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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...years, Illinois has had a law against segregation in public schools, but the city of Cairo (rhymes with faro) has never paid much attention. Cairo (pop. 12,400) happens to sit well below the Mason-Dixon line at the point where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers meet. To all intents and purposes, it is a Southern town, and its 4,000 Negroes and 8,000 whites live out their carefully segregated lives accordingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: What's Natural in Cairo | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

Suspense (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). Odd Man Out, with James Mason and Pamela Kellino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Feb. 11, 1952 | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

...Beverly Hills theater, while watching a showing of Red Badge of Courage, Cinemactor James Mason took part in an unscheduled, action-packed short subject. His later version of what happened: "This guy a few rows ahead of me was talking so loud I couldn't hear the dialogue. This went on for about 15 minutes. Finally I couldn't stand it any more. I got out of my seat and walked down to where he was sitting and said: 'Damn it, shut up, will you? I can't hear the movie.' Then I slapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Slings & Arrows | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

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