Lured (United Artists) (1947)

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HUNT STROMBERG Presents GEORGE SANDERS CHARLES CORURN LUCILLE RALL RORIS KARLOFF Directed by DOUGLAS SIRK Screenplay by LEO ROSTEN with SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE JOSEPH CALLEIA ALAN MOWBRAY GEORGE zucco Produced by JAMES NASSER 25% Released Thru United Artists A HUNT STROMBERG PRODUCTION 'V~ 75% 15% SYNOPSIS E.ucy Barnard (Tanis Chandler), a fluffy, impetuous blonde taxi dancer in a London dance hall, is anxious to get away from the life she leads and sees as her big opportunity a classified advertisement in a personal column appearing in a daily newspaper. Warned by her American girl friend, Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball), that answering lonely hearts advertisements is dangerous, she goes to meet a tall, handsome, mysterious stranger. She is not heard from again. Scotland Yard is seeking the man who has been inserting ads in the personal columns of the newspapers for young and beautiful girls. Seven other girls have disappeared under similar circumstances. In each case the “Yard” receives an impertinent warning, written in verse, that death will soon overtake some lovely, but ill-advised crea¬ ture. Inspector Temple (Charles Co¬ burn) of Scotland Yard questions Sandra about circumstances sur¬ rounding Lucy’s disappearance. Sandra, at his request, agrees to become a bait for the homicidal, poetry-writing maniac. When all other clues fail, she volunteers to answer every suspicious advertise¬ ment appearing in the personal column of the newspapers, with Scotland Yard Officer Barrett (George Zucco) serving as her bodyguard. Sandra encounters a series of ad¬ ventures as she replies to the vari¬ ous ads. She meets cranks, crack¬ pots and characters. She narrowly escapes what she fears will be physical harm when she accepts a job as a model for an eccentric art¬ ist (Boris Karloff), but he turns out to be harmless. Another ad, signed “Music Lov¬ er,” brings her to a concert hall, but the mysterious party fails to show up. However, she is attracted by a tall, handsome stranger who sits in the row behind her. At in¬ termission he leaves. But during the second part of the concert, an usher delivers a note to her instructing her to come to the Silver Dove night club. A limousine will be waiting for her. Mystified, she is taken to the night club and ushered to a table. Here she waits for the mysterious “Music Lover.” When her host appears, he turns out to be the man who tried to attract her attention in the concert hall. He is Robert Fleming (George Sanders), owner of the club, gay man-about-town, and connoisseur of beautiful women. He presses his attentions on her, but when he leaves the table momen¬ tarily, Sandra makes a quick exit. Another ad brings her to an East End mansion where she is inter¬ viewed for a position as a house¬ maid. The butler, Maxwell (Alan Mowbray), hints that if she makes good there will be “interesting op¬ portunities.” On a certain night shortly there¬ after, Sandra is serving sherry to guests when she is startled to see Robert Fleming among the com¬ pany. He follows her into an ante¬ room and threatens to make a scene unless she consents to see him later in the park across the street. San¬ dra learns that Robert and his business partner, Julian Wilde (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), are there on business to negotiate financing for another night club. Meanwhile, downstairs, Maxwell introduces Sandra to a mysterious Dr. Moryani (Joseph Calleia). She suspects Moryani of some shady business involving beautiful girls, and Scotland Yard arrests him after discovering that he has used the Personal Column to lure these girls. Thinking the case solved, Sandra allows her romance with Robert Fleming to advance to the engage¬ ment stage. They are congratu¬ lated by Robert’s partner, Julian Wilde, and Inspector Temple. But on the eve of the wedding Temple receives another poem. It warns that Sandra will be the next to die. So, the real criminal is still at large! Evidence discovered by Temple and Sandra suddenly points to Rob¬ ert Fleming as the guilty man and he is arrested. Learning that San¬ dra has been working with the police he stubbornly refuses to de¬ fend himself and is tried and sen¬ tenced to hang. He steadfastly refuses to see Sandra in the prison. Sandra is desperate to clear him, and as the hours before his execu¬ tion pass, she stakes her life on a gamble that will prove him innocent and trap the guilty party. Against a thousand to one odds, her plan succeeds. Scotland Yard gets its man—Sandra gets hers! Still No. PC -59 George Sanders and Lucille Ball in one of the suspense-packed scenes of “Lured,” the Hunt Stromberg thriller due soon at the . Theatre through United Artists release. Mat (2J) .30 # THE CAST # CREDITS Robert Fleming . Sandra Carpenter Inspector Temple Maxwell . Julian Wilde Officer Barrett .. Dr. Moryani ... Lucy Barnard Artist . .George Sanders .Lucille Ball .Charles Coburn .Alan Mowbray Sir Cedric Hardwicke .George Zucco .Joseph Calleia .Tanis Chandler .Boris Karloff Directed by .Douglas Sirk Produced by.James Nasser Executive Producer .Hunt Stromberg Screenplay..Leo Rosten Director of Photography .William Daniels, ASC^ Film Editor .John M. Foley Gowns by .Elois Jenssen Music Supervisor .David Chudnow Hair Stylist .Josephine Sweeney Makeup .Don Cash * Production Design and Art Direction . . . Nicolai Remisoff D Music by . Michel Michelet Released Thru United Artists ^ Page Twelve