![]() Sally appeared as Aunt Corene in Urban Cowboy (Drama Desk nomination). On Broadway, Sally is perhaps best known for her performance in the Roundabout Theater revival of She Loves Me, for which she won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Her performance won critical praise along with a Theater World Award and Outer Critics Circle nomination as one of Broadway's Outstanding Newcomers. It’s mentioned several times that Neville is either Indian, Black, or somehow a person of color, but he’s clearly just a regular British white man in slightly dark makeup. I guess Neville’s ethnic background is just one more reason for everyone to assume he was guilty of murder. When he leaves town and returns disguised as an old man, the makeup is done well for a film, but I wonder how many people in real life would have been fooled? I’ve never seen anyone in makeup that I wouldn’t recognize in person, and this movie trope has always confounded me.Ĭlaude Rains was giving music lessons to a girl whom he secretly was in love with who was also engaged to another man and then murders for her, and then is snubbed when he confesses his love. It’s almost exactly the same plot as when Rains starred in Phantom of the Opera in 1943.Sally Mayes* (Princess Puffer) The New York Times calls her “incandescent, deliciously saucy.” People Magazine describes her as “the kind of rich theatrical voice that elevates a show tune.” And Time Magazine says, “Sally Mayes renders songs as richly nuanced as one-act plays.” Sally made her Broadway debut in Cy Coleman’s Welcome To The Club. This was Charles Dicken’s final, unfinished story. I’m not familiar with the original story, so I was watching this film with no preconceptions. A lot of things just seem to happen for no reason, and are not really explained. The blurb describes Jasper as “an opium-addicted choirmaster,” yet the opium and him being a choirmaster have nearly nothing to do with the plot. Neville and Durdles accuse Jasper, who runs off into the bell tower. Neville digs the grave open while Jasper sneaks up behind him. The tomb that was empty before isn’t empty now. Neville goes to see Durdles and he wants a tour of the crypts as well. The old woman is later found dead in Jasper’s home. He’s upset for killing Edwin for no reason. Meanwhile, Jasper goes back to the opium den and he admits what he did to the old woman. ![]() Grewgious find Jasper’s opium equipment and also the mold for the key that opens the tomb. They haven’t arrested Neville since there still isn’t a body. Neville also admits he loves her, but he can’t act on it until he proves his innocence. ![]() Jasper confronts Rosa and admits his love for her. Jasper learns that Edwin and Rosa’s wedding had been called off and he just faints right there on the floor. They do find Edwin’s watch, and they all take that as a sign that he’s dead. They drag the river, but they don’t find a body. Neville doesn’t know what happened to Eddie. Morning comes, and Jasper runs to Crisparkle, wanting to know what happened to his nephew, whom he last saw walking with Neville after the party last night. Opium den, and she may be just a little insane. ![]() Eddie runs into the old woman who runs the Jasper steals his keys and makes copies of them. Durdles is quite drunk, and passes out during the tour. He shows him some tombs that are empty and some that are full. Down in the crypt is a pool of quicklime “Quick enough to eat your bones,” Durdles says. He’s been promised a tour of the crypts, and now is the time. Jasper goes to see Durdles, the caretaker of the cemetery. They decide not to tell Jasper right now, as it might spoil his Christmas. Rosa and Eddie decide that maybe the wedding isn’t such a good idea, and they decide to break off the wedding. This last story gets passed on and exaggerated all over town, but when he explains it, Rosa forgives him. Neville pulls a knife on Drood, and then he confesses it to Mr. He stares at her way too much, as if he were threatening her. Rosa confesses that she’s terrified of Jasper his image follows her around like a ghost. Later, Neville and Edwin nearly come to blows over Rosa, but the fight is broken up by Jasper, who appears to be the voice of reason. Neville admits to Crisparkle that he has violent tendencies and once pulled a knife on his father. Neville gets on very well with Rosa, and Jasper gives him the stinkeye all evening. All the various characters meet each other at Mr Crisparkle’s house for dinner. Neville and his sister, Helena, ride to town, and Neville meets Rosa on the trip. Jasper’s been giving her music lessons in his spare time.Įddie and Rosa go for a walk, and they have to deal with chaperones and silly guardians. ![]() It quickly becomes obvious that Jasper has a crush on Edwin’s fiancé, Rosa. He’s been going “up to London twice a week for ‘treatment’.” His nephew, Edwin Drood comes by for a visit. ![]()
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