Rynox

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Rynox
Screenshot of Stewart Rome
Directed by	Michael Powell
Produced by	Jerome Jackson
Written by	Michael Powell Jerome Jackson Philip MacDonald
Starring	Stewart Rome John Longden
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Editing by	Arthur Seabourne
Distributed by	Film Engineering–Ideal
Release dates	7 May 1932
Running time	48 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Rynox is a 1932 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Stewart Rome and John Longden. Rynox was adapted from a novel by popular thriller writer of the day Philip MacDonald.

For many years Rynox was believed to be among the lost films of Powell's 1931–1936 quota quickie period; however an original print was found in 1990 in the vaults of Pinewood Studios and was subsequently transferred and restored by the BFI National Archive.

Plot

Wealthy businessman F.X. Benedik (Rome), head of the Rynox company, claims to have been receiving threats from a mysterious stranger named Boswell Marsh. Benedik is subsequently found murdered and the hunt is on for the elusive Marsh.

Benedik's son Tony (Longden) takes over the running of the business and tries to find some lead on Marsh, and why he should have borne a murderous grudge against Benedik Senior. His investigations lead him to the unexpected finding that Marsh never existed.

After discovering that he was terminally ill, his father had committed suicide, having staged the elaborate deception about the non-existent Marsh in an attempt to cover the fact that he intended to take his own life.

Cast

Stewart Rome as Boswell Marsh/F.X. Benedik
John Longden as Tony Benedik
Dorothy Boyd as Peter
Charles Paton as Samuel Richworth
Leslie Mitchell as Woolrich
Edward Willard as Capt. James
Fletcher Lightfoot as Prout
Sybil Grove as Secretary

Reception

Although shot on a tight budget (Powell's own recollections varied between £4,500 and £8,000)^[1] Rynox was exceptionally well received by contemporary critics. Writing in The Observer, noted critic C. A. Lejeune presciently remarked: ""Powell's Rynox shows what a good movie brain can do... this is the sort of pressure under which a real talent is shot red-hot into the world." Documentary film pioneer John Grierson declared the film "as good as Hollywood" and that "there never was an English film so well-made". A 21st century assessment by Sergio Angelini of the British Film Institute states: "Powell's direction already shows his characteristic energy and visual imagination, as well as his debt to the German Expressionist cinema of the 1920s. Rynox is full of quick cuts, tracking shots, unusual angles as well as montages, all of which help effectively to draw attention away from ...the film's small budget."^[2]

References

↑ Rynox + His Lordship powell-pressburger.org Retrieved 12-08-2010
↑ Rynox Angelini, Sergio. BFI Screen Online. Retrieved 12-08-2010

External links

v t e The films of Michael Powell

With and without Emeric Pressburger – films made with Emeric Pressburger are shown in bold

1930s	Two Crowded Hours My Friend the King The Rasp Rynox The Star Reporter Hotel Splendide C.O.D. His Lordship Born Lucky The Fire Raisers Red Ensign Something Always Happens The Girl in the Crowd Lazybones The Love Test The Night of the Party The Phantom Light The Price of a Song Someday Her Last Affaire The Brown Wallet Crown v. Stevens The Man Behind the Mask The Edge of the World Smith The Spy in Black The Lion Has Wings

1940s	The Thief of Bagdad Contraband An Airman's Letter to His Mother 49th Parallel One of Our Aircraft is Missing The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Volunteer A Canterbury Tale I Know Where I'm Going! A Matter of Life and Death Black Narcissus The Red Shoes The Small Back Room

1950s	The Elusive Pimpernel Gone to Earth The Tales of Hoffmann The Sorcerer's Apprentice Oh... Rosalinda!! The Battle of the River Plate Ill Met by Moonlight Luna de Miel

1960s	Peeping Tom The Queen's Guards Herzog Blaubarts Burg Espionage: "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend" Espionage: "The Frantick Rebel" Espionage: "A Free Agent" The Defenders: "The Sworn Twelve" The Doctors and the Nurses: "A39846" They're a Weird Mob Age of Consent

1970s	The Boy Who Turned Yellow Return to the Edge of the World

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