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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
AFP-45GZ 16mm AFP-45HA 16mm VTM-45GZ Beta SP VTM-45HA Beta SP
B W
Sound Feature
1934
B W 1934 LESLIE HOWARD, BETTE DAVIS. Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny. Alan Hale, Reginald Owen . D: John Cromwell. Based on W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM novel. 00:07:40:00 B W 1934 cu Man shamed and humiliated to reveal his physical deformity. 00:11:12:00 B W 1934 ms Brash and nervy, street-smart, cockney waitress bit of a temptress who is expert in playing hard to get. 00:15:10:00 B W 1934 ms cu Man impatiently waiting for date to show up at crowded rail station. 00:16:45:00 B W 1934 cu Sceaming woman sips champagne. 00:18:59:00 B W 1934 ms Man sleeping, with his dream juxtaposed visually. 00:19:36:00 B W 1934 ms Howard and Davis dancing together. 00:21:25:00 B W 1934 ms German bon vivant who loves to flirt, gives advice. (Hale) 00:23:44:00 B W 1934 ms Man told off "Good riddance to bad rubbish!". 00:24:55:00 B W 1934 cu Anatomical image in book,materializes into realistic one...also a classroom skeleton transforms into a flesh figure. 00:29:25:00 B W 1934 ms cu Marriage proposal rebuffed. 00:31:19:00 B W 1934 ms Man walks aimlessly through the city traffic, driven by his thoughts. 00:33:00:00 B W 1934 ms Couple kiss on the couch. 00:36:58:00 B W 1934 cu Tearful, down and out, woman. 00:45:50:00 B W 1934 ms Couple having a good time drinking and then laughing at the odd number man who is with them and who gets stuck paying the bill. 00:49:50:00 B W 1934 ms Woman having a man completely under her control ( and in bondage). 00:53:14:00 B W 1934 ms Visiting father in the hospital, young woman is pleased to meet the doctor. 00:55:55:00 B W 1934 ms Small dinner party given by host (R. Owen). 00:57:48:00 B W 1934 cu Passing pages of calendar-time with superimposed image of a woman. 00:59:16:00 B W 1934 ms Medical doctors in the laboratory, take time out for cigarettes. 01:04:53:00 B W 1934 Wickedly sexy tart fixes herself up in the mirror. 01:06:32:00 B W 1934 cu Good close study shots of Davis and cross cuts to those of ms Howard...an angry and venomous Davis in a crazy fit, putting down Howard...she smashes a plate... leaves the room and slams the door behind her 01:08:00:00 B W 1934 ms Dressed as a floozy, she rips paintings and messes up the apartment...burns papers. 01:10:20:00 B W 1934 cu Superimposition of "pounding the pavement" and Want Ads. 01:16:15:00 B W 1934 cu Davis in role of sick consumptive woman...a pleading woman. 01:18:25:00 B W 1934 ms Woman in tears, crying (Dee). 01:19:46:00 B W 1934 ms Davis transformed into a sick and dying old hag. 01:21:08:00 B W 1934 ms Odd, unusual sudden marriage proposal. 01:21:22:00 B W 1934 ms Couple slowly walking on a crowded street in London...and stopping traffic as car horns blare ( which pointedly masks out what they are saying to each other). 01:22:50:00 B W 1934 cu ms Marriage proposal on a crowded street...couple hop into a taxicab and ride away
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