[Note: During filming, Chaplin was in the midst of a difficult divorce from his first wife, teenaged bride Mildred Harris, a 17 year-old whom the 29 year-old Chaplin married in 1918.The infamous MacGuffin in this Hitchcock film is the identity of the thief.The stylish film""s screenplay, by John Michael Hayes (in his second project with Hitchcock), was based on the novel of he same name by David Dodge.The stuff nightmares are made of.The children still feared me, and their fear gave me the power to invade their dreams, and that""s when the funreallybegan.[Note: They were participating in a British ritual known as "RAG" Week in which students dressed up and cruised around town to fund-raise.Powell""s car is here.Mr.Powell isn""t here, just his car.Eve: (snidely) Peaceful little haven we have here.Two other boarders enter the front door, identifying hemselves as "tired Tyrolean peasants" following a poorly-attended, "folding" matinee show which was "very intimate.