The Man in Grey
This tale of treachery put both the Gainsborough melodrama and actor James Mason on the map. The star-to-be plays Lord Rohan, a cruel nobleman who marries the naive and sweet-natured Clarissa (Phyllis Calvert) for the sole purpose of producing an heir; meanwhile, Clarissa’s conniving best friend, Hesther (Margaret Lockwood), plots against her for her own nefarious ends. The Man in Grey, directed by Leslie Arliss, was such a box-office success that Gainsborough used it as a template, launching a cycle of increasingly rococo films.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Margaret Lockwood
- Hesther
- Phyllis Calvert
- Clarissa
- James Mason
- Lord Rohan
- Stewart Granger
- Peter Rokeby
- Harry Scott
- Toby
- Martita Hunt
- Miss Patchett
- Helen Haye
- Lady Rohan
- Beatrice Varley
- Gypsy
- Raymond Lovell
- Prince regent
- Norah Swinburne
- Mrs. Fitzherbert
Credits
- Director
- Leslie Arliss
- Producer
- Edward Black
- Based on the novel by
- Lady Eleanor Smith
- Adaptation
- Doreen Montgomery
- Screenplay
- Margaret Kennedy
- Screenplay
- Leslie Arliss
- Cinematography
- Arthur Crabtree
- Editor
- R. E. Dearing
- Art director
- Walter Murton
- Costumes
- Elizabeth Haffenden
- Music score
- Cedric Mallabey
- Music direction
- Louis Levy
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