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Question: old movie title

comfortinsound — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:24:37 -0800

I'm trying to find the title of a movie which frightened me as a child (40's/50's) In the movie, a young girl's mother has died & she has nightmares or fantasies about a killer who wears a feather. At the climax she sees the shadow of that feather coming for her & it turns out to be a lady's hat(the woman who is about to become her evil stepmother)maybe played by Bette Davis? & she is saved by her father. I had nightmares about this movie & have tried unsuccessfully over the years to find out more about it. Have searched all the movie sites & google & asked all the movie buffs I've known. Does anyone know this movie?

By: ian1977

ian1977 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:36:50 -0800

I am looking now without much luck.

Are you sure its a movie and not a television episode?

By: iconomy

iconomy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:55:28 -0800

Is it Shadow on the Wall?

Meanwhile, the shocked little girl Susan is seen in a children's hospital, where she's become rather withdrawn. In her mind she sees a "shadow on the wall" which she can't quite make out (not realizing that it was her raincoated, "feather hatted" step Aunt Dell)...

By: Soda-Da

Soda-Da — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:51:37 -0800

It's Shadow on the Wall. Fun fact: Nancy Reagan played the part of the psychiatrist. Back then she was billed as Nancy Davis.

By: cerebus19

cerebus19 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:40:14 -0800

Back then she was billed as Nancy Davis.

Since the movie came out in 1950, and she and Ronald married in 1952, it would have been a bit odd to have billed her as "Reagan," don't you think?

By: readery

readery — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:12:14 -0800

This movie scared the crap out of me as well. I saw it with cousins, so I was probably up too late while parents had a card party. My first plot twist - I looked at shadows with foereboding all thru early grade school.
Thanks for reminding me.