Constance, The Cold FishIn Hollywood films of the 1940s, a young woman was supposed to be full of love, life, yearning, and sexy fragility… especially if that young woman was played by Ingrid Ber...

What Kind of Romantic Lead is this Guy, Anyway?Whether he goes by Edwardes, Ballantyne, JB, John Brown, or Captain Carror, you don't usually expect to find a Hollywood dreamboat flitting about a ps...

Mad ScientistTraditionally, mad scientists cackle and gibber and have wild, freaky hair. Dr. Murchison's hair is well-kempt and he keeps the gibbering to a minimum. Still, he's a nasty, evil mad sc...

Dr. Alexander Brulov is basically Yoda with a beard and a German accent. Seriously, watch the film again and imagine him as shorter and greener with bigger ears. Instead of "This is the way science...

Dr. Fleurot wants to sweep Constance off her feet and whisk her off to romantic bliss. Unfortunately, he's played by John Emery, rather than by Gregory Peck, and so his sweeping fails.Also, he's a...

Mr. Garmes feels guilty.That's really all there is to his character. He's in the film to have a guilt complex, foreshadowing John Ballantyne's guilt complex. He thinks he killed his father, which g...

Mary Carmichael hates men. She tells you so herself:MARY: I hate men. I loathe them. If one of them so much as touches me, I want to sink my teeth into his hands and bite it off.Mary's at Green Man...

Detectives aren't as good as analysts. Spellbound's a mystery—but the heroes are psychiatrists, not detectives. That's underlined when Constance meets the house detective at the hotel where Balla...