Archive features
Beckoning Fair One, The
1968
Artist John Holden purchases a London town house and becomes obsessed by a painting of a beautiful woman, killed in the house during the blitz. He becomes reclusive, breaks off the long-standing relationship with Kit and spends his time ...
PRODUCTIONS
Crescendo
1970
- Director: Alan Gibson
- Producer: Michael Carreras
- Writer: Alfred Shaughnessy
- Cast: Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Jane Lapotaire, Margaretta Scott, Joss Ackland, Kirsten Betts
Synopsis
An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer. She contacts his widow whose mental deterioration, precipitated by the death of her husband, manifests itself in psychotic dementia. The young woman's arrival triggers an obsessive desire to marry her crippled son to Susan, ensuring by this union that the genius of the father will be passed on to future generations.
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