Rating: - Love this movie!
This is a great example of film noir. I wish it would come out in DVD format.
Rating: - Portrait of the Artist as a Widower
There is an outdoor scene in Scotland. Artist Jeffrey is sketching Sally. A sudden rain causes them to seek shelter. A letter falls, and is found by Sally. She learns about Jeffrey Carroll's wife and child. Sally can never marry him now. Jeffrey stops at a chemist before returning home. His daughter Bea is quite precocious and perfect. Then its two years later. The first Mrs. Carroll is long dead, and Sally is the new Mrs. Carroll! Mr. Charles Pennington brings along Mrs. Latham and her daughter Cecily (who wants her portrait painted). We see that the chemist Blagdon out in the road waiting for ... Read More
Rating: - UNDERRATED FORTIES FILM NOIR GEM!!
While Bogart is laughable in some scenes, this is Stanwyck's picture all the way and SHE ALONE is the reason to watch. Stanwyck can make anything work and this film is a classic underrated, moody forties film piece. It is great fun to watch with thunder, lightning, strange portraits, a demented man out to kill his wife, a slithering vixen, a precocious child, and a set of wild circumstances brought into play with force, violence and a great dramatic score. Stanwyck devotees will not be disappointed and Bogart (not my favorite actor by any means)plays well off of her.
Rating: - Lackluster Women's Noir, but the Stars Make it Worthwhile
Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck play interestingly against type as psychologically troubled artist Gerry Carroll and his fragile second wife, Sally. The problem isn't the acting or (in my opinion) the casting, but the clunky script. In the opening scene, Sally accidentally learns that new flame Gerry is married when (*clears throat for comic effect*) a letter to "Mrs. Carroll" falls out of his pocket. Swearing to never see Gerry again, Sally runs off into the rain, only to turn up married to Gerry three scenes later, after wife number one is dead. From there, the turns of plot become ever ... Read More
Rating: - Stanwyck's Great, As Always
As stated in my title, Stanwyck is, as always, great in this movie. She never gave a bad performance, professional that she was. However, Bogart overacted and mugged so terribly for the camera - his exaggerated hand gestures, in particular, are annoying - that the movie is laughable. In fact, it was laughed off the screen when it was released in 1947, two years after filming was completed. I can't imagine what was going on in his mind when he filmed this movie. Stanwyck, professional and committed to perfection once she agreed to appear in a movie, almost certainly regretted starring in this one. This ... Read More
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