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Craig's Wife

  • 1936
  • Approved
  • 1 Std. 13 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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John Boles and Rosalind Russell in Craig's Wife (1936)
Drama

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA 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.

  • Regie
    • Dorothy Arzner
  • Drehbuch
    • Mary C. McCall Jr.
    • George Kelly
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Rosalind Russell
    • John Boles
    • Billie Burke
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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    1150
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    • Regie
      • Dorothy Arzner
    • Drehbuch
      • Mary C. McCall Jr.
      • George Kelly
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Rosalind Russell
      • John Boles
      • Billie Burke
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    Rosalind Russell
    Rosalind Russell
    • Harriet Craig
    John Boles
    John Boles
    • Walter Craig
    Billie Burke
    Billie Burke
    • Mrs. Frazier
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Mrs. Harold
    Dorothy Wilson
    Dorothy Wilson
    • Ethel Landreth
    Alma Kruger
    Alma Kruger
    • Ellen Austen
    Thomas Mitchell
    Thomas Mitchell
    • Fergus Passmore
    Raymond Walburn
    Raymond Walburn
    • Billy Birkmire
    Elisabeth Risdon
    Elisabeth Risdon
    • Mrs. Landreth
    Robert Allen
    Robert Allen
    • Gene Fredericks
    Nydia Westman
    Nydia Westman
    • Mazie
    Kathleen Burke
    Kathleen Burke
    • Adelaide Passmore
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Police Officer Davis
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Mary Blake
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (Nicht genannt)
    James P. Burtis
    James P. Burtis
    • Moving Man
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Wallis Clark
    Wallis Clark
    • Mr. Burton
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    Nell Craig
    Nell Craig
    • Nurse Rigby
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Mary Lou Dix
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • Regie
      • Dorothy Arzner
    • Drehbuch
      • Mary C. McCall Jr.
      • George Kelly
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    7blanche-2

    The definition of a control freak

    Rosalind Russell gives an excellent, haunting portrayal of "Craig's Wife" in this 1936 version of a play by George Kelly. Later on, it was remade as "Harriet Craig" and starred Joan Crawford and Wendell Corey.

    Harriet Craig is a manipulative, cold woman married to a man (John Boles) who adores her and therefore can't see her for what she is - a controlling woman obsessed with possessions and status.

    This is a difficult role because in order to pull it off, Harriet would have to be a lot more subtle than she is in this movie. Even with an accomplished actress like Russell, that's hard to do because Harriet's actions are so obvious.

    In the film, Walter is clueless while she drives everyone else away. I happen to know a Harriet Craig in real life, and in that case, her husband knows but doesn't do anything about it to keep peace. That would have been a more believable choice here.

    The film "Harriet Craig" is more drawn out and it takes people a little longer to catch on to what Harriet is really about. This version, probably truer to the play, is directed by Dorothy Arzner and moves quickly. The ending is very striking, and there Russell is most effective.

    This was a breakout role for the attractive Russell, and it also proved an excellent part for Joan Crawford. Russell is able to show the tiniest bit of vulnerability in Harriet's nature. I think the Russell version is the stronger film, though both are well worth seeing.
    9adamshl

    Wonderful Roz

    Rosiland Russell wasn't a star for so long for nothing. The lady had talent, and her lengthy career in a variety of roles from screwball comedy to heart wrenching drama proves it.

    Hard working, completely dedicated and always dependable, Russell hit the bull's eye in the role of Harriet Craig in 1936's "Craig's Wife." What a roll it was! The kind most actresses would die to play, even though the character's less than completely savory.

    It's Roz's performance that holds our rapt attention throughout this George Kelly play adaptation, and it's Roz's subtlety that provides the fascination of a fastidious personality. The rest of the cast, headed by John Boles, is excellent, as is Dorothy Arzner's directing. The set design is perfect for the production, and the entire enactment becomes hypnotic.

    Kelly's play has an interesting history: it was filmed eight years earlier by William deMille (with Irene Rich as Harriet) though there's scant info on this. The fourteen years later Vincent Sherman directed a remake with Joan Crawford in the part. Crawford was indomitable in the role, aided by Wendell Corey as her husband; still it's Russell's performance that--to my mind--reigns supreme.

    The 1936 murder subplot was eliminated in the '50 version. Even so, "Craig's Wife" retains its integrity, and represents a milestone from one of the most notable female actors and the most prolific female director of the "Hollywood Golden Era."
    NRastro

    Timeless American Theme

    A very interesting film! I saw it at a university's film archive; to my knowledge, it is not often screened on cable or broadcast TV.

