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The Woman in the House
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.
Genre: Drama
Release: May 09, 1942
Crew: Sammy Lee (Director), John Nesbitt (Producer), Harry Komer (Editor), Richard Duce (Art Direction), Lester White (Director of Photography), Lennie Hayton (Original Music Composer)
Language: English
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keyword: fear, recluse, reclusiveness, anthropophobia
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