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(1930) Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Beryl Mercer, Helen Chandler, Dudley Digges, Alec B. Francis. In this marvelous supernatural fantasy, a group of passengers find themselves aboard a mysterious, fog-shrouded ocean liner. They have no memory of how they got on board. What is their destination? One of the passengers, Leslie Howard, plays a glib alcoholic; and in a truly eerie moment is the first find out the shocking truth--they are all dead. He and his fellow shipmates are on their way to either heaven…or hell. Their judge is Dudley Digges, a spiritual auditor who boards the vessel to decide the fate of each passenger. This was a truly novel fantasy for the time with a literate, engaging script and fine performances by all, especially Howard. Pretty Helen Chandler was only a few months away from her starring role in Tod Browning’s Dracula. From 16mm.
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