Isle of the Dead Page #22

Synopsis: On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Mark Robson
Production: RKO Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
APPROVED
Year:
1945
71 min
428 Views


CATHY:

(smiling)

I'll see you at dinner.

As the General closes the door behind him, Cathy gets up and

crosses to the dressing—table.

From behind her, out of the darkness of her own room, comes

Miss Wollsten.

MISS WOLLSTEN:

I've always known what an evil mind

lay behind that pretty weak face of

yours —— but this, Cathy -- even I

would never have believed it is of

you.

CATHY:

(genuinely bewildered)

Would you care to explain what

you're talking about?

MISS WOLLSTEN:

You've been playing on the

superstitions of that poor old man

— — working at him — — turning him

against Thea.

CATHY:

(angrily)

Really, this is idiotic!

MISS WOLLSTEN:

You'd do anything to get Oliver

away from Thea. But I'm going to

stop you. I'm going to tell Mr.

Davis exactly what you are.

Cathy's bewilderment has this time given way to rage, as the

ancient antagonism between the two women flares up again.

CATHY:

And what makes you think he'll

believe you, when I tell him what

you are - - what part you played in

my father's life --

Miss Wollsten shrinks back from her, appalled at the

interpretation Cathy's tone gives to her love for St. Aubyn.

CATHY:

When I tell him that you're unfit

to live a normal life with normal

people —- a cataleptic!

MISS WOLLSTEN:

(stricken)

You wouldn't tell that ——

CATHY:

Wouldn't I?

Now, Miss Wollsten's calm leaves her. She almost shrieks at

the girl.

MISS WOLLSTEN:

Then tell them! You're despicable,

a monster of vanity with heart for

no one but yourself. Tell them

everything -- but I will tell them

too —- and you'll lose, Cathy --

you understand -- you'll lose!

She turns from Cathy, picks up the lamp and goes back to her

own room. Cathy looks after her, her expression of rage

fading to an irritated frown. Then, with a shrug, she picks

up the lychnos and walks out of the room to the hall.

INT. MISS WOLLSTEN'S ROOM - NIGHT

The bed is turned down and a white cotton nightgown hangs

over the footboard. Miss Wollsten picks up a shawl and

adjusts it with a frenzied movement about her shoulders. She

starts to pick up the lamp, then suddenly stops; her face

contorts, her lips writhe in strangulated agony and very

slowly her knees buckle. She goes to her knees, to all fours,

and then slides from this position to the floor.

INT. MAIN ROOM - NIGHT

Oliver, Thea, the General and Albrecht an already seated at

the table Albrecht has a soup tureen before his and is

ladling out bowls of soup which the woman servant takes to

the various places. Cathy, coming across the room from the

staircase, goes to her place.

ALBRECHT:

It has been brisk and warm today.

Take comfort We always have these

perfect days before the sirocco

blows.

Albrecht starts to ladle out another portion, looks toward

the one empty seat and asks:

ALBRECHT:

Where is Miss Wollsten?

CATHY:

She's in her room.

THEA:

I'll get her--

Thea gets up and moves quickly across to the stairway.

OLIVER:

If Mr. Albrecht is right, we'll all

be free in a few days.

(to Cathy)

I suppose you'll be going on to

Athens?

CATHY:

(the usual)

I don't know now without my

father.

GENERAL:

You are right. You shouldn't be

traveling alone.

(to Oliver)

Why don't you make the trip with

her?

Cathy turns to Oliver, waiting hopefully for his answer.

OLIVER:

(politely disinterested)

I'd like to, very much -- but it

depends on what dispatches are

waiting for me on the mainland.

ALBRECHT:

(to Oliver)

In case you do so, would you --

Albrecht's words are cut by terrible shriek from the upper

floor. For a split second, they are sit motionless and then

they jump up and rush, to the staircase.

INT. THE CORRIDOR - NIGHT

MED. SHOT on head of stairway as the group come up the

stairs. The men, in the lead, cross towards the girls' room

and Cathy hurries after them.

INT. MISS WOLLSTEN'S ROOM - NIGHT

MED. CLOSE SHOT of Thea bending over the body of Miss

Wollsten.

Over the scene come the sound of a door opening, quick

footsteps and ad lib voices. As Thea raises her head, the

CAMERA DRAWS BACK to show the General in the doorway of the

room, with Oliver, Albrecht and Cathy behind him. As the

General stares into the room, Thea's hand goes up to her

necklace. She rises quickly as the General comes forward and

steps aside. The General drops to one knee beside Miss

Wollsten's body.

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John Griffith Wray

John Griffith Wray (August 30, 1881 - July 15, 1929)[1][2][3] was an American stage actor and director who later became a noted Hollywood silent film director. He worked on 19 films between 1913 and 1929 that included Anna Christie (1923) and Human Wreckage (1923), Dorothy Davenport's story about her husband Wallace Reid's drug addiction and death. He has been the husband of Bradley King. more…

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