Ida Lupino was one the few women who dared to direct a movie: at the time it was almost unknown.There's another example in France (no,it's not Agnes Varda): Jacqueline Audry ,who,like Lupino ,was filming woman's subjects during the forties and the fifties.
Lupino made only six films but all of them are interesting ;four deal with woman's condition: this one, "Outrage" (story of a rape) ,"Hard Fast and Beautiful" (story of a Steffi Graf of the fifties)"never fear " (story of a ballerina who suffers from polio).Her best film ,however,remains "the hitch hiker" which was not really Lupinesque but was an excellent suspense story which is to be recommended.The last one was "trouble with angels". "The bigamist" is an interesting effort: although overtly feminist,Lupino has pity on his male character .When the judge speaks ,he is probably Lupino's spokesperson:"should this man have taken a mistress,he would not have had such problems ;but he did give his name to his child."Several feminist concerns appear in the movie: Fontaine's character cannot have a child,so she works very hard ,she is a businesswoman ,which in melodramas leads the heroine to lose the man she loves .Lupino's work is not really melodrama:it could happen (and is still happening today);her treatment is classic as she uses the flashback all along her film.
When he goes out of jail,he will not choose the woman he'll live with.It will be up to both of them....(the women).
Lupino made only six films but all of them are interesting ;four deal with woman's condition: this one, "Outrage" (story of a rape) ,"Hard Fast and Beautiful" (story of a Steffi Graf of the fifties)"never fear " (story of a ballerina who suffers from polio).Her best film ,however,remains "the hitch hiker" which was not really Lupinesque but was an excellent suspense story which is to be recommended.The last one was "trouble with angels". "The bigamist" is an interesting effort: although overtly feminist,Lupino has pity on his male character .When the judge speaks ,he is probably Lupino's spokesperson:"should this man have taken a mistress,he would not have had such problems ;but he did give his name to his child."Several feminist concerns appear in the movie: Fontaine's character cannot have a child,so she works very hard ,she is a businesswoman ,which in melodramas leads the heroine to lose the man she loves .Lupino's work is not really melodrama:it could happen (and is still happening today);her treatment is classic as she uses the flashback all along her film.
When he goes out of jail,he will not choose the woman he'll live with.It will be up to both of them....(the women).