Mystery of Edwin Drood is available from the AFI Catalog. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 1935 American melodrama film directed by Stuart Walker and based on the unfinished 1870 novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by. Clive, Walter Kingsford, Forrester Harvey, Vera Buckland, Elsa Buchanan, Georgie Ernest and J.M. THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (1935) Blu-Ray Review Jeffrey Knight DecemBlu-ray Film Review M The 1930's Claude Rains and David Manners Meet Our Great Expectations in This Adaptation of an Unfinished Dickens Novel. Mystery of Edwin Drood - An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have. Sullivan, Zeffie Tillbury, Ethel Griffies, E.E. This week’s mystery movie was the 1935 film Mystery of Edwin Drood, with Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, Valerie Hobson, David Manners, Francis L.
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