The 39 Steps
Tuesday August 27th - 90th Anniversary!
Sponsored by the John Buchan Society of Canada/USA
12:30pm - Presentation by Herman Goodden
1:30pm - Film Start
About Herman Goodden:
For almost fifty years Herman Goodden has been an independent, London-based journalist, editor, author, playwright, broadcaster and blogger who has exhibited a kind of genius for upsetting humorless scolds of every stripe. He has a fascination for pretty well all of the arts (except dance) and is particularly drawn to manifold expressions of Catholic culture and some of the quirkier byways of local history. One of the more omnivorous readers you're likely to meet, Goodden has only been reading the works of John Buchan for the last twenty years but is confident that if granted the lifespan of Moses, he'll finish off that oeuvre.
About The Film:
While on vacation in London, Canadian Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) becomes embroiled in an international spy ring related to the mysterious "39 steps." Then he meets agent Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), who is soon killed in his apartment. He must elude the police, who are hunting him for murder, while he tries to stop Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) from sending secrets out of the country. Hannay is assisted by Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), an unwilling accomplice who discovers the truth.
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