The Woman in the House (1942)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Sammy Lee

Writers:

John Nesbitt (story)
Warner Law (writer)

Release Date:

9 May 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town...

Plot Keywords:

Fear | Anthropophobia | WWII | John Nesbitt's Passing Parade | Narration

Cast

Ann Richards

...

Catherine Starr

Also Known As:

Fear
Passing Parade No. 31: The Woman in the House (USA) (series title)

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Peter Cushing appears in archival footage from the previously filmed Dreams (1940).

Movie Connections:

Followed by Magic on a Stick (1946)

Nice Story

Woman in the House, The (1942)

*** (out of 4)

Entry in John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series takes a look at Catherine Starr (Ann Richards), a woman who got into an argument with her fiancé who then left and eventually died. The woman was so grief stricken that she became fearful of people so she stayed inside her home for the next forty-years until a Nazi bombing forced her out. The final couple minutes of the movie turns into a message film but that's to be expected considering it was a time of war. With that said this is another winning entry in the series that manages to tell an interesting story about an interesting woman. Richards does a very good job in her role and we also get to see a young Peter Cushing but fans of his shouldn't expect a new credit as his scenes here were edited in from an earlier movie. Lee does a good job in the directing department as he keeps the film moving at a good pace.