The Lady Vanishes 1938 123movies

Watch: The Lady Vanishes 1938 123movies, Full Movie Online – Passengers on a scheduled train out of the mountainous European country of Mandrika are delayed by a day due to an avalanche, and thus get up close and personal with each other out of necessity in the only and what becomes an overcrowded inn in the area. Once the train departs, the one person who it is uncertain is on the train is a middle aged English governess named Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty). Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), who was vacationing in Mandrika with girlfriends before heading back to England to get married, is certain that Miss Froy was on the train as they were in the same compartment and they had tea together in the dining car, but all those people who can corroborate her story don’t seem to want to do so. Iris’ thoughts are easily dismissed as a possible concussion as Iris was hit over the head just before boarding the train. Iris will take anyone’s help in finding Miss Froy, even that of an Englishman named Gilbert (Sir Michael Redgrave), a musicologist with whom she had a not so pleasant encounter at the inn the evening before. As Iris and Gilbert go on their quest throughout the train, they believe there is a conspiracy amongst many of the passengers against the validity of there being a Miss Froy. But if there is a conspiracy, Iris and Gilbert still have to find Miss Froy and find out why anyone would want to kidnap a middle aged English governess..
Plot: On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
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One of Hitchcock’s Best!
“The Lady Vanishes” is one of Director Alfred Hitchcock’s best British made films, in fact I think it’s one of his all time best.

Set in pre-WWII somewhere in Europe, A group of people board a train bound for England after having spent the previous night in an overcrowded hotel. Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) befriends a kindly old governess/teacher, Miss Froy (Dame May Witty). When Iris is struck by a falling flowerpot, Miss Froy promises to take care of her as they board the train.

After having tea together, the two women return to their compartment where Iris falls asleep. When she awakes, Miss Froy is gone, totally vanished. The people sharing the compartment, “The Baroness” (Mary Clare), Signor and Signora Doppo (Philip Leaver, Selma Van Dias) deny ever having seen Miss Froy. Doctor Hartz (Paul Lukas) comes to her aid and is convinced that the bump Iris received to her head may have caused a memory lapse.

Iris then meets Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) whom she had met the previous evening at the hotel. He offers his help. Skeptical at first, he soon comes to believe Iris’ story. Eric Todhunter (Cecil Parker) and “Mrs.” Todhunter (Linden Travers) deny seeing Miss Froy because they are in the midst of an extra marital affair. Two British “gentlemen”, Caldicott (Naughton Wayne) and Charters (Basil Radford) though having seen Miss Froy with Iris, don’t wish to become involved.

When Dr. Hartz brings a patient aboard the train, Gilbert and Iris become suspicious and…………………………………

As was his custom, Hitchcock pits his heroine against all odds in her quest to find Miss Froy. The suspense builds as the situation becomes more hopeless. This would be a theme that the master of suspense would use throughout his career. He also liked to work trains into many of his plots, including this film of which three quarters takes place on board a train.

The scene in the hotel showing Caldicott and Charters sharing a bed (and a pair of pajamas) never would have gotten by the American censors. The relationship between the Todhunters as well, was quite obvious and rare for the American cinema of the day.

This is one of Hitchcock’s best films and hasn’t suffered because of age. Highly recommended.

A great film…once the wheels start turning
THE LADY VANISHES turns out to be pretty good once it gets going, but boy does it take a while to get there. The first half hour is packed with the kind of insubstantial, fluffy light comedy that I normally avoid like the plague. Once you sit through that, it becomes an engaging mystery-cum-thriller with much to recommend it.

Hitch was always a master of enclosed spaces, and once the action shifts to on board the train his film really picks up and becomes a classy piece of cinema. The characters are what make this film, bringing what could have been a dry and unemotional scenario to life. Michael Redgrave begins as the most annoying cad ever but becomes a classic leading man by the end, while the comedy double act of the British cricket fans is spot on.

Things pick up speed until the climax, which is something else entirely. It’s exciting and frenetic and feels very modern in its depiction of a showdown of sorts. This kind of comedy-mystery-thriller is very hard to get right and yet Hitchcock is spot on; it’s also a film that feels surprisingly modern, despite deficiencies in the early special effects (some dodgy model shots early on, alongside back projection here and there). For me, this is the second of the director’s 1930s classics alongside THE 39 STEPS, and a film that far surpasses the two remakes that have followed in the years since.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Mystery, Thriller
Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
Country United Kingdom
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (British Acoustic Film Full-Range Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,636.5 m (9 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm