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...mysterious murder in the same breath with routine conversation about their product. A line of dancers at the Palladium goes through its act while a man lies dying. Always, terror intrudes in normal circumstances; this is the essence of Hitchcock's technique, and with the steady acting of Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll plus fine photography, this essence makes The 39 Steps a memorable film event...
Married. Robert Donat, 48, versatile English actor of stage (Murder in the Cathedral) & screen (Goodbye, Mr. Chips): and Renee Asherson, 37, cinemactress (Henry V); he for the second time, she for the first; in a surprise ceremony, outside London...
...Robert Donat, in a dual role, plays both Murdoch Glourie, an eighteenth-century Scottish gigolo, and his twentieth-century descendant Donald, whose passions are somewhat more restrained. Although neither part demands exceptional acting, Donat manages to lighten his burr to achieve the transition from Murdoch to Donald. Jean Parker, However, looking like an English Claudette Colbert, is only a routine love-sick heroine. Although her attempted love affair with the ghost is a change from the ordinary, she has no opportunity to show any talent...
Starring Robert Donat, the J. Arthur Rank technicolor masterpiece features almost every well-known English star. Michael Redgrave briefly appears as an instrument maker, while Emlyn Williams only faces the audience once...
...flashbacks, Donat portrays the haphazard life of William Friese-Greene, inventor of the first motion picture camera (the magic box). Friese-Greene was infatuated with the idea of making slides move both black and white and color. This idea soon became an obsession which dominated his life. Giving a superb sympathetic performance, Donat seems to mellow with his character; white hair, wrinkles, and shuffling step untobtinsively blend into his part. Even Donat's voice slowly acquires an appropriately wistful tone...