thewarecase

  • Stewart Rome Betty Carter 伊恩·弗莱明
  • 120分钟
  • TheWareCasewastobeavehicleforCliveBrook(whohadstar… TheWareCasewastobeavehicleforCliveBrook(whohadstarredinBalcon'sfirstfilm,WomantoWoman,in1922)andtobedirectedbyRobertStevenson,whohadmadefilmsatGaumont-British,includingTudorRose.TheWareCase,asuccessfulplaybyG.P.Bancroft,hadalsobeenfilmedtwicebeforeinsilentdays,firstin1927byWalterWest,andagainin1928withStewartRome.ThistimeCliveBrookplaystheunhappybaronetwhoistriedforthemurderofhisbrother-in-lawafterthedamningcorpseisfoundfloatinginhisgardenpond,afterhisacquittalheisangeredtofindhislawyerhasbecomeromanticallyinvolvedwithhiswife.Anargumentensues,duringwhichthefinancierconfesseshisguiltandthenmakesafatalleapfromabalcony. Thepointofthefilmwasreallythateventhemostdissoluteofaristocrats,afterhavingcharmedhiswayoutofamurderconviction,coulddotherightthingintheend.InspiteofthetechnicalglossoftheOldBaileycourtroomset(mostofthestoryistoldinflashbackatthetrial),TheWareCaseisastagey,melodramaticpiece.Butitwasmadeonschedulewithinitsbudget,andwasthusabletogointoprofit. Extract©GeorgePerry:ForeverEaling,CharlesBarr:EalingStudios.

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