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starring: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott, Albert Lievendirected by: Compton Bennett
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304389546
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 630438954X
Label: Hallmark
Manufacturer: Hallmark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hallmark
Release Date: May 27, 1997
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 5666
Studio: Hallmark
Theatrical Release Date: February 15, 1946
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Rating:  - James Mason's cane...Ann Todd's fingers playing the piano...The Seventh Veil still has its moments
One of the most delicious thrills for many British and American moviegoers in 1946 was the unexpected sight of James Mason thwacking down his cane on the fingers of Ann Todd as she played the piano. This one scene is probably better remembered than the movie itself. The Seventh Veil was one of the first British movies to deal with psychiatry; it made a lot of money in both countries; it helped propel Mason to Hollywood; and it undoubtedly is one of the great women's melodramas in movies. Surprisingly, ... Read More
Rating: - Beautifully acted Soap opera
I loved watching The Seventh Veil. I think it's one of James Mason's best roles and his chemistry with Ann Todd is beautiful to witness. The story is a simple one( orphan goes to live with with handsome and moody relative, they fall in love). The music is superb and the ending is what we would have expected, but it was very enjoyable. James Mason was a very good actor and deserved to be a bigger star. His was one of the best voices of any actor of his generation. The Seventh Veil passes the test of time.
Rating:  - One of James Mason's Best
I love this movie. I fell in love with in when I saw it the first and was hooked ever since to James Mason. I didn't know that Todd and Mason were having an affair but no matter, they certainly made a good couple. It astounds me how Todd acted so well to her character and how Mason protrays the deep love that he had for her in his way of rejecting her time and time again. How he slams his cane over her hands as she dares to leave him for someone else. In the end though, I kinda felt that she should have ended ... Read More
Rating: - An understated and elegant movie
This is a fascinating and intense movie, a classic of its genre and one which is teeming with repressed sexuality. The two lead performers, James Mason and Ann Todd, were romantically involved throughout the making of this film and had an affair in real life (as Todd later admitted). Their chemistry is quite palpable, though not in the same way as Tracy and Hepburn; the entire movie is an exercise is repression, caution and masked motions. In fact, with a few exceptions, neither star even touches one another throughout ... Read More
Rating: - Haunting psychological drama
A young James Mason molds a distant relative into a world-class pianist (Ann Todd). The film begins in the present with Francesca (Ann Todd) being hypnotized by a psychiatrist to probe her fear of injury to her hands. Through flashbacks the story of an orphaned young girl and a controlling guardian is told amid beautiful piano music. I loved the focus of Beethoven's Adagio from the Pathetique as well as the ever popular Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto. The title, "The Seventh Veil" refers to each level of disclosure ... Read More
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