Valerie Hobson Movies (with notes)
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- DirectorJohn GillingStarsValerie HobsonEdward UnderdownJames Robertson JusticeThe story of four people directly and indirectly involved in the murder of a female blackmailer. The three male suspects are the girl's employer (publisher Henry Kendall); an up-and-coming writer (Edward Underdown); a brilliant established writer (James Robertson Justice), an intellectual snob who disdains everything and everybody; and his wife (Valerie Hobson.) The latter meets the struggling writer and, propelled by her loveless marriage, falls in love with him and helps him with his ascending career, with the unwitting aid of her ailing husband. Meanwhile, the police are still investigating the murder.aka THE VOICE OF MERRILL. James Robertson Justice plays an English Monty Woolley type in the film, and does so splendidly. Valerie Hobson is also excellent as the long suffering wife. Well-plotted and executed, the film is marred by a disappointing (to me at least) twist ending just when one is on the verge of finding out how it's going to go. Still, worth watching for the performances.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.The title is a bit of a misnomer; they should have stuck with the early idea to name it "The Return of Frankenstein." I don't think the film deserves its reputation as it plays more of a parody of the first movie. It looks great, alright, but nearly everyone in the cast is directed as crazed or hysterical. There is one great scene in which a blind violinist befriends the Monster which made me think that I'd rather hang with Frankenstein's creation, smoke and drink wine with him, and perhaps discuss Nietzsche, than with anyone else in the cast.
- DirectorStuart WalkerStarsHenry HullWarner OlandValerie HobsonAfter botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.Universal's first attempt at a werewolf movie falls flat, despite the presence of the always enjoyable Warner Oland and Valerie Hobson. Alas, they are both wasted in this soap opera disguised as a monster movie. If you want to tick off the werewolf box without rewatching the The Wolf Man (1941), go for it, but don't expect too much.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsValerie HobsonJohn Howard DaviesRonald SquireA young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.Highly effective story whose title and description may be misleading. It seems like a fanciful story of a boy who gets a rocking horse for Christmas that helps him predict the winners of horse races, but it is more of a psychological treatment of greed, obsession, selfishness, and compulsion. All of these traits, while exhibited in various ways by the main characters, are exemplified by the mother in the story, played by Valerie Hobson. She is excellent, as usual, as the one who drives the action with her passive-aggressive behavior. This is a good script, with an eerie quality that might make it good Halloween fodder, especially as it gets creepier towards the end.
- DirectorMurray RothStarsLyle TalbotValerie HobsonHugh O'ConnellPolice search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists."Fine time to fall overboard." Like there's a good time? This is an example of the lameness of this script, co-written by Dory Schary. An embarrassment of Asian stereotypes throughout the movie certainly doesn't help, and an array of jokes fall flat. The only highlight is Valerie Hobson, who plays the classy and mysterious woman in black.