![]() ![]() The film features a unique climactic shootout in a hall of mirrors involving a multitude of false and real mirrored images in the Magic Mirror Maze, in which Elsa is mortally wounded and Bannister is killed. When he wakes, he realizes that Grisby and Elsa had been planning to murder Bannister and frame him for the crime, but that Broome's involvement ruined the scheme and that Elsa had to kill Grisby for her own protection. Michael passes out from the pills he took just as Elsa's Chinese friends arrive they carry the unconscious Michael to an empty fun house. As Michael and Elsa wait and pretend to watch the show, Michael realizes that she killed Grisby. Elsa calls some Chinese friends to meet her. Elsa follows and she and Michael hide in a Chinatown theater. Before the verdict, Michael escapes by feigning a suicide attempt (swallowing pain relief pills Bannister takes for his disability), causing a commotion in which he slips out of the building with the jury for another case. Bannister also indicates that he knows the real killer's identity. ![]() He ultimately takes pleasure in his suspicion that they will lose the case. ![]() Bannister learns of his wife's relationship with Michael. During the trial, the incompetent judge quickly loses control of the proceedings. He feels he can win the case if Michael pleads justifiable homicide. The police find evidence implicating Michael, including his confession, and take him away.Īt trial, Bannister acts as Michael's attorney. Michael rushes to Bannister's office in time to see Bannister is alive, but that the police are removing Grisby's body from the premises. Broome warns Michael that Grisby was setting him up. Michael makes a phone call to Elsa, but finds Broome on the other end of the line. He warns her that Grisby intends to kill her husband. Meanwhile, Broome, mortally wounded but still alive, asks Elsa for help. Unaware of what has happened, Michael proceeds with the night's arrangement and sees Grisby off on a motorboat before shooting a gun into the ground to draw attention to himself. Grisby shoots Broome and leaves him for dead. Broome has learned of Grisby's plan to murder Bannister, frame Michael, and escape by pretending to have also been murdered. On the night of the crime, Sydney Broome, a private investigator who has been following Elsa on her husband's orders, confronts Grisby. Welles as Michael O'Hara in The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Michael agrees, intending to use the money to run away with Elsa. He promises Michael $5,000 and explains that since he would not really be dead and since there would be no corpse, Michael could not be convicted of murder (reflecting corpus delicti laws at the time). They are joined on the boat by Bannister's partner, George Grisby, who proposes that Michael "murder" him in a plot to fake his own death. ![]() Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister, are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Irish sailor Michael O'Hara meets the beautiful blonde Elsa as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.Īlthough it initially received mixed reviews, it has grown in stature over the years, and many critics have praised its set designs and camerawork. The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir directed by Orson Welles (uncredited) and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Blocking the merger potentially means future merges will be strictly investigated for not only the publishing industry but for big companies in other industries as well.įor more book-related and pop culture news, check out more on Bookstr. ![]() The Justice Department’s decision emphasizes the antitrust laws, which are meant to protect the overall market and ensure fair competition. Overall, the merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would’ve heavily changed the publishing industry. “The proposed merger would have reduced competition, decreased author compensation, diminished the breadth, depth, and diversity of our stories and ideas, and ultimately impoverished our democracy” Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, New York Times Therefore, Jonathan Kanter of the department’s antitrust division stated, The ruling is seen as a win for both authors and readers by the Justice Department. A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that the joining of two of the world’s biggest publishers could. In other words: $$$- Stephen King NovemTWEET VIA TWITTER The Impact of the Trial The proposed merger was never about readers and writers it was about preserving (and growing) PRH's market share. I am delighted that Judge Florence Pan has blocked the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. “Publishing should be more focused on cultural growth and literary achievement and less on corporate balance sheets.” Stephen King, New York TimesĪfter Judge Pan made the decision to block the merger, King shared his thoughts on Twitter. “Further consolidation would have caused slow but steady damage to writers, readers, independent booksellers, and small publishing companies,” he said. Through an email interview with the New York Times, he wrote, He believes it is bad for competition and even makes it harder for writers to earn money. According to Variety, King is strongly against the merger. The trial also had authors testifying including Stephen King, a best-selling horror writer whose main publisher is Simon & Schuster. However, they are against the merger, because authors would have fewer options to publish their work. Random House Tower, New York As of 2021, Penguin Random House employed about 10,000 people globally and published 15,000 titles annually under its 250 divisions and imprints. Then, executives from Hachette and HarperCollins, who are also part of the “Big Five,” testified as well. They also believe it would be more cost-saving. Executives from both Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster stated during the trial how the merger would benefit writers. ![]() |