This week’s mystery movie has been the 1957 MGM picture “I Accuse!” The film stars Jose Ferrer (who also directed), Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn, Emlyn Williams, David Farrar, Donald Wolfit and Herbert Lom. The screenplay was by Gore Vidal, from a book by Nicholas Halasz.
“I Accuse!” It has never been commercially released on VHS or DVD.
The film was photographed by F.A. “Freddie” Young, who won Academy Awards for “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Dr. Zhivago” and “Ryan’s Daughter.” It was released in CinemaScope with “process lenses by Panavision.”
According to the IMDB entry, “I Accuse!” was filmed in standard Academy aspect ratio and then printed in CinemaScope with the images cropped as the “process lenses by Panavision” would tend to indicate. I’m not an expert on the matter and will leave it to others to investigate this matter further.
For Monday, we have a mystery woman.
Update: This is Violet Gould.
And for Tuesday, we have a mystery gent.
Update: This is Emlyn Williams.
For Wednesday, we have a mystery woman.
Update: This is Viveca Lindfors.
For Thursday, we have a mystery gent.
Update: This is Anton Walbrook.
Wednesday’s mystery woman rang a few bells among the Brain Trust. Sheila was first to identify the mystery movie and Wednesday’s mystery guest, followed by Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and mystery guests), Jenny M (Wednesday’s mystery woman), Barbara Klein (mystery movie and Wednesday’s mystery guest), Don Danard (Wednesday’s mystery woman) and Lee Ann Thom and Megan (mystery movie and mystery guests).
And for our last post of the week and first of the new year, a mystery gent.
Update: This is Jose Ferrer.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie and guests), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday’s mystery guest), Dewey Webb (mystery movie, Monday’s and Wednesday’s mystery guests), Jenny M (Thursday’s mystery guest), Barbara Klein (Thursday’s mystery guest), Gary Martin (Thursday’s mystery guest/wrong movie), Bob Hansen (Thursday’s mystery guest), Anne Papineau (Thursday’s mystery gent) and Lee Ann, Thom and Megan (Thursday’s mystery guest).
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An older Wendy Hiller?
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An interesting guess, but alas, no.
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Hmm. Type like Connie Gilchrist when she’s in charwoman mode, but I don’t think she’s the one.
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Interesting guess. But sadly, it’s someone else…..
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A wild guess–is this Connie Gilchrist?
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Interesting guess. But alas, I’m afraid not.
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Is the film about Russia? That looks like an eagle behind the woman on Monday. Is today Alan Hale?
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Interesting guess. But alas, no.
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Just spitballing again … might the film be John Huston’s “Freud”?
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Interesting guess. But “Freud” is in a different aspect ratio (1.85 to 1). 🙂
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Is it one of those coming of age movies that features a lot of Lippizaner stallions???
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Ha! Not exactly…. I suppose you could say it’s about “loss of innocence,” but most movies are — if you back up far enough and look at them from a long way off.
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Viveca Lindfors for Wednesday, in ‘I Accuse!’
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Whoever they are they certainly have a lot of brick-a-brack. The prop man was busy on that one.
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My thoughts exactly. It is a very busy set.
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Lilli Palmer
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Very interesting guess. But alas, I’m afraid not.
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Anastasia : The Czar’s Last Daughter
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Interesting guess. But alas, no.
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Monday: Violet Gould
Tuesday: Emlyn Williams
Wednesday: Viveca Lindfors
“I Accuse” (1958)
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Viveca Lindfors
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Viveca Lindfors in I Accuse!
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Looks like Viveca Lindfors (sp?)
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“I Accuse!”
Wednesday – Viveca Lindfors
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Our guess Is I Accuse, with Viveca Lindfors for Wednesday, Emlyn Williams for Tuesday, and Violet Gould for Monday.
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The Czech “My Fair Lady”?
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Now that’s an interesting guess! But alas, I’m afraid not.
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Anton Walbrook and GASLIGHT.
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I ACCUSE! Violet Gould Monday, Emlyn Williams Tuesday, and Viveca Lindfors yesterday.
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The lethal charm of Anton Walbrook…
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Viveca Lindfors, Violet Gould in I ACCUSE
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Anton Walbrook in I Accuse!
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Anton Walbrook for Thursday
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Could it be Anton Walberg and Yvonne Mitchell in Queen of Spades?
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I think I wrote Walberg instead of Walbrook.
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Is Thursday’s gent Anton Walbrook?
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Thursday’s gent looks like Marius Goring.
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Interesting guess. But I’m afraid not.
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Larry, it was Anton Walbrook I was thinking about all along. An image popped
into my mind of the demanding impresario in “The Red Shoes.”
Just got the wrong actor.
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I almost gave you credit because of “The Red Shoes” connection. 🙂
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Closing out 2015, Anton Walbrook
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The suave Anton Walbrook for Thursday.
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Friday is Jose Ferrer
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Jose Ferrer.
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The first Mystery Person for the New Year is Jose Ferrer.
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Well then it’s I Accuse with Anton and Jose Ferrer. Was this a remake of Emil Zola?
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Didn’t recognize anybody until Anton Walbrook on Thursday and Jose Ferrer on Friday. The movie is I ACCUSE! (1958). (Lord, I hope I’m right!)
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Jose Ferrer
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Anton Walbrook and Jose Ferrer in I Accuse, 1958. The Dreyfus itinerary included Devils Island.
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I Accuse! w/Jose Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors.
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Ladies and Gentlemen… I can also offer a view on another “mystery gent” you might have missed. Take a look at the image from this link:
https://madhulikaliddle.com/2013/01/08/i-accuse-1958/
… 4th image down in the sequence… and any guesses as to who that chap behind the desk might be…?
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