Word: mason
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third and more novel possibility is being widely discussed south of the Mason-Dixon line. Several Southern states have adopted or are adopting laws which keep presidential candidates' names off the general election ballot. The citizens vote, instead, only for party electors, who will be free to cast their ballots for whomever they wish when the electoral college meets next December...
...producers of Five Fingers have added to this true-fantastic tale a number of fanciful touches that detract from the unadorned facts. The picture gives Cicero (James Mason) a beautiful, double-crossing Polish countess (Danielle Darrieux) as his partner in spying and smooching, and has him ending up in a luxurious South American hideout. The film also drags in a few standard cinematic suspense props, e.g., a charwoman accidentally sets off the alarm which Cicero has disconnected while rifling the embassy safe...
...James Mason, with his polished playing of the poker-faced valet, helps iron out some of the dialogue wrinkles in this cloak & dagger drama. Also lending a bit of credulity to the proceedings: Oscar Karlweis as Moyzisch and John Wengraf as his boss, Ambassador Franz von Papen...
...lady in question is an American girl (June Havoc) who moves into the stately English country home of James Mason, and is thereafter haunted by Mason's dead wife, Madelaine. By the third reel, June has dyed her blonde hair black to match Madelaine's, and is painting Siamese cats just as Madelaine once did. An irrational ending saves her from complete insanity, but does not save the film from looking foolish...
Lady Possessed, co-authored by Mason and his wife Pamela Kellino (who also appears in the picture) from her novel Del Palma, is equipped with all the standard ghost-story props: doors that open and close by themselves, a spooky seance, low-keyed lighting and eerie music. Outstanding novelty: Singer-Pianist Mason, usually typed as a glowering heavy, blithely crooning a sophisticated ditty which goes, in part...