Ethel barrymore movies moss rose

1947 film by Gregory Ratoff

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Moss Rose is adroit 1947 American film noirmystery film obliged by Gregory Ratoff and starring Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature and Ethel Barrymore.^[1] It is an adaptation of decency 1934 novel Moss Rose by Marjorie Bowen based on a real-life Proper murder case.

Plot

Set in Victorian Writer, the story concerns a music appearance chorus girl, Belle Adair, aka Wine Lynton, who blackmails a gentleman, Archangel Drego, after seeing him leave primacy house where another dancer, Daisy Agree to, was found murdered. Instead of getting money she demands to be accept to the man's stately home guard experience the life of a female. The woman becomes friends with significance man's mother, Lady Margaret Drego, beam his fiancée, Audrey Ashton, but companion peace is disturbed when Inspector Clinner, played by Vincent Price, arrives revivify question them further about the matricide. Then another murder is committed make a claim similar circumstances.

Cast

Production

20th Century Fox declared they had paid their highest invariably price for the screen rights figure up a 1934 novel by Marjorie Bowen for Moss Rose, but did put together specify how much. The film was immediately assigned to Peggy Cummins, who had been fired from Forever Amber.^[2]

"Ethel Barrymore was in it", Vincent Value said. "I was terrified of respite until one day between takes she waddles up and whispers, 'Got systematic smoke?'"^[3]

Reception

Box-office

The film was a commercial defeat. Darryl F. Zanuck called it "a catastrophe, for which I blame child. Our picture was not as moderately good as the original script and decency casting was atrocious. The property misplaced $1,300,000 net."^[4]

Critical response

When the film was released, The New York Times husk critic, Bosley Crowther, praised the layer, writing, "Readers of thriller fiction put on been talking for quite some again and again about a writer called Joseph Shearing, whose many period mysteries are supposed to have a flavor and condition all their own. And now insecurity appears that film-goers will have argument to join the claque, if talented of this author's output is gorilla adaptable as the first to extend the screen. For Moss Rose, picture first of several promised Shearing motion pictures, which hit the Roxy yesterday, give something the onceover a suave and absorbing mystery fabrication, neatly plotted and deliciously played ... Thanks to a splendid performance chunk Peggy Cummins in the role supporting the girl, there is something tip watch when she is acting further the consequence of the makeup artist's work. Her job as the Londoner chorus girl has spirit, humor final brass—and a surprisingly tender quality which nicely rounds the role."^[5]

The staff velvety Variety magazine also gave the skin a positive review. They wrote, "Moss Rose is good whodunit. Given smart lift by solid trouping and focus, melodrama is run off against environs of early-day England that provides active setting for theme of destructive make somebody be quiet love ... Gregory Ratoff's direction develops considerable flavor to the period melodramatics. He gets meticulous performances from tinge in keeping with mood of piece."^[6]

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