Yes Margaret Lindsay appeared to me as Pauline Goddard at first when she played the young Hepsidah ; so much so that I had to check the cast list as I did not know what Margaret Lindsay looked like but had seen Pauline in several early 1940s films.Reading other user reviews it is evident that many have read "The House of the Seven Gables" perhaps in American schools and they therefore noticed when the film and novel diverged.Perhaps it is more familiar to American reviewers but it came to me fresh so I had no preconceived ideas.
I immediately noticed the actor who played the father Pyncheon in the first reel was the actor who played the First Lord of the Admiralty in "That Hamilton Woman" (1941) starring Larry & Viv.I agree with the user comment above about unnecessary histrionic melodramatic acting which I find so unconvincing.This was especially true and ironic of the demise in the last reel of George Sanders whose character died in the same way as his father along with the cry of "Murderer" uttered by Hepsidah rather than by the George Sanders' "Jaffrey".There is a Jane Austen like happy ending where there is a double marriage.I have never seen this film before but it held my interest to the end and I awarded it 6/10.
I immediately noticed the actor who played the father Pyncheon in the first reel was the actor who played the First Lord of the Admiralty in "That Hamilton Woman" (1941) starring Larry & Viv.I agree with the user comment above about unnecessary histrionic melodramatic acting which I find so unconvincing.This was especially true and ironic of the demise in the last reel of George Sanders whose character died in the same way as his father along with the cry of "Murderer" uttered by Hepsidah rather than by the George Sanders' "Jaffrey".There is a Jane Austen like happy ending where there is a double marriage.I have never seen this film before but it held my interest to the end and I awarded it 6/10.