Obsession (1949 film) a body by dissolving it in acid. This had similarities to the John George Haigh case. Accordingly, the British Board of Film Censors refused to grant the film a certificate for a time and its release was held up. "Variety" wrote that the film is slow paced at first but becomes suspenseful. "The New York Times" called it "a first-rate study in suspense and abnormal psychology". Kendal Patterson of the "Los Angeles Times" described it as an early predecessor of "Fatal Attraction". Obsession (1949 film) Obsession, released in the US as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film
Magnificent Obsession (1935 film) surgeon. He learns that Helen urgently needs an operation, which he performs. When she awakens, her sight has miraculously returned. The film, which raised Robert Taylor to stardom, had its New York City premiere at Radio City Music Hall on December 30, 1935, and drew capacity crowds, despite frigid weather. The film was remade in 1954 by director Douglas Sirk, with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in the leads. "Magnificent Obsession" was adapted as a radio play on the April 26, 1937, and November 13, 1944, broadcasts of "Lux Radio Theater", the first starring Robert Taylor and Irene Dunne in