The Masquerader
Who was making love to her? Was it her husband? Or was it the masquerader he hired to double for him?
1933 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Richard Wallace |
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| Writer: | Howard Estabrook, Katherine Cecil Thurston |
| Staring: |
| A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to temporarily assume his identity. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 1933 |
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| Director: | Richard Wallace |
| Writer: | Howard Estabrook, Katherine Cecil Thurston |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | scar, pre-code, member of parliament |
| Production Companies | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ronald Colman | Sir John Chilcote / John Loder |
| Elissa Landi | Eve Chilcote |
| Juliette Compton | Lady Diana Joyce |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Brock |
| David Torrence | Fraser |
| Claude King | Lakely |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | Robbins |
| Creighton Hale | Bobby Blessington |
| Eric Wilton | Alston |
| Olaf Hytten | Doctor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Wallace | Director |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| John Hunter Booth | Theatre Play |
| Howard Estabrook | Screenplay |
| Moss Hart | Dialogue |
| Stuart Heisler | Editor |
| Gregg Toland | Director of Photography |
| Alfred Newman | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Katherine Cecil Thurston | Novel |
| Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Oscar Lagerstrom | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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I'm a fan of Ronald Colman so was prepared to set aside the rather preposterous nature of the plot and enjoy his "Jekyll and Hyde" style performance as British parliamentarian "Sir John Chilcote". The man is a bit of a boor - constantly drunk, on drugs - a selfish oaf really. Luckily he has a loyal ... butler in "Brock" (Halliwell Hobbes) and a doppelgänger - his identical cousin ("Loder") - to take his place when the public arena calls for it. Sadly, the plot now descends into melodrama as his wife "Eve" (Elissa Landi) and his erstwhile mistress "Diana" (Juliette Compton) both continue to vie for his love, whilst in true "Prisoner of Zenda" style - the double falls for the girl (or maybe girls?)! It is an OK watch this, the writing is sufficient to keep the thing moving and "Loder" has a few fun near misses. Colman plays both parts efficiently (especially the drunken sot), but the story is just a bit far-fetched and neither woman really set the romance afire either. Make sure you stick around for the ending, though - it's not quite what you expect.