    For Rosalind Russell fans, the film is quite a change of pace from those who may know her best from the screwball comedy "His Girl Friday." She's very good in "Craig's Wife," (as is the supporting cast) and her performance gives you an appreciation for her range as an actress.

    I say the film addresses a timeless American theme, which is the tension between American culture's focus on materialism (an issue even way back in the 1930's, clearly) versus a person's more human needs, such as emotional intimacy. The character of Harriet Craig clearly resists any show of vulnerability and, as the film progresses, increasingly reveals a depth of coldness that's also chilling for the audience to witness, and is mirrored in the uneasiness the supporting characters display as they interact with her.

    What gives the film its lasting impression is that there are almost certainly many of us today who have met someone like the character. Furthermore, in the present day, we often see similar themes (love vs. money) played out in American films.

    The theme was a common one, I think, in the 1930's, partly because the Depression and its aftermath made it hard for anyone (particularly women, for whom few career opportunities were available, let alone accepted) to ignore the economic expediency and comfort that finding a wealthy husband could afford. In that era, the hardships that may have accompanied being a romantic and marrying for love (without regard for money) were not trivial.

    For a comic take on this same thematic vein, catch "Midnight" with Claudette Colbert, which is a delightful movie that I think screens fairly often on the AMC (American Movie Classics) cable channel. Less from a money-based viewpoint, but very much from an emotional standpoint, the character Mary Tyler Moore plays in 1980's "Ordinary People," a drama, has some of the same elements as Rosalind Russell's Harriet Craig here.

    Another variant, which centers on the ambiguous intentions of a man toward a wealthy young woman, can be found in "The Heiress" with Olivia de Havilland, remade (with the title of the Henry James novel both films were based on) as "Washington Square" in the 1990s, with Jennifer Jason Leigh.

    So, I view "Craig's Wife" as a surprisingly unflinching view of how one woman walled herself up within a prison -- both material and emotional -- of her own making. Highly recommended.
    wallwoman

    Reality TV for me!

    I am an old movie buff and had never seen this movie. The movie itself was great but it was like I had just lived this movie. I worked for a man that had a wife like this and quit my job (I used to work out of their house) because I couldn't take her anymore. Almost every part in the movie had a real-life counter part in my life. I was the aunt. I'm tempted to buy a copy of the movie and send it to my old boss so he could get a glimpse of what we all had to put up with. These women do exist, thank God I'm not one of them!!!

    By the way, men are not that dumb. The truth is they'd rather ignore that kind of wife so they don't have to deal with the headache. I would like to have seen the part written more true-to-life rather than as a husband that was completely oblivious to a wife that was a manipulater until the very end.

    I enjoyed the movie and have told several of my friends to watch it if they get the chance. Not just because of the way I identified with it personally, but overall the movie was very good. Rosalind Russell was a real pro in her role.
    6Doylenf

    Roz Russell is good but story seems compressed and incomplete...

    ROSALIND RUSSELL got one of her first really strong dramatic roles in this abbreviated film version of George Kelly's novel, CRAIG'S WIFE. By reducing the running time to an hour and fifteen minutes, there's a rush to present as much exposition as possible before the final scene which finds the heroine alienating everyone in the household.

    Missing is a scene where she goes to her husband's employer to beg that her husband not be sent abroad, as appears in the more complete version of this story which starred Joan Crawford years later, and called HARRIET CRAIG. Mrs. Craig's devious nature was better explored in Crawford's version than it is here.

    BILLIE BURKE seems a strange choice to play a friendly neighbor whom Russell suspects of casting eyes at her husband, played by JOHN BOLES in another one of his weak man roles. Boles' transition from loving husband to suspicious man happens so suddenly that there's the feeling something has been cut--there's no real preparation for his change of character. Still, he gives one of his better performances during his showdown with the domineering wife.

    The only other members of the cast who make any impression are JANE DARWELL as Russell's maid and ALMA KRUEGER as her mother-in-law. THOMAS MITCHELL has little to do and disappears from the story after a brief scene near the opening.

    Summing up: Mainly interesting for Rosalind Russell's performance.

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      When 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.
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      Harriet Craig: Nobody can know another human being well enough to trust him.

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      Referenced in The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 25. September 1936 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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      • Columbia Pictures
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      • 1 Std. 13 Min.(73 min)
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