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Film Number

7127

Title

MASQUERADE

Producer

George Wain

Date

*1951

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

10 mins 57 secs

Description

Fantasy drama story of jealousy and murder between the love of a painter and a maid in a suburban home- with amateur actors wearing masks. Begins with a writer sat at his desk as he is inspired by the sight of a mask on a wall, followed by the murder and decapitation of a woman. Ends with the shots of the writer sat at his typewriter finishing the story.

 

 



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