terryannedoyle Review of Shadow on the Wall

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Everlasting impact on an 11 year old child.

[10/10 · 12 February 2010]

I saw Shadow on the Wall when I was 11 years old as part of a double feature with Annie Get Your Gun. I have never forgotten it. Its major impact on me as a youngster was watching another young child being threatened so menacingly by a supposedly loving adult female. I was spellbound by the performances and sat on the edge of my seat throughout the film. The ending was fantastic. Previously, I had associated Ann Southern with light romantic or comedic performances on radio and TV, never as a villain, and such an evil one at that. It is the only movie that I remembered Nancy Reagan being in, and I thought she and Zakery Scot were great and that Gigi Pieureux was marvelous. I have described this movie to friends many times over the years, and now I look forward to seeing it again at age 71.