Copyright 26 January 1946 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. A Warner Brothers-First National Picture. New York opening at the Strand: 25 January 1946. U.S. release: 26 January 1946. U.K. release: 12 August 1946. Australian release: 15 August 1946. 8,478 feet. 94 minutes. (Available on an excellent Warner Home Video).
SYNOPSIS: Much ado about nothing. - Bosley Crowther in The New York Times.
NOTES: Completed in early 1944, the film was shelved until the end of the war when the market was judged to be more receptive. Wise thinking, as it happened.
COMMENT: A beautifully-made woman's picture that is almost always (except when the obnoxious Scotty Beckett is on-screen, which fortunately is not too often) a pleasure to watch, so attractive is its lighting, sets and costumes and so likable are its principals (even Brent comes across quite charmingly). The situation has a pathos making the Stanwyck character sympathetic, and though she moves in an unrealistic high-class atmosphere, the conflict with Lucile Watson is well contrived. There's also a beguiling Steiner score and Bernhardt's direction seems more smooth and fluid than his usual stodgy efforts. In all, a supremely polished example of Hollywood craftsmanship at its best. Production values are lavish.
SYNOPSIS: Much ado about nothing. - Bosley Crowther in The New York Times.
NOTES: Completed in early 1944, the film was shelved until the end of the war when the market was judged to be more receptive. Wise thinking, as it happened.
COMMENT: A beautifully-made woman's picture that is almost always (except when the obnoxious Scotty Beckett is on-screen, which fortunately is not too often) a pleasure to watch, so attractive is its lighting, sets and costumes and so likable are its principals (even Brent comes across quite charmingly). The situation has a pathos making the Stanwyck character sympathetic, and though she moves in an unrealistic high-class atmosphere, the conflict with Lucile Watson is well contrived. There's also a beguiling Steiner score and Bernhardt's direction seems more smooth and fluid than his usual stodgy efforts. In all, a supremely polished example of Hollywood craftsmanship at its best. Production values are lavish.