Moss Rose

1947
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1h 22m

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Ethel Barrymore, Victor Mature, and Peggy Cummins in Moss Rose (1947)

Set in turn-of-the-century London, a woman trying to solve the mystery of a friend's murder finds that she may be the next victim.Set in turn-of-the-century London, a woman trying to solve the mystery of a friend's murder finds that she may be the next victim.Set in turn-of-the-century London, a woman trying to solve the mystery of a friend's murder finds that she may be the next victim.

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Peggy Cummins

Belle Adair aka Rose Lynton

Victor Mature

Michael Drego

Ethel Barrymore

Lady Margaret Drego

Vincent Price

Police Inspector R. Clinner

Margo Woode

Daisy Arrow

George Zucco

Craxton - the butler

Patricia Medina

Audrey Ashton

Rhys Williams

Deputy Inspector Evans

Norman Ainsley

Deputy Coroner
(uncredited)

Harry Allen

Threadbare Little Man
(uncredited)

Frank Baker

Lodger
(uncredited)

Billy Bevan

White Horse Cabby
(uncredited)

Barbara Blaine

Dancer
(uncredited)

Clifford Brooke

Chemist
(uncredited)

Charlene Brooks

Dancer
(uncredited)

Colin Campbell

Art Gallery Attendant
(uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Coroner
(uncredited)

Russ Clark

Constable
(uncredited)

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Trivia
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30-minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 8, 1947, with Victor Mature and Ethel Barrymore reprising their film roles.

Goofs
Contrary to the above 'goof', Moss Rose is a genuine rose type, sports of the Centifolia and Damask roses, first recorded in France in 1696. Many varieties are grown, mainly white or pink, double flowered and heavily scented.

Connections
Referenced in Vampire Boys (2011)

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7/10

Good Gothic Thriller

Gregory Ratoff was a good actor and also a very capable director. His version of ' Oscar Wilde ' competing with ' The Trials of Oscar Wilde ' in 1960 was in my opinion the better film, despite the fact that it clearly had a lower budget. As an actor he was superb in ' All About Eve ' and he was not afraid of competing with Bette Davis in various excellent scenes. ' Moss Rose ' is a Gothic thriller set in a murky 19thc London, followed by a sort of castle manor in the countryside. Peggy Cummins struggles with a ' common voice ' but she acts well, and Victor Mature is a man suspected of killing and Cummins becomes an amateur detective. But it is Ethel Barrymore who gives the chills, and she walks with regal excellence through the film. Enjoyable, improbable in plot, but I wanted to believe it all as I watched it. The 1940's was an excellent decade for these dark, and mild Gothic films. Some may confuse them with Film Noir, but they were higher pitched and closer to the horror genre of the period.