The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on August 3, 2024

BLANCHE FURY is a 1948 British Victorian melodrama starring Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger. Set around 1860, the story concerns Blanche Fuller (Valerie Hobson), a young woman working as a servant. Blanche's parents are deceased, and she's on her own, trying to support herself. Her headstrong wa   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 27, 2023

Of all the films I have watched so far in the Criterion Channel's Gaslight Noir collection, Blanche Fury (1948) is the darkest, even though it's also the brightest thanks to its use of gorgeous Technicolor. This adaptation of the 1939 novel by Marjorie Bowen (under the pseudonym Joseph Shearing) emp   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on December 15, 2016

Blanche Fury (1948). Poor Blanche. In a short span, she improves her social station by progressing from servant to governess to the wife of wealthy landowner Laurence Fury. Unfortunately, on her wedding night, she realizes that she's passionately in love with the estate's bitter steward, Philip (St   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on December 15, 2016

Blanche Fury (1948). Poor Blanche. In a short span, she improves her social station by progressing from servant to governess to the wife of wealthy landowner Laurence Fury. Unfortunately, on her wedding night, she realizes that she's passionately in love with the estate's bitter steward, Philip (St   read more