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The Man in Grey (23-Aug-1943)
Director: Leslie Arliss Writers: Leslie Arliss; Margaret Kennedy; Doreen Montgomery From novel by: Lady Eleanor Smith Keywords: Drama
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Phyllis Calvert |
Actor |
18-Feb-1915 |
8-Oct-2002 |
Madonna of the Seven Moons |
| Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Martita Hunt |
Actor |
30-Jan-1899 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Great Expectations |
| Margaret Lockwood |
Actor |
15-Sep-1916 |
15-Jul-1990 |
Cast a Dark Shadow |
| James Mason |
Actor |
15-May-1909 |
27-Jul-1984 |
North by Northwest |
| Nora Swinburne |
Actor |
24-Jul-1902 |
1-May-2000 |
British character actress |
CAST REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 4-Jul-2006) The Man In Grey was released in
1943 and starred Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Margaret Lockwood and
the then new to films, Steward Granger. The film was directed by Leslie
Arliss who also wrote the screenplay. Two strangers meet at an auction
and the story is then told in flashbacks. Clarissa (Calvert) is a
beautiful young woman who doesn’t understand why Lord Rohan (Mason)
asks her to marry him. She agrees unaware that he only wants her to
produce an heir for him. She soon realises that he has no love for her
and bears him a son (who we never see in the film). Clarissa comes
across Rokeby (Granger) on a journey and he persuades her to give him a
lift to St Albans, on leaving her carriage he kisses her as a parting
gesture and the first seeds of what love really is are sewn with
Clarissa. She then meets up with an old friend Hesther (Lockwood) who
has fallen on hard times and takes her home wanting her to be her son’s
governess, hoping this will allow her at least to get to see her son
sometimes. Her cold husband refuses point blank but when he sees
Hesther, he tells her to stay with them as Clarissa’s companion. Lord
Rohan and Hesther embark on an affair behind Clarissa’s back, and
Hesther arranges for Rokeby to come and work at their home as a
librarian, knowing it will push Clarissa into his arms and into his
heart. Her plan works but it’s all to no avail, as when Clarissa tries
to run away with Rokeby, Lord Rohan stops her from leaving and tells
Hesther that he is more interested in keeping his wife with him and
preventing gossip. Hesther ensures that her sick friend dies during an
illness and when Lord Rokeby finds out he kills her. It’s an
entertaining enough drama with some good acting from all four leads,
but the story itself was a bit weak and a lot of it didn’t follow
through. For example, Mason’s character admits to Lockwood’s character
that he wishes he had met her before he met his wife and things would
have been so different and even though he has no love for his wife he
ultimately kills Lockwood’s character for killing his wife even though
he would now be free to marry her. A film I wouldn’t mind watching
again in a couple of years time, a diehard film of black and white
movies of this genre, I’d definitely recommend it.
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