![]() ![]() The Mystery of Edwin Drood was transformed into a Broadway musical in 1980s (which offered several alternate endings), then was refilmed in 1993. The film's relatively short running time required the screenwriters to drop several of Dickens' more colorful supporting characters: of those retained, Francis L. That Drood is murdered by Jasper is made abundantly clear: it is the mystery of how he was murdered and how Jasper disposed of the body that holds the viewer's interest. Pushing him over the edge is the fact that his beautiful ward, Rosa Bud (Heather Angel), has fallen in love with handsome Edwin Drood (David Manners). What no one suspects is that Jasper is an opium addict, given to fits of paranoia and jealousy. No Copyright Infringement Intended/ All rights to this clip belong to BBCThe Mystery of Edwin Drood is a two-part BBC TV adaptation of the novel of the. Claude Rains stars as John Jasper, the seemingly respectable choirmaster of Cloisterham Cathedral. Even so, the ending concocted by scenarists John Balderston and Gladys Unger for the 1935 film version of Edwin Drood met with near-unanimous approval from Dickens buffs, who felt that Balderston and Unger had remained faithful to the author's original intention. Update: This is Heather Angel, left, and Valerie Hobson.īrain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mystery men and Back of the Head Woman), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday’s mystery guests and Back of the Head Woman), Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mystery men and Back of the Head Woman) and Suzanne Annette Stone (Monday’s mystery woman and Thursday’s most mysterious mystery man).Charles Dickens' unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, has been a source of speculation and controversy ever since its posthumous publication. Update: This is David Manners and Heather Angel as Back of the Head Woman.īrain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday’s mystery guest), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and all mystery guests) and Sheila (Wednesday’s mystery guest).įor Friday, we have a couple of mysterious women. Possibly the most mysterious mystery guest the movieland mystery photo has ever had! And Back of the Head Woman. Update: This is Douglass Montgomery, sans old man makeup.Īnd finally, this mystery fellow. ![]() Note to Robert Morrissey, Megan and Thom: She’s in the movie, but in a different role.įor “Hm Wednesday,” we have this mysterious fellow.īrain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (Tuesday’s mysterious guest), Robert Morrissey (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mysterious guest) and Sheila (Tuesday’s mysterious guest).įor “Aha Thursday,” we have this mystery woman. A perfect image for “Tricky Tuesday.”īrain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman) and Sheila (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman). Update: This is Douglass Montgomery in old man makeup. Jealously in love with a girl (Heather Angel) about to marry his nephew (David Manners in the title role), he schemes to get the boy out of the way unaware that the couple had mutually given each other up when she falls for hot-tempered newcomer Douglass Montgomery the latter's own shaky relationship with Drood leads to his being suspected of. Thus have John L Balderston and Gladys Unger resolved the mystery which went to the grave with Dickens sixty-fix years ago.įor “Tricky Tuesday,” we have a mysterious fellow. Crisparkle or - a fascinating possibility - Edwin Drood himself, was actually young Neville Landless, whom Jasper accused of the crime. Datchery, the strange bearded man who might have been Grewgious or Mr. John Jasper strangled him while the great storm raged on Christmas Eve and buried the body in quicklime in the crypt below the cathedral. ![]() Wrong! Andre Sennwald! ( The New York Times, March 21, 1935):Įdwin Drood is dead. This would be too early for Bosley Crowther, so I’m guessing we’re firmly in Mordaunt Hall territory. A new 10-part adaptation of Charles Dickens classic unfinished novel, adapted and completed by Mike Walker and narrated by Dickens daughter Kate. ![]() The visuals by themselves make the film worth watching. It’s a fine film and has only aired once on TCM, in 2012, making it an excellent mystery movie. I picked Mystery of Edwin Drood by going through the trades. Kino offers a restored version on Blu-ray. Mystery of Edwin Drood is available on DVD from Critics’ Choice Videos. Balderston and Gladys Unger.Īdaptation by Bradley King and Leopold Atlas.įurther information on Mystery of Edwin Drood is available from the AFI Catalog. Clive, Walter Kingsford, Forrester Harvey, Vera Buckland, Elsa Buchanan, Georgie Ernest and J.M. Sullivan, Zeffie Tillbury, Ethel Griffies, E.E. This week’s mystery movie was the 1935 film Mystery of Edwin Drood, with Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, Valerie Hobson, David Manners, Francis L. Overview Media Fandom Share The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) (US) Drama, Mystery 1h 27m User Score Watch it and watch it draw the crowds Overview A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her. ![]()
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