A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
Stanley Andrews
- Police Officer Davis
- (uncredited)
Mary Blake
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
- Moving Man
- (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
- Mr. Burton
- (uncredited)
Nell Craig
- Nurse Rigby
- (uncredited)
Mary Lou Dix
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Columbia chief Harry Cohn decided to remake this film, he also didn't want to risk his contracted star actresses in the unsympathetic role of Harriet Craig. He arranged with MGM to loan out Rosalind Russell for the role, even though she fought the move. The film turned out to be an important step toward stardom for Russell.
- Quotes
Harriet Craig: I'm all alone in the house now...
[turning to see the door closing behind her]
Harriet Craig: Wait! Don't go!
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993)
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Rosalind Russell plays a 1930s piece of work
Before television, this kind of short melodrama was standard cinema fare. It's still fun to watch. The interior studio sets don't quite match the exterior studio sets and the people depicted always seem well-to-do. This false elegance is to movies of the 1930s what CGI is to movies of our era. Well, people go to the cinema in part to be dazzled.
This is a women's picture. The director was a woman, the screenplay was written by a woman and the main characters are women. And what a character Russell plays! The movie is a morality play structured around the faults of one character, Mr. Craig's wife. She obsessively wants to control everything to satisfy her need for security, or so goes the the pop psychology implied by the story.
Well-written television serials now deal with these kinds of characters. But I somehow prefer the slower pace of the 1930s version. I also like the little surprises. Watch for Billie Burke, the Good Witch of the North. You'll recognize the voice immediately.
This is a women's picture. The director was a woman, the screenplay was written by a woman and the main characters are women. And what a character Russell plays! The movie is a morality play structured around the faults of one character, Mr. Craig's wife. She obsessively wants to control everything to satisfy her need for security, or so goes the the pop psychology implied by the story.
Well-written television serials now deal with these kinds of characters. But I somehow prefer the slower pace of the 1930s version. I also like the little surprises. Watch for Billie Burke, the Good Witch of the North. You'll recognize the voice immediately.
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- August1991
- Jul 6, 2004
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- Beräknade fruar
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- Budget
- $300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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