Rich and Strange (1931)
Overview
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
Cast
Henry Kendall
Fred Hill
Joan Barry
Emily Hill
Percy Marmont
Commander Gordon
Betty Amann
The Princess
Elsie Randolph
The Old Maid
Aubrey Dexter
Colonel (uncredited)
Hannah Jones
Mrs. Porter (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Man Eating on London Underground (uncredited)
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A good advertisement for a holiday cruise this definitely isn't: a combination of sea-sickness; decks packed to the gunwales and some overtly snobbish fellow passengers make me realise why I quite like planes! Henry Kendall and Joan Barry come into a windfall inheritance and decide to celebrate by going on such an holiday - and soon discover that it isn't all it is cracked up to be. Using some of Hitchcock's expertly hones silent film skills, we tell the story as our nouveau-riche couple slowly realise that wealth isn't everything as their behaviour and attitudes start to adapt to their new surroundings. Don't look for any traditional suspense or thrills in this; it is a much more pedestrian assessment of shallowness and flummery with some quite poignant observations of a rather pointless existence.
