![]() ![]() That excitement turns to fear as young Charlie slowly realizes her uncle is in fact a wanted serial murderer known as the "Merry Widow" killer. ![]() An unexpected visit by Charles Oakley, her charming and sophisticated "Uncle Charlie", brings much excitement to her family and the small town. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell.Ĭharlotte "Charlie" Newton and her parents live in very quiet Santa Rosa, California. Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. This entry was posted in Uncategorized by Ruby M. In a film and genre incredibly rooted in gender roles and misogyny, the arch highlighted by the antique dancers is a proponent of progress and change in society. As she pushes him out of the train, she completes her wish for a more exciting life different from her mother’s, and Uncle Charlie’s dream to return to the past is proved fatal. By the last glimpse of the shadowy dancers, Young Charlie sees her uncle as a bringer of disaster and death, far from the savior she naively imagined at the beginning of the film. Not long after we first see the dancers, Young Charlie says she needs a miracle and a savior from the boring life she sees unfolding in front of her the same as it did for her mother and her mother’s mother. The “Merry Widow” sequence marks Uncle Charlie’s downward trajectory as truth is revealed, and Young Charlie’s increasing knowledge, therefore empowerment. In the opening credits, where both Charlies are dwelling on their displeasure in life when Young Charlie vows to discover the truth about the secret her uncle has, when she does so, and when she pushes him out of the train to his death in an effort to save her own life. ![]() The 17th-century dancers appear four times throughout the film. Her nightmare is her uncle’s dream, highlighting the duality of their connection which peaks as Young Charlie gains knowledge about her uncle’s crimes. ![]() Young Charlie’s nightmare, being lead methodically through the world, each person more like the next is Uncle Charlie’s fantasy of living in the past. ![]()
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