When Hedy Lamarr made this film she was 34 and her Viennese accent and sophisticated European poise were evident in this film where she plays the art editor of a posh New York magazine.Her rather promiscous personality on screen (allowing for what was allowed by 1940's censors) and her rather stentorian personality to her subordinates at work gave her a rather sadistic quality which I found not unattractive!!
It seems the job is stressing her out and although brilliant at what she does, she does not like what she has become.She decides to have a complete break and adopts another persona and live elsewhere.Her rich boyfriend (one of her real life husbands - John Loder) tracks her down and complicates her life when she poses as an artist in a flat above a scientist (Dennis O'Keefe)in a modest block run by a landlady - the unmistakeable actress who plays the wicked witch from "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)!!
I will not provide a spoiler but a murder is committed and Hedy is accused.Examined in the film is the power of love and belief in that person when all the evidence points against them.Hedy's supporting cast are only adequate as this film evidently could only support one star.I am not familiar with the director Robert Stevenson. Certainly he is not of the first order but ...adequate, a bit like the film.My motive to own the DVD was to see the mature Hedy Lamarr after seeing her as a 20 year old in "Exctase"(1933).She comes over as rather enigmatic, even when she resolves her love with Dr. David S. Cousins her fiancee.
I still enjoyed this thriller from 1947 mainly because of the awesome beauty of its principal actress.As a film I would rate it generally at 6/10.
It seems the job is stressing her out and although brilliant at what she does, she does not like what she has become.She decides to have a complete break and adopts another persona and live elsewhere.Her rich boyfriend (one of her real life husbands - John Loder) tracks her down and complicates her life when she poses as an artist in a flat above a scientist (Dennis O'Keefe)in a modest block run by a landlady - the unmistakeable actress who plays the wicked witch from "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)!!
I will not provide a spoiler but a murder is committed and Hedy is accused.Examined in the film is the power of love and belief in that person when all the evidence points against them.Hedy's supporting cast are only adequate as this film evidently could only support one star.I am not familiar with the director Robert Stevenson. Certainly he is not of the first order but ...adequate, a bit like the film.My motive to own the DVD was to see the mature Hedy Lamarr after seeing her as a 20 year old in "Exctase"(1933).She comes over as rather enigmatic, even when she resolves her love with Dr. David S. Cousins her fiancee.
I still enjoyed this thriller from 1947 mainly because of the awesome beauty of its principal actress.As a film I would rate it generally at 6/10.