The Princess (Rich and Strange/East of Shanghai)

The Princess (Betty Amann) is a villainess in Alfred Hitchcock's 1931 talkie "Rich and Strange" (released in the US as "East of Shanghai"). She is a "common cheap adventuress" posing as princess and skilfully seduces the unhappily married Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) on a boat trip which he takes with his wife Emily (Joan Barry), who is having an affair as well). Fred plans to leave Emily for good to marry the princess and indulges her expensive tastes, including champagne.
When she is finally found out by Emily, the princess clandestinely leaves for Burma. In her parting letter, she thanks Fred for his company and writes that her father has a cleaning shop in Berlin. Upon reading her letter, Fred shouts out "That little swine!" and adds, "Wish i could strangle her. All the time she was just a rotten streetwalker."
Fred confesses she took 1000 pounds of his with her, which they pooled, waiting for a supposed remittance she was expecting, which of course never arrived. In addition, there were expenses for their passages to Australia and for the jeweller, leaving him and Emily with barely enough to take a cheap boat home. Fred considers sending the police after her but eventually never does.
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Category:1930s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Deceiver
Category:Femme Fatale
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Thief
Category:Fate: Karma Houdini