Hi Devon: Doesn’t ring a bell, but I took a little run through Google:
There was a 1941 film called “A Woman's Face”, that was an American remake of a 1938 Swedish film with the same name. I’m suggesting it because I think both are set in Sweden, so the lacemaking might be a factor. Plus, the disfigured woman was also a blackmailer and during the movie tries to murder a young boy who stands between her love interest and a fortune, so your memory of the man discovering her to be a murderer might also be fit. In the 1941 film the woman is played by Joan Crawford, and the Swedish one starred Ingrid Bergman. The story was based on a French play. Hope this helps. Adele > On May 23, 2018, at 2:20 PM, Devon Thein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am going on a lace retreat and we are planning a movie night. Many, > many years ago I saw a movie, or part of a movie. It was in black and > white. It was a B picture, possibly film noir. It was set in the first > half of the 20th century, I think. There was a woman who made bobbin > lace on a flat pillow on a stand. (She may have been a sinister > psychopath murderer, that part I don't remember.) What stands out > clearly for me was a scene in which it is revealed that face has been > disfigured and as a result she became a recluse, spending all of her > time inside making bobbin lace so that she wouldn't have to go out and > have people stare at her. At some point, a man (one who has uncovered > her secret, that she is a murderer psychopath?) looks at her and says, > "you must have been quite pretty before this happened to you." > > Does this ring a bell with anyone. (Note that I seem to remember the > pillow very well, but the plot not very well at all.) > > Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
