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In this Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode we take a look at a Lilli Palmer who's (mostly) new to us, Lilli the victim: the victim of self-destructive womanizer Rex Harrison (Palmer's real-life husband) in Launder and Gilliat's enigmatic social satire\xa0The Rake's Progress\xa0(1945), and the self-destructive paralysis victim of\xa0Beware of Pity (1946), based on the Stefan Zweig novel. Which of these adversaries is harder to contend with? Listen\xa0to find out!\xa0

Time Codes:

0h 00m 45s:\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0 THE RAKE\u2019S PROGRESS (1945) [dir. Sidney Gilliat]

0h 42m 03s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BEWARE OF PITY (1946) [dir. Maurice Elvey]

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Bibliography:

Babington, Bruce, Launder and Gilliat, Manchester University Press, 2013. \xa0

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