Hangover Square (1945) on Netflix
Composer George Harvey Bone wakes with a bloody knife in his pocket and no memory of the day before, fearing he killed a shopkeeper. He is drawn to the singer Netta Longdon.
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In Edwardian London in 1903, composer George Harvey Bone comes home to Hangover Square with no memory of the day and a bloody knife in his pocket; a Fulham antique dealer has been stabbed and his shop burned. George tells Dr. Allan Middleton at Scotland Yard that stress and discordant sounds bring on his amnesia. At a pub concert he meets Netta Longdon, an ambitious singer who sees what his composing can do for her, and he sets aside his own concerto to write songs for her. His girlfriend Barbara Chapman dislikes his interest in Netta, Middleton has been spending time with Barbara, and George's jealousy of Netta grows.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hangover Square (1945)
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George Sanders, playing Dr. Allan Middleton, refused to speak the film's final line justifying the death of George Harvey Bone; after he punched producer Robert Bassler over it, the line was changed to "It's better this way."- Laird Cregar's amphetamine use for rapid weight loss made him erratic, so John Brahm forced the entire cast and crew to sign a document declaring themselves on Brahm's side to humiliate Cregar, who told Brahm they would never work together again.
- Laird Cregar refused the role of George Harvey Bone and was suspended, with Glenn Langan announced as his replacement, before accepting the part and starting a crash diet so that romantic scenes with Linda Darnell and Faye Marlowe could make him a leading man.
- Because Laird Cregar was losing weight in real life, Hangover Square had to be shot entirely in sequence, which frustrated director John Brahm, who frequently clashed with Cregar.
- The American composer Stephen Sondheim cited Bernard Herrmann's score for Hangover Square as a major influence on his musical Sweeney Todd.
