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The Unseen (1945) |
A Walking Liberty half dollar is left for a little boy to guard a shunned house
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The 1945 film "The Unseen" is a mystery film about a widowed wealthy father who
hires a young woman to take care of his two children. The nearby boarded up Tygarth house is the scene for
mysterious events.
At a movie theater a little boy shows two half dollars which was a lot of money in 1945.
Later the young woman finds a Walking Liberty half dollar on a shelf.
1. Title
A little boy looking out a window witnesses a possible murder.
David Fielding, a wealthy widower, has two small children, Barney (Barnaby) and Ellen.
He hires Elizabeth Howard, a young woman, to take care of them as a governess.
2. Meeting Miss Howard
Ellen likes Elizabeth but Barney doesn't as he misses Maxine, the previous governess who
the father fired.
Marian Tygarth, the owner of the next door closed Tygarth house, lets the neighbors know that she plans to sell it.
3. Dr. Evans pays a visit
Dr. Evans is a local physician.
Elizabeth takes the children to see a movie.
4. At the movies
The film is the 1940 Western picture "North West Mounted Police".
Barney offers to pay for the theatre tickets.
5. Barney shows the money
He shows two half dollars which is a lot of money for a child in 1945.
Elizabeth asks Barney where he got the money and Ellen replies that it is his wages.
Later in the kitchen Elizabeth sees something under a sugar container.
6. Something under the sugar
It is obviously a half dollar coin which she picks up.
7. Half dollar reverse
The reverse of a Walking Liberty half dollar appears.
8. Half dollar obverse
The obeverse of a Walking Liberty half dollar appears.
A United States Walking Liberty half dollar:
9. United States Walking Liberty half dollar 1942-S (San Francisco)
Silver, 30.6 mm, 12.50 gm
Walking Liberty half dollars were minted from 1916 to 1947.
Walking Liberty half dollars were minted from 1916 to 1947.
Back to the film:
Maxine, the previous governess, has been hanging around the neighborhood and visiting Barney.
She enters the house and David finds her.
10. Why was Maxine fired?
Apparently she had some bad habits.
Elizabeth discovers that the Fielding house basement connects with the Tygarth house basement.
Maxine has been leaving the half dollars for Barney who has
been signaling to someone when the Tygarth house is safe to enter.
11. Shocking conclusion
Elizabeth and Barney enter the Tygarth house and see a shadowed man shoot Mrs. Tygarth.
Both return to the Fielding house and tell Mr. Fielding and Dr. Evans.
With the murderer exposed and arrested the children resume play.
12. David and Elizabeth
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Joel McCrea as David Fielding
Gail Russell as Elizabeth Howard
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Charles Evans
Nona Griffith as Ellen Fielding
Richard Lyon as Barnaby Fielding
Phyllis Brooks as Maxine
Isobel Elsom as Marian Tygarth
Director: Lewis Allen
Writers: Hagar Wilde, Ken Englund, Raymond Chandler
Based on the 1942 novel Her Heart in Her Throat by Ethel Lina White
Gail Russell as Elizabeth Howard
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Charles Evans
Nona Griffith as Ellen Fielding
Richard Lyon as Barnaby Fielding
Phyllis Brooks as Maxine
Isobel Elsom as Marian Tygarth
Writers: Hagar Wilde, Ken Englund, Raymond Chandler
Based on the 1942 novel Her Heart in Her Throat by Ethel Lina White
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