The Face at the Window (1939 film)

The Face at the Window
Directed by	George King
Produced by	George King
Written by	A.R. Rawlinson (scenario and dialogue); Randall Faye (treatment)
Based on	the "Famous Melodrama", The Face at the Window by F. Brooke Warren
Starring	Tod Slaughter
Music by	Jack Beaver
Cinematography	Hone Glendinning
Edited by	Jack Harris
Production; company	George King Productions
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation (UK); Arthur Ziehm (U.S.)
Release date	April 1939;
Running time	70 minutes; 65 minutes (USA)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Face at the Window is a 1939 British horror film directed by George King.[1] It was the second sound film adaptation of the 1897 stage melodrama by F. Brooke Warren after the 1932 version.[2][3][4][5]

Plot

In Paris in 1880, a series of murders involving a grotesque face appearing at victims' windows, is attributed to a mysterious Wolf Man. After being accused of being the perpetrator, bank clerk Lucien Cortier (John Warwick) seeks to uncover the true identity of the murderer. Chevalier Lucio del Gardo seems determined to successfully prosecute Cortier for the murders.

Cast

Tod Slaughter as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Marjorie Taylor as Cecile de Brisson
John Warwick as Lucien Cortier
Leonard Henry as Gaston, the Cook
Aubrey Mallalieu as M. de Brisson
Robert Adair as Police Inspector Gouffert
Wallace Evennett as Professor LeBlanc
Kay Lewis as Babette, the Maid
Bill Shine (actor) as Pierre, Babette's Beau
Margaret Yarde as La Pinan
Harry Terry as The Face at the Window

Critical reception

In a contemporary review, Film Weekly called the film "a vintage thriller, put over in the right, rich spirit of years ago";[6] while more recently Britmovie praised "a sinister Tod Slaughter hamming it up marvellously." [7] and the Radio Times wrote, "As with any film featuring the outrageously operatic antics of early horror star Tod Slaughter, this slow, stagebound murder-mystery would be completely unwatchable without the producer-star's presence."[5]

Soundtrack

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gollark: He has that already, he's a moderator.

gollark: <@319753218592866315> You know how you told me to do something relating to Macron? There was an accident with the [REDACTED] ideatic space nullifiers, so Macron is now antimemetic and/or Hitler.

gollark: Time to Macron [DATA EXPUNGED] resulting in 12 casualties!

gollark: I work for Macron too, remember?

References

http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9bf86d
Pitts, Michael R. RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929–1956, pp. 100-01 (2015)
Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbe35d077
http://www.radiotimes.com/film/jfm25/the-face-at-the-window
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/467176/
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/The-Face-at-the-Window/listType/alpha

External links

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[1] ttp://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9bf86d

[2] Pitts, Michael R. RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929–1956, pp. 100-01 (2015)

[3] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[4] ttp://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbe35d077

[radiotimes-5] ttp://www.radiotimes.com/film/jfm25/the-face-at-the-window

[6] ttp://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/467176/

[britmovie-7] ttp://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/The-Face-at-the-Window/listType/alpha