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corek1949 — 15 years ago(February 15, 2011 05:42 AM)

When Valerie Hobson is held prisoner on the steam ship and then does her "I forgot about the war " speech her collapse onto the stairs was a classic piece of over acting, much copied by comedy skit shows. Now I know where they got it from. Sebastian Shaw's tight lipped restrained wave from the bridge of the destroyer was also part of the 30#s restrained acting. Wonderful.

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Sebastian Shaw is interesting in role.

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Some of the acting was a bit arch and fruity here and there.
It's that man again!!

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Melodrama was quite popular in the 1930s.
Valerie could also do restrained very well. It's not her so much as it's the style that was popular at the time
Steve

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