Slightly overdetermined matching dissolvesSome Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Department of slightly overdetermined matching dissolves

By October 17, 2012January 12th, 2026One Comment

Mason

Bored James Mason wants his mom to leave him alone so he can roll a die or two…

Pre dice

As he shakes the tum­bler and turns it, a table leg and a rug appear…

Toss

Out comes the die, fly­ing across the table…

Dice

But wait, why’s that ten­nis ball fol­low­ing it…

Dog path

…and what’s with Mr. Winkle chas­ing after it…

Girl

…not to men­tion the girl grabbing Mr. Winkle’s leg…

A pecu­li­ar visu­al flour­ish from 1943’s The Man In Grey, dir­ec­ted by Leslie Arliss. The girl is Phyllis Calvert. From Criterion/Eclipse’s very enter­tain­ing box set Three Wicked Melodramas From Gainsborough Pictures. 

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One Comment

  • MarkVH says:
    October 18, 2012 at 10:58 am

    Love it. Got this set for my birth­day last week after see­ing The Wicked Lady in a melo­drama film class and hav­ing an abso­lute blast with it. So glad Criterion released these. Also Margaret Lockwood is crazy hot.