Hangover Square

1945
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1h 17m

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7.4/10

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Linda Darnell, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar in Hangover Square (1945)

A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

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A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

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Laird Cregar

George Harvey Bone

Linda Darnell

Netta Longdon

George Sanders

Dr. Allan Middleton

Glenn Langan

Eddie Carstairs

Faye Marlowe

Barbara Chapman

Alan Napier

Sir Henry Chapman

Harry Allen

Pot Man
(uncredited)

Radford Allen

Boy
(uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Drunk
(uncredited)

J.W. Austin

Det. Insp. King
(uncredited)

Wilson Benge

Waiter
(uncredited)

Frank Benson

Newsman
(uncredited)

Ted Billings

Pub Patron
(uncredited)

Clifford Brooke

Gas Company Watchman
(uncredited)

Bob Burns

Concertgoer
(uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Concertgoer
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Waiter
(uncredited)

Ann Codee

Yvette
(uncredited)

Director
- John Brahm
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Trivia
In the book "A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann," director John Brahm said this about the concerto scene: "For a long time, I had been dissatisfied with the photography of music in films. Musicians themselves are uninteresting; it is what they play that should be photographed. I myself could not read a note of music, but when Herrmann came and saw the finished film he could not believe it. I had photographed his music."

Goofs
The title of Patrick Hamilton's novel, 'Hangover Square', is a play on words based on 'Hanover Square'. It is not meant to be Bone's actual address as it is in the film version, where a street sign marked 'Hangover Square' is seen.

Quotes
[first title card]
Title Card: This is the story of George Harvey Bone who resided at number 12, Hangover Square, London, S.W. in the early part of the Twentieth Century. The British Catalogue of Music lists him as a Distinguished Composer~~~

Crazy credits
Opening credits: This is the story of George Harvey Bone who resided at number 12, Hangover Square, London, S.W. in the early part of the Twentieth Century. The British Catalogue of Music lists him as a Distinguished Composer~~~

Connections
Featured in Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)

Soundtracks
Have You Seen Joe?
(uncredited)
Music by Lionel Newman
Lyrics by Charles Henderson
Performed by Kay St. Germain Wells
[Netta (Linda Darnell) sings the song at the bar hall in her opening performance]

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7/10

Visually Striking

In this variation on the Jekyll and Hyde story, a composer has sporadic episodes where his subconscious takes over and he has no recollections of his actions during these lapses when he comes to. This film reunites Cregar and Sanders with director Brahm from "The Lodger" the previous year, and, like the earlier film, it is visually opulent but the story is less than compelling. Cregar gives perhaps his best performance in this, his final film before his untimely death at age 31 just as he was coming into his own. Darnell, who would also die young, is a sensuous presence as the object of his obsession. Herrmann provides an impressive score, including a piano concerto used in the finale.