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      The first film in the run of 1940s melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures that made the British studio famous, The Man in Grey (1943), was such a hit that its fresh crop of actors became overnight sensations—especially a devilish James Mason (above)—and would continue to appear in Gainsborough films for the next several years. Here are some selections of beautiful studio portraits of the actors in costume.

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      Margaret Lockwood, The Man in Grey

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      Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Granger, Madonna of the Seven Moons

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      Enid Stamp Taylor, The Wicked Lady

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      Granger, The Man in Grey

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      Mason, The Wicked Lady

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      Granger, Madonna of the Seven Moons

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      Calvert, Madonna of the Seven Moons

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      Michael Rennie, The Wicked Lady

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      Patricia Roc, The Wicked Lady

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    The first film in the run of 1940s melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures that made the British studio famous, The Man in Grey (1943), was such a hit that its fresh crop of actors became overnight sensations—especially a devilish James Mason (above)—and would continue to appear in Gainsborough films for the next several years. Here are some selections of beautiful studio portraits of the actors in costume.

     
     
     

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