2023 Variety Media, LLC. A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer. In terms of plot, When Strangers Marry (later retitled Betrayed) plays as though someone took the best elements of Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, and The 39 Steps, plus The Seventh Victim (Kim Hunter's first film) and Val Lewton's overall approach to low-budget production, put them all into a box, shook them up, and spliced them together into . Just a few pictures later Mitchum would find his niche with a sleepy "I can't be bothered" attitude. 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Her wanting to help him the second he finally appears and asks for it should make logical sense since it shouldn't take too much of an effort to convince someone who's absolutely in love with you to believe your sincerity--but still with the quickness that she came to believe the worst about him not twenty minutes before he appears onscreendoes it make logical sense in. Castle frames a clock which is a popular trope of his. I guess we should be grateful that Monogram didn't cut anything out of the movie when it reissued it. Millie (Kim Hunter) travels to New York to meet with her husband Paul (Dean Jagger). Overall I really enjoyed this one, I think the flow could have been a little more smoother but other than that I really enjoyed reading this. The issue of slavery, murder and the insufficiently fleshed out plot gave me a headache. In front of the camera were Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum. With Hitchcock and Lewton references accounted for, director Castle seemingly wanted to get in on the short-lived wartime 'black musical' craze as well, a la Cabin in the Sky. Strangers has its fair share of contrivance from convenient gaps in the blasting of street music (just close the window!) . The cast credits in the original release are just the same as they appear on IMDb, with. He advised the King brothers that they should not make the film, and they agreed. 13 October 2009. With Jack Holt, Lilian Bond, Arthur Vinton, Barbara Barondess. A plus for music fans -- the film carries a score by Dimitri Tiomkin. It is wholly ordinary in the long run, probably echoing the previous year's Shadow of a Doubt; she has married a man who is really a stranger to her and may be the killer sought by police. Psych mood is cleverly sustained throughout for good atmosphere. It's an efficient enough little thriller with a stellar cast including Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton (as another cop) and the great Robert Mitchum. Settle in with your favorite candy and a tasty drink as we glimpse what life was like in the forties. This premise is interesting, but suspense is built too often in montages, fantasies, and moody music instead of through the story and characters. Los Angeles Times 13 Apr 1956: B6. It has a notable cast as well, with a very young Kim Hunter sharing many scenes with Robert Mitchum, then a supporting player being given one of his first substantial roles. Me ha sorprendido lo bien armada que est la historia, es decir, en ningn momento piensas en la pobre protagonista y en el maravilloso caballero que la rescata sino que es una unin de fuerzas y voluntades donde el amor viene despacio pero con buena letra. Directed by William Castle. 'When Strangers Marry' is without a doubt her film. Report abuse. This particular edition is in a Mass Market Paperback format. The Warner Archive Collection DVD-R of Betrayed (When Strangers Marry) is an excellent transfer of elements that don't seem to have been disturbed in 66 years. Ames, Walter. This kind of technique greatly supports plot progression in focusing the line of questioning of the spectator immediately onto the identity of the unknown figure. This thing was insubstantial yet diverting. Its been a very long time since I have had the chance to read this one, since I read it many years ago, so it was good to re read it again. Of course toward the end you might guess who the strangler really is before you find out. Lets put it this way, in a movie like this, hes either the hero or the villain waiting to reveal himself. Millie Baxter is the female half of the equation; and she has been called, by her husband, to New York in order to meet with him. Director William Castle; Producer Maurice King, Franklin King; Screenplay Philip Yordan, Dennis J. Cooper; Camera Ira Morgan; Editor Martin G. Cohn; Music Dimitri Tiomkin; Art Director F. Paul . In an attempt to escape marriage to a man she despises, Lysette Kersaint flees right into the arms of Maximilen Vallerand, a man who is rumoured to have strangled his first wife. Noir addicts may want to give this one a look, but probably not more than once. When Strangers Marry: Directed by William Castle. When Strangers Marry was written by Phillip Yordanthough its more correct to say that it was rewritten by Yordan since his usual practice was to farm out projects to underlings. An intriguing noir premise is undone by a terrible lead character that is so annoying and fucking naive it set me on edge. An old man-pal (the very young Robert Mitchum) happens to turn up to keep an eye on her strange marriage in the big bad city. External Reviews I've also given up on Lisa Kleypas' newer works (the Ravenals series is just awful) so this has been a way for me to fall in love with Kleypas again. (for the record, I've tried 6 times to spell ambiance the correct way, -ence, but the website won't take it). This interplay of interiority and exteriority runs throughout the film from the sequence at Coney Island (great montage) with the carny barker to the couple "taking in a movie". My favorite part of this film was when Neil Hamilton and Bob Mitchum were in a Turkish bath. [8], Robert Mitchum's role is among his earliest, and he had previously appeared in Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore for the King brothers. Posters are sourced from TMDb and Posteritati, and appear for you and visitors to your profile and content, depending on settings. Release. Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 - March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who also produced several films. The "Silk Stocking Murder" begs many questions, not the least being one about why the audiences were not provided with a gimmicky pair of stockings on their way into the theatre. Back in the forties, it happened more often than not. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. When Strangers Marry (rerelease title Betrayed) is a 1944 American suspense film directed by William Castle and starring Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum.[3][4]. A man who strikes fear into everyone's hearts. Instead, the film directs us to the relationship between Millie and an old boyfriend, another traveling salesman named Fred Graham. [7] Castle persuaded the leads to rehearse without pay and on their own time. By now, everybody knows that Castle cribbed from Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" when the maid took the mask off the dead man and the editor cuts to a train with a screaming whistle. An early admirer of the movie was the writer/director/star of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles. Not bad for having bit parts in 1943! The movie ends with a train scene that either copies Hitchcock (The Lady Vanishes) or predicts him (Strangers on a Train) depending on which film you choose. Philip Yordan. It was good to see how the plot started to unravel, with its ups and downs, twists and turns, that could make one dizzy at times. 'Betrayed' is disguised as a film noir but it is a feeble attempt at melodrama using 40 watt light bulbs to create film noir ambiance. The real angst and 'conflict' for the couple was in the beginning and was quickly resolved before reaching the middle which made the rest of the story somewhat anticlimactic. Kim Hunter, a comparative newcomer, is attractive as well as immensely appealing as the disraught but loyal wife. Little bit of history captured there as movies usually didn't do this but this one did. Danielle Gross, 26, jumped at the chance to tie the knot . The way Yordan's involvement is characterized in various interviews and memoirs, it's difficult to tell whether he was helping his blacklisted colleagues, or exploiting them. Chicago Daily Tribune 15 June 1952: g6. Nearly a decade ago, I published my first novel with Avon Books, Only in Your Arms. A nice touch. Solving the mystery of who killed Max's first wife, kind of. Unremarkable piece. Born to Polish immigrants, he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law. And Millie, nave to a fault, makes for a particularly hapless leading lady. Format. Your email address will not be published. I waited my entire life for you. -Maximilien Vallerand, The thing that stands out most about this book is that the hero and heroine actually. It was published by Avon and has a total of 400 pages in the book. He is also surprised that she is the fiance of his enemy, Etienne Sagasse, who has been one of the men who has slept with his late wife. By what name was When Strangers Marry (1944) officially released in Canada in English? 133, (Jan 1, 1945): 22. There is no easy way to determine if divorce is your right choice. It stars Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum and Neil Hamilton. Neat little "B" thriller with a great twist. For many people, it is a process that involves a long process of debating whether to stay or go. He guessed wrong: the plot is riddled with holes, the lighting and camera-work, essential to make noir movies really work, are shoddy and bleak. (Film historian Don Miller called it the finest B-movie ever made.) A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer. People were quick to make their wants and themselves known and didn't mince words. Mitchum and Hunter do well in spite of their material where Hunter marries a man she only met three times (Jagger) and Michum is the man she turned down, which makes it kind of senseless that Hunter and Mitchum are always such close friends where he even wants to volunteer to find the missing husband (being turned down, wouldn't he hope a divorce results if the husband doesn't come back?) In fact, he immediately went on the road on business, and has just sent for her to meet him in New York when she arrives and runs into an old flame (Robert Mitchum). Today we look at William Castles When Strangers Marry. Packaging: Keep case Every time the actors cross that same hotel lobby set, we expect them to collide with the Bowery Boys coming the other way. WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (aka Betrayed) 1944. What a waste! When Max discovers Lysette's true identity and whom she is suppose to marry, he plans the ultimate revenge.take away from his enemy what was once taken from himself many years ago. This movie. Lo estoy pasando de perlas con la iniciativa del Club Leo Romntica Per de leer sus novelas en el orden en que fueron publicadas; creo que vamos a descubrir verdaderas joyas. The actors really