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Kind Lady is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by John Sturges and starring Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Keenan Wynn and Angela Lansbury. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film is remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Aline MacMahon in the title role.
Kind Lady: Directed by John Sturges. With Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn. Mary Herries (Ethel Barrymore) has a passion for art and fine furniture.
Synopsis. In December, in turn-of-the-century London, the wealthy and generous Mrs. Mary Herries shows her new banker, Mr. Foster, her magnificent art collection. That same day, an impoverished artist named Henry Springer Elcott comes to the door and admires her Benvenuto Cellini doorknocker.
When aging art collector Mary Herries (Ethel Barrymore) invites struggling young painter Henry Elcott (Maurice Evans) and his ailing wife, Ada (Betsy Blair), into her home, she little suspects ...
The plot of Kind Lady isn't anything special, but director John Sturges ends up turning out a polished Gothic chamber piece thriller in this remake of George B. Seitz's 1935 film. A fine cast led by Ethel Barrymore and Angela Lansbury enhances the film.
In Kind Lady, the victim is Mary Herries (Ethel Barrymore), an art lover who becomes a patron of sorts to an impoverished artist, Henry Elcott (Maurice Evans), after he comes to call one day, admiring her door knocker.
Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One day she meets a strange young painter named Elcott, who uses his painting skill to enter into her life.
