<https://forums.tcm.com/topic/144373-daily-dose-8-cooling-our-heels-opening-scene-from-the-lady-vanishes/page/7/#comment-1535206>
<http://schema.org/text>
"1. Using specific examples, describe how Hitchcock opens The Lady Vanishes. What tone, mood, or atmosphere is Hitchcock establishing for the audience very early on in this picture? Pay particular attention to the music.  \n  \nIt looks and sounds like a comedy or slap stick comedy film. \n2. Discuss the characters of Caldicott and Charters in this scene. What do the performances of Caldicott and Charters add to this scene.  \nThe performances of those two are known as the comedy relief and they kind of tell the audience what is going on at the same time to fill in the missing pieces. \n3. From their doorway entrance to their staircase exit, describe how Hitchcock uses dialogue, camera movement, and the placement of characters in the frame to establish Iris (Margaret Lockwood) as the star of this scene.  \nIts a tight shot on all 5 chatarters from the door to the staircase. It also is explained that they were just at that hotel a week ago and get personal service compared to the other guests who can not get a room. And we can tell that Iris has money because of the things she is ordering for her and her friends. And the crowd who waits below the stairs just drop their jaws on how fast those 4 get a room while they are all sitting cold downstiars \n  "
<https://forums.tcm.com/topic/144373-daily-dose-8-cooling-our-heels-opening-scene-from-the-lady-vanishes/page/7/>