JENNIFER
(Allied Artists) F you like to be scared to death by living vicariously in a lonely, rambling ‘house, visited from time to time by several odd people who just might have murdered the previous occupant, then Jennifer is your shot in the spine. As far as it goes, it’s extremely well done, but chillers, like any other films, should be true to themselves, and this one sells ouc disappointingly in an ifadequate and conventional ending. Ida Lupino is the girl alone in the strange house, and a slightly sinister Howard Duff is the most persistent of the odd visitors, Jennifer is simply an unseen presence: the girl who disappeared. The players do well-Miss Lupino, of course, is just the girl for the part-but the camera, I think, does even better as it prowls about the house, For that we must praise a known talent (the photographer, James Wong Howe), and one that is new to me (the director, Joel Newton). It’s all very skilfully done, and good use is made of music-I liked especially the gramophone record and an oddly effective romantic song sung by a pianist at a party. In fact, but for the ending, I would -have rated this film very high.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 889, 17 August 1956, Page 26
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