Rich and Strange
Rich and Strange 1931, released in the United States as East of Shanghai, is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock during his time in the British film industry. The film was adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville, and Val Valentine from a novel by Dale Collins.
As they cruise the Mediterranean, Freds seasickness keeps him in bed. During this time, Emily begins a relationship with a Commander Gordon Percy Marmont, a dapper, popular bachelor. Finally feeling well enough to appear on deck, Fred is immediately smitten with a German princess Betty Amann, who hits him in the eye with the rope ring used to play deck tennis a combination of tennis and quoits which was at the time widely played shipboard. Both begin spending their time on board with their new paramours to the virtual exclusion of each other, and each plans to dissolve their marriage. In Colombo, British Ceylon, the couple accidentally and awkwardly end up next to each other in a rickshaw, not knowing the other had even gotten off the ship.When the passengers disembark in the final destination of Singapore, Emily leaves with Gordon for his home. When he reveals that the princess is a sham only out for Freds money, she realizes she cannot go on with Gordon and returns to warn her husband. Fred does not believe her at first, but soon discovers his lover has absconded with 1000 of his money to Rangoon. He learns that she was merely the daughter of a Berlin laundry owner and a common adventuress. The couple have only enough money to clear their hotel bill and to book passage home to England on a tramp steamer. ........
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