A quota quickie which is worth seeing for two extra-ordinary performances by George Curzon as the footman of the title and Allan Jeayes as a cruel hypochondriac who actually becomes ill. Both are nearly over the edge of parody but just stay this side of it and are genuinely believable and chilling. The two plots- surgeon who must operate to save the husband of the woman he loves and man who becomes servant in the house of the man he wants to take revenge on- are clichés, but are well-handled and mesh together well. The scenes between Simpson and Marwood, with Simpson holding himself in rein, but with his contempt and hatred just hidden from his employer are superbly done and the lovers are made not to seem absurd or contemptible. Direction and camera work are skilled and competent throughout and there's a fine scene of an operation with an audience of surgeons watching and gossipping among themselves that is an example of skillful economy of means.
Review of Woman in Chains
