MADNESS OF THE HEART 1949 Margaret Lockwood

Madness of the Heart is a 1949 British drama film directed by Charles Bennett and starring Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis and Kathleen Byron.^[3]

Davie Jones1 year ago

There are some movies I'd love to see on here. One is "White Banners". Another is "The Time of Their Lives" Another is "The Story of Louis Pasture" with Paul Maui . I love the old classics. The actors and actresses back then were the best ever! Not like the ones today who many today are very trashy. Today we have remake after remake because the people today have no talent. Poor excuse.

rjc0712 years ago

Margaret Lockwood, more than any other actress, gave stellar performances each and every time!  Flawless, timeless and unique, I only wished she and Cary Grant would have starred together in a major motion picture.  The pairing would have been fantastic!!!

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• 1Plot summary
• 2Cast
• 3Production
• 4Release
  • 4.1Critical reception
• 5References
• 6External links

Plot summary[edit]

Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent and quickly finds that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbor who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?

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d always delivered the goods.  Too many people today don't know her, and it's unfair.

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• Margaret Lockwood as Lydia Garth
• Paul Dupuis as Paul de Vandiere
• Kathleen Byron as Verite Faimont
• Maxwell Reed as Joseph Rondolet
• Thora Hird as Rosa
• Raymond Lovell as Comte de Vandiere
• Maurice Denham as Doctor Simon Blake
• David Hutcheson as Max Ffoliott
• Cathleen Nesbitt as Mother Superior
• Peter Illing as Doctor Matthieu
• Jack McNaughton as Attendant
• Pamela Stirling as Felicite
• Marie Burke as Comtesse de Vandiere
• Marie Ault as Nun
• Joy Harrington as Sister Agnes

Madness of the Heart
Original British quad poster
Directed by	Charles Bennett
Produced by	Richard Wainwright executive J. Arthur Rank
Screenplay by	Charles Bennett
Based on	Madness of the Heart by Flora Sandström
Starring	Margaret Lockwood Paul Dupuis Kathleen Byron
Music by	Allan Gray
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Edited by	Helga Cranston
Production company	Two Cities Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (USA)
Release date	20 September 1950 October 1950 (USA)[1]
Running time	75 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$800,000[2]

Cast[edit]

• Margaret Lockwood as Lydia Garth

• Filmography[edit]

  Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref
  1934	Lorna Doone	Annie Ridd	Basil Dean		[36]
  1935	The Case of Gabriel Perry	Mildred Perry	Albert de Courville		[36]
  	Honours Easy	Ann	Herbert Brenon		[36]
  	Man of the Moment	Vera	Monty Banks		[36]
  	Midshipman Easy	Donna Agnes	Carol Reed		[36]
  	Someday	Emily	Michael Powell		[36]
  1936	Jury's Evidence	Betty Stanton	Ralph Ince		[36]
  	The Amateur Gentleman	Georgina Huntstanton	Thornton Freeland		[36]
  	The Beloved Vagabond	Blanquette	Curtis Bernhardt		[36]
  	Irish for Luck	Ellen O'Hare	Arthur B. Woods		[36]
  1937	The Street Singer	Jenny Green	Jean de Marguenat		[36]
  	Who's Your Lady Friend?	Mimi	Carol Reed		[36]
  	Doctor Syn	Imogene Clegg	Roy William Neill		[36]
  	Melody and Romance	Margaret Williams	Maurice Elvey		[36]
  1938	Owd Bob	Jeannie McAdam	Robert Stevenson	To the Victor	[36]
  	Bank Holiday	Catherine Lawrence	Carol Reed	Three on a Weekend	[36]
  	The Lady Vanishes	Iris Henderson	Alfred Hitchcock		[36]
  1939	Susannah of the Mounties	Vicky Standing	Walter Lang, William A. Seiter		[36]
  	A Girl Must Live	Leslie James	Carol Reed		[36]
  	Rulers of the Sea	Mary Shaw	Frank Lloyd		[36]
  1940	The Stars Look Down	Jenny Sunley	Carol Reed		[36]
  	Girl in the News	Anne Graham	Carol Reed		[36]
  	Night Train to Munich	Anna Bomasch	Carol Reed		[36]
  1941	Quiet Wedding	Janet Royd	Anthony Asquith		[36]
  1942	Alibi	Helene Ardouin	Brian Desmond Hurst		[36]
  1943	The Man in Grey	Hesther Shaw	Leslie Arliss		[36]
  	Dear Octopus	Penny Randolph	Harold French		[36]
  1944	Give Us the Moon	Nina	Val Guest		[36]
  	Love Story	Lissa Campbell	Leslie Arliss	A Lady Surrenders	[36]
  1945	A Place of One's Own	Annette	Bernard Knowles		[36]
  	I'll Be Your Sweetheart	Edie Story	Val Guest		[36]
  	The Wicked Lady	Barbara Worth	Leslie Arliss		[36]
  1946	Bedelia	Bedelia Carrington	Lance Comfort		[36]
  1947	Hungry Hill	Fanny Rosa	Brian Desmond Hurst		[36]
  	Jassy	Jassy Woodroofe	Bernard Knowles		[36]
  	The White Unicorn	Lucy	Bernard Knowles	Bad Sister	[36]
  1948	Pygmalion	Eliza Doolittle		Television film
  	Look Before You Love	Ann Markham	Harold Huth		[36]
  1949	Cardboard Cavalier	Nell Gwynne	Walter Forde		[36]
  	Madness of the Heart	Lydia Garth	Charles Bennett		[36]
  1950	Highly Dangerous	Frances Gray	Roy Ward Baker		[36]
  1952	Trent's Last Case	Margaret Manderson	Herbert Wilcox		[36]
  1953	Captain Brassbound's Conversion	Lady Cicely Wayneflete	Dennis Vance	Television film	[36]
  	Laughing Anne	Laughing Anne	Herbert Wilcox		[36]
  1954	Trouble in the Glen	Marissa Mengues	Herbert Wilcox		[36]
  1955	Spider's Web	Clarissa Hailsham-Brown	Wallace Douglas	Television film
  	Cast a Dark Shadow	Freda Jeffries	Lewis Gilbert		[36]
  1956	Murder Mistaken	Freda Jeffries	Campbell Logan	Television film	[36]
  	Call It a Day	Dorothy Hilton	Hal Burton	Television film
  1976	The Slipper and the Rose	Stepmother	Bryan Forbes		[36]
  1983	The Man in Gray	Hesther Shaw	Leslie Arliss		[37]

• Paul Dupuis as Paul de Vandiere

Filmography[edit]

• Yellow Canary (1943)
• Johnny Frenchman (1945)
• The Laughing Lady (1946)
• La forteresse (1947)
• The White Unicorn (1947)
• Against the Wind (1948)
• Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• Madness of the Heart (1949)
• The Romantic Age (1949)
• The Reluctant Widow (1950)
• Fugitive from Montreal (1950)
• Étienne Brûlé gibier de potence (1952)
• Tit Coq (1953)
• Passion de femmes (1955)
• Les pépées font la loi (1955)
• Napoleon (1955)

• Kathleen Byron as Verite Faimont
• Maxwell Reed as Joseph Rondolet
• Thora Hird as Rosa
• Raymond Lovell as Comte de Vandiere
• Maurice Denham as Doctor Simon Blake
• David Hutcheson as Max Ffoliott
• Cathleen Nesbitt as Mother Superior
• Peter Illing as Doctor Matthieu
• Jack McNaughton as Attendant
• Pamela Stirling as Felicite
• Marie Burke as Comtesse de Vandiere
• Marie Ault as Nun
• Joy Harrington as Sister Agnes