Daughter of Darkness
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Directed by Lance Comfort, 1948. The morbid tale of a nymphomaniac Irish girl who brings death to men attracted to her is closer to Mexican Buñuel than to British cinema. It showcases Lance Comfort at his most confident, brilliantly pushing the story to its limit while stopping just short of horror fantasy. Part of the series Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema, 1945 – 1960. Screening on film.