Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

John Chard

8.0

Nov 2, 2013

Corridor of Mirrors (1948) Even in my sleep he would be there watching me from the corridor of mirrors. Corridor of Mirrors is directed by Terence Young and adapted to screenplay by Rudolph Cartier and Edna Romney from the novel written by Chris Massie. It stars Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Joan Maude, Barbara Mullen, Alan Wheatley, Hugh Sinclair and Bruce Belfrage. Music is by Georges Auric and cinematography by Andre Thomas. A woman travels from Wales to Madame Tussauds in London for a rendezvous with her lover. The rest will be told in flashback… Laughter had a strange effect on…

John Chard

8.0

Nov 2, 2013

Even in my sleep he would be there watching me from the corridor of mirrors. Corridor of Mirrors is directed by Terence Young and adapted to screenplay by Rudolph Cartier and Edna Romney from the novel written by Chris Massie. It stars Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Joan Maude, Barbara Mullen, Alan Wheatley, Hugh Sinclair and Bruce Belfrage. Music is by Georges Auric and cinematography by Andre Thomas. A woman travels from Wales to Madame Tussauds in London for a rendezvous with her lover. The rest will be told in flashback… Laughter had a strange effect on him… Corridor of Mirrors is…

CinemaSerf

6.0

Jun 18, 2022

This is an eerily effective drama from Terence Young. It all centres around Eric Portman's characterisation of "Mangin". An enigmatic man who arranges to meet the young "Mifanwy" (Edana Romney) who bears a striking resemblance to a woman whose portrait hangs on a wall in his home; a woman he claims to have loved centuries earlier. Could this be possible? What makes this interesting - despite the really quite static acting performances - is the way the story develops. It's quirky. It's darkly menacing - but not in a frightening may, more a sinister and grisly theme that allows us to speculate a…