Hangover Square (film)

Hangover Square (film)

Infobox Film
name = Hangover Square


image_size =
caption = Theatrical poster
director = John Brahm
producer = Robert Bassler
writer = "Story:" Patrick Hamilton Screenplay: Barré Lyndon
narrator =
starring = Laird Cregar Linda Darnell
music = Bernard Herrmann
cinematography = Joseph LaShelle
editing = Harry Reynolds
distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox
released = February 7 1945
runtime = 77 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:94260
imdb_id = 0037761

"Hangover Square" (1945) is a film noir directed by John Brahm, based on the novel "Hangover Square" (1941) by Patrick Hamilton. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon who made a number of changes to the novel, including the transformation of George Harvey Bone into a classical composer-pianist and filming the story as a turn-of-the-century period piece. [imdb title| id=0037761|title=Hangover Square.]

The movie was released in New York City on February 7, 1945, two months after its star, Laird Cregar, suffered a fatal heart attack.

Plot

The locale is the late Victorian London, with the date 1899 shown in the opening scene. The period setting creates a dark mood, especially in the key scene when Bone (portrayed by Laird Cregar), having strangled Netta (Linda Darnell) on Guy Fawkes Night, carries her wrapped body through streets filled with revelers and deposits it on top of the biggest bonfire.

The final scene shows Cregar as Bone, mesmerizingly playing his great piano concerto (composed by Bernard Herrmann), unmindful of the conflagration around him, as flames consume all.

American composer Stephen Sondheim has cited Herrmann's score for "Hangover Square" as a major influence on his musical "Sweeney Todd". cite web
title = National Theatre: Platform Papers: Stephen Sondheim
date = June 1993
url = http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=2635
accessdate = 2008-07-16

Cast

* Laird Cregar as George Harvey Bone
* Linda Darnell as Netta Longdon
* George Sanders as Dr. Allan Middleton
* Glenn Langan as Eddie Carstairs
* Faye Marlowe as Barbara Chapman
* Alan Napier as Sir Henry Chapman

References

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