The Mystery Of Marriage Aka Secrets Of Marriage (1931)

Intriguingly bizarre film comparing the courtship and mating rituals of humans with those of animals. Scenario and Direction by Mary Field. Music arranged by W.E. Hodgson. Recordist A.F. Birch. Photographed and Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd. Welwyn Garden City. A man strolls through the countryside whistling a song which echoes that of a bird seen sitting on a twig. He discovers his girlfriend who is hiding in the woodland picking flowers. When he finds her he booms: “I knew it was you!“ and embraces her. She objects: “No, no!“ (even though she likes it!). “Oh Stella, why won’t you marry me?“ he implores. “There are such thousands and millions of people in the world“ she replies, “how can we be sure that we are really made for one another?“ C/U of the couple - he is a classic spiv with pencil thin moustache and she is a classic 1930s beauty. He promises Stella that he will get a rise and they will buy a house (she can choose the furniture). This would be a great sequence for illu