We meet little Gigi Perreau, and then her dad, Zachary Scott, and discover through his eyes that his young wife (Kristine Miller, very glam indeed) is cheating on him with Tom Helmore. Andre Previn’s music veers from playfully childlike to sinister, then manages to dissonantly suggest both tones at once. We start on a wide of a lovely house, which is revealed to be an elaborate dollhouse, the first of many in the story. But the film seems unable to decide WHO it’s about. He made his feature debut at MGM (as “Patrick Jackson” because “Pat” isn’t distinguished enough for a classy joint like MGM) with SHADOW ON THE WALL, a disjointed psychodrama starring Congo Maisie, Monte Beragon, Fanny Trellis Skeffington at aged 2, Gavin Elster (yay!), Sheriff Al Chambers and Nancy frickin’ Reagan.Īnn Sothern for once plays a villain, managing to incorporate some sympathy into a twisted character, and some subtlety into an intense, melodramatic story. He then had a distinguished sojourn at the Crown Film Unit making war docs alongside Humphrey Jennings. Jackson was a graduate of the GPO Film Unit, the UK postal service’s own film production arm, which also employed the great Cavalcanti, the obnoxious-sounding Harry Watt, and made the famous NIGHT MAIL. Alert! Time for me to explore the works of Pat Jackson (if you’re nasty).
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