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Kind Lady

- Prisoner in her own home!

Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.

Release Date : 1935-12-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : House of Menace

Cast

Character Name : Mary Herries

Original Name : Aline MacMahon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henry Abbott

Original Name : Basil Rathbone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phyllis

Original Name : Mary Carlisle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter Santard

Original Name : Frank Albertson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Edwards

Original Name : Dudley Digges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucy Weston

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rose, Mary's Maid

Original Name : Nola Luxford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Murray Kinnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Edwards

Original Name : Eily Malyon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ada Abbott

Original Name : Justine Chase

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aggie Edwards

Original Name : Barbara Shields

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Foster

Original Name : Donald Meek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)

Original Name : Frank Reicher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soapbox Orator (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Aubrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grammaphone Man (uncredited)

Original Name : E. E. Clive

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Emily (uncredited)

Original Name : Elspeth Dudgeon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Second Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Colin Kenny

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Wilfred Lucas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Milton Owen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flower Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Tempe Pigott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Passport Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Pritchett, a Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Yorke Sherwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucy's Friend (uncredited)

Original Name : Larry Steers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph R. Tozer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Ware

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-14

This all starts with something really incongruous. Snowy scenes and a violin-led score that makes you think of some Capra-esque Christmas film about redemption and the sight of Basil Rathbone is a big thick coat! Something isn't right here! The eponymous lady - "Mrs. Herries" (Aline MacMahon) arrives at her home to encounter the homeless "Abbott" (Rathbone) doing some street art in the snow. She takes pity on this charming and unassuming gent, and asks him in for a cup of tea. Next thing we know, her cook has gone, her maid "Rose" (Nola Luxford) is threatening to leave and her house is now over-run by a rather menacing group of people who are content to live in her home and who clearly have far more nefarious intentions. They effectively imprison the woman and things look bleak. Only a glimmer of hope emerges in the form of her tenacious nephew "Peter" (Frank Albertson) who smells a rat. I don't suppose there is great deal of jeopardy here, but Rathbone is at his intimidating, most duplicitous, best and the supporting cast - especially Lily Malyon's "Mrs. Edwards" and Dudley Digges as her husband - work well to build up quite an effective sense of tension over the last hour or so of this drama. It is certainly not what I was expecting - or what the title suggests, and is certainly worth a watch.