This is a Pageant! … a tableux-vivant.
A series of mannequins are paraded across the screen on large, brilliantly-overlit sets. All the females whisper breathily in ornate costumes and unbelievable mountains of hair.
Urtterly without drama.
This film is like Weekend at Bernies.
The models from Madam Tussauds have been wheeled on and moved about the elaborate sets.
Lifeless! Another nail in the coffin of James Mason's sad career.
"Sad career"? Surely, you jest. A career that included ODD MAN OUT, THE SEVENTH VEIL, THE NIGHT HAS EYES, THE MAN IN GREY, THE WICKED LADY, MAN OF EVIL, THEY WERE SISTERS, THE RECKLESS MOMENT, PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, 5 FINGERS, JULIUS CAESAR, THE MAN BETWEEN, A STAR IS BORN, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, BIGGER THAN LIFE, A TOUCH OF LARCENY, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, LOLITA, TIARA TAHITI, THE DEADLY AFFAIR, STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE, THE SEA GULL, SPRING AND PORT WINE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRINCESS, MURDER BY DECREE, THE VERDICT, THE SHOOTING PARTY.
Surely, you jest.