The (Older) Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 zeitgeist film wherein a male hero doesn’t rescue a damsel in distress so much as allies with her. Archetypal story lines are extant: initial annoyance, each of the other (though he is absolutely fascinated by her immediately), a tweed-cloak-and-dagger plot to draw them thematically and physically closer. There’s a sparky disagreement – Where is Miss Froy? or is there a Miss Froy?