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Joan Bennett, Scarlet Street Joan Bennett is Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Evening this Wednesday, May 11. TCM has already shown Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street (1945), in which Bennett is a heartless tramp who abuses poor Edward G. Robinson. Now, Bennett can be seen in Tay Garnett's Trade Winds (1938), remarkable in that it may well be the only Hollywood movie in which a leading lady goes from cute all-American blonde to sultry Hedy Lamarr-ish brunette — and then remains a brunette for the rest of her career. And a much more interesting woman and actress to boot. Fredric March, Ann Sothern, and Ralph Bellamy are also featured in Trade Winds, a fluffy comedy-adventure that really isn't all that different from the stuff Hollywood studios churn out today. (Too bad TCM's print seems to be from a 16mm original.) Later on, Joan Bennett can be seen in Jean Renoir's...