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Actors: Jimmy Lydon, Warren William, Sally Eilers
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Strange Illusion |
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Jimmy Lydon stars as Paul Cartwright, a hardworking, hyperintelligent student. He has a strange dream while on a fishing trip that his mother will marry a dangerous man. Paul then gets a letter from his deceased father's estate and this makes him think even more that it was a premonition that could come true so he rushes home to check things out. It's there that he finds out that his mother is in a relationship with Brett Curtis (Warren William). Paul makes nice while meeting Brett but still has his suspicions. We soon see Brett for what he is, a con artist scheming with one Prof. Muhlbach to marry Virginia Cartwright but neither Paul or Virginia know for sure. At a dinner party to announce her engagement, Paul blacks out when Muhlbach says something from his dream. Under the guise that he is going to help Paul, Muhlbach convinces him that he needs to stay at his facility because he needs to relax. It's here that Muhlbach and Curtis's plan falls apart as Paul finds evidence of his fathers murder and this not only confirms his suspicions but convinces the police to set into action.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Strange Illusion |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- white collar fraud/theft
- criminal kidnappers
Blackmail & Seduction
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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