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'''''When Strangers Marry''''' (re-release title '''''Betrayed''''') is a 1944 [[suspense film]] directed by [[William Castle]] and starring [[Dean Jagger]], [[Kim Hunter]], and [[Robert Mitchum]].<ref>{{Tcmdb title|id=95493|title=When Strangers Marry}}.</ref> |
'''''When Strangers Marry''''' (re-release title '''''Betrayed''''') is a 1944 [[suspense film]] directed by [[William Castle]] and starring [[Dean Jagger]], [[Kim Hunter]], and [[Robert Mitchum]].<ref>{{Tcmdb title|id=95493|title=When Strangers Marry}}.</ref><ref>When Strangers Marry |
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Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 12, Iss. 133, (Jan 1, 1945): 22. </ref> |
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Neil Hamilton and Kim Hunter were borrowed from [[Selznick International]].<ref>SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Warners Will Remake 'Sweet Adeline' -- 'Attack!', Army Film, Due Next Month |
Neil Hamilton and Kim Hunter were borrowed from [[Selznick International]].<ref>SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Warners Will Remake 'Sweet Adeline' -- 'Attack!', Army Film, Due Next Month |
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Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 16 May 1944: 18.</ref> |
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 16 May 1944: 18.</ref> [[Rhonda Fleming]] made her film debut in a small role; she later claimed she was cast after being spotted by the director walking through the backlot. He said "you'll do" and put her in the film. She says she was not paid for her role.<ref>Rhonda Fleming... Lucky Star!: RHONDA FLEMING |
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Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 15 June 1952: g6. </ref> |
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It was an early film for the King Brothers who later claimed they had Robert Mitchum under a multi-picture contract. They later tried to enforce it but he made no further films for the brothers.<ref>Controversy Looms Over Robert Mitchum |
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Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 17 Oct 1946: A3. </ref> |
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==Reception== |
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According to [[Simon Callow]]'s book ''Orson Welles: Hello Americans'', [[Orson Welles]] said of the film, "It isn't as slick as ''[[Double Indemnity (film)|Double Indemnity]]'' or as glossy as ''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]'', but it's better acted and better directed ... than either."<ref>{{Citation | last=Callow | first=Simon | year=2006 | title=Orson Welles: Hello Americans | publisher=Jonathan Cape | isbn=978-0-224-03853-9 | url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63185891}}</ref> |
According to [[Simon Callow]]'s book ''Orson Welles: Hello Americans'', [[Orson Welles]] said of the film, "It isn't as slick as ''[[Double Indemnity (film)|Double Indemnity]]'' or as glossy as ''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]'', but it's better acted and better directed ... than either."<ref>{{Citation | last=Callow | first=Simon | year=2006 | title=Orson Welles: Hello Americans | publisher=Jonathan Cape | isbn=978-0-224-03853-9 | url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63185891}}</ref> |
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[[James Agee]] later wrote "The story has locomotor ataxia at several of its joints and the intensity of the telling slackens off toward the end; but taking it as a whole, I have seldom, for years now, seen one hour so energetically and sensibly used in a film".<ref name="yordan"/> |
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Revision as of 09:34, 29 March 2019
| When Strangers Marry aka Betrayed | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | William Castle |
| Screenplay by | Philip Yordan Dennis J. Cooper |
| Story by | George Moskov |
| Produced by | Frank King Maurice King |
| Starring | Dean Jagger Kim Hunter |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Martin G. Cohn |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | King Brothers Productions |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75,000[1] |
When Strangers Marry (re-release title Betrayed) is a 1944 suspense film directed by William Castle and starring Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, and Robert Mitchum.[2][3]
Premise
Millie Baxter, a naive woman, comes to New York City to meet her salesman husband Paul whom she only met months before, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Cast
- Dean Jagger as Paul Baxter
- Kim Hunter as Millie Baxter
- Robert Mitchum as Fred Graham (billed as Bob Mitchum)
- Neil Hamilton as Det. Lt. Blake
- Rhonda Fleming as Girl on Train
Production
Philip Yordan says he gave the story to Dennis Cooper to write up, but that Yordan then had to rewrite it.[4]
Neil Hamilton and Kim Hunter were borrowed from Selznick International.[5] Rhonda Fleming made her film debut in a small role; she later claimed she was cast after being spotted by the director walking through the backlot. He said "you'll do" and put her in the film. She says she was not paid for her role.[6]
It was an early film for the King Brothers who later claimed they had Robert Mitchum under a multi-picture contract. They later tried to enforce it but he made no further films for the brothers.[7]
Reception
Critical response
When the film was released, Variety's review was positive, writing, "Only thing wrong with this film is its misleading title. Tag, When Strangers Marry, suggests another of the problem plays of newlyweds when in reality pic is a taught (sic) psychological thriller about a murderer and a manhunt full of suspense and excitement."[8]
According to Simon Callow's book Orson Welles: Hello Americans, Orson Welles said of the film, "It isn't as slick as Double Indemnity or as glossy as Laura, but it's better acted and better directed ... than either."[9]
James Agee later wrote "The story has locomotor ataxia at several of its joints and the intensity of the telling slackens off toward the end; but taking it as a whole, I have seldom, for years now, seen one hour so energetically and sensibly used in a film".[4]
References
- ^ Hedda Hopper: LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 8 Oct 1946: A3.
- ^ When Strangers Marry at the TCM Movie Database.
- ^ When Strangers Marry Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 12, Iss. 133, (Jan 1, 1945): 22.
- ^ a b McGilligan, Patrick. Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1991. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0z09n7m0/
- ^ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Warners Will Remake 'Sweet Adeline' -- 'Attack!', Army Film, Due Next Month Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 16 May 1944: 18.
- ^ Rhonda Fleming... Lucky Star!: RHONDA FLEMING Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 15 June 1952: g6.
- ^ Controversy Looms Over Robert Mitchum Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 17 Oct 1946: A3.
- ^ Variety, film review, 1943. Accessed: July 6, 2013.
- ^ Callow, Simon (2006), Orson Welles: Hello Americans, Jonathan Cape, ISBN 978-0-224-03853-9