make a difference. The camera tracks Millie's walking feet through hotel lobbies, and cranes to take in clocks and other bric-a-brac; it sometimes resembles a student film by a Hitchcock-addled undergraduate. Picture and sound look great, showing us all the rough edges in the Monogram production. Lou Lubin, the unlucky detective from the Lewton film, appears as well, cinching the argument that Castle was consciously aware of his homage to Victim. Some neat angle shots, montages and other mood-instilling camera bits are worked in for proper effect without disrupting flow of narrative [from an original story by George Moscov]. Will he be the hero of the film? Within the marriage, Lysette finds Max to be a demanding yet attentive and considerate husband. When Strangers Marry can't help but look cheap, what with all those close-ups of stage floors with haphazard standing-set carpets and furniture. I have two reasons for changing the title. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "ae4f443a057355d1e642514bf10fca2c" );document.getElementById("b5ad4eba3d").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. . Rewrite of an earlier Kleypas novel (Only in Your Arms). A lot of misunderstandings and miscommunications and deceit and manipulation and just*sigh*. | Privacy Policy, DVD Talk Newsletter (Sample) When Strangers Marry (rerelease title Betrayed) is a 1944 American suspense film directed by William Castle and starring Dean Jagger . Alfred Hitchcock transformed himself into a spokesman for his "branded line" of movie thrillers and TV suspense shows, and Castle followed suit by inventing audience participation gags for his pictures: insurance policies, skeletons flying over the audience, "ghost viewers". Ill leave that for the film to reveal, though I will say that it does not explore the kinky undertones implicit in the question. There is really no other option. An iconic figure of post-war Hollywood, actor Robert Mitchum embodied the rugged and solitary anti-her s of American film noir in a string of classic dramas and mysteries, including Given the big name cast and Director, expectations are high but it doesn't deliver. Read our. A King Brothers Production. Today, people doubt first and hesitate making for trust a hard thing to come by Only one year after The Chance, William Castle was developing his stylistic system with leaps and bounds. For the reason that Millie scarcely knows Paul, she and Fred start to think that he might be the. Fred is supportive and understanding and clearly still in love with Millie. If you were burned back then, you became hard and stayed that way which is depicted in the movie in one of the scenes involving renting a room. . 1944 Movies. , (2002 ) ( 1992 . After that a young woman (Kim Hunter) awaiting her newly married husband (Dean Jagger) in New York. LOTS OF SEX. . The film stars a young Kim Hunter, in her first starring role, as a nave newlywed named Millie Baxter. Why Was Frank Ocean's Coachella Set Such a Disappointing Mess? Ingenue Kim Hunter, years before Brando emotionally screamed "Stella!" Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Ira H. Morgan. That wouldn't have seemed necessary, since it's only 67 minutes long! : RHONDA FLEMING The writing felt choppy and for a work that had been revised and renamed, It read like a first draft. Although Castle's direction of When Strangers Marry is a bit too awkward to be a serious challenge to Hitchcock, it shows a strong desire to get noticed. The movie starts with the murder of wealthy drunk Charlie (Milton Kibee).He was last seen with traveling salesman Paul Baxter (Dean Jagger) who helped Charlie to his home.The police discover Charlie had been strangled with a pair of silk stockings. He also makes an appearance in the film (through a framed photo) and becomes an integral part of the plot itself as opposed to holding mere decorative function. When he does turn up suspicion regarding his behavior and whereabouts arise and even the naive young bride who barely knew him to begin with starts suspecting her own man. This review is going to tell you what the differences between the two versions were. The review of this Book prepared by Katrina Lo. Best thing about it was Robert Mitchum, whos in a side-role but basically steals the whole movie. Hopper, Hedda. She soon discovers that Jagger may very well be a homicidal maniac. Still her heart races whenever her handsome, brooding protector . Dean Jagger Kim Hunter Robert Mitchum Neil Hamilton Lou Lubin Milton Kibbee Dewey Robinson Claire Whitney Edward Keane Virginia Sale Dick Elliott Lee 'Lasses' White Marta Mitrovich Billy Nelson Rhonda Fleming Sam McDaniel William Castle Minerva Urecal George Lloyd Jack 'Tiny' Lipson Weldon Heyburn Karen X. Gaylord Byron Foulger Fred Aldrich, Philip Yordan Dennis J. Cooper George Moskov, 67mins A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer. She gets sick, they get married, and we're 35% of the way into this thing. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES 16 May 1944: 18. Kim Hunter is engaging, but she only gets to play a lovesick newlywed for the entire movie, even when the story clearly demands a change of mood. Lysette winning everyone over with her perfection. When our heroine suspects that her husband, Paul Baxter (Dean Jagger of "Bad Day at Black Rock") may be a notorious 'silk stocking' slayer, she runs to another salesman, Fred Graham (Robert Mitchum of "The Night of the Hunter") for advice. Nice to see the actors making their trade and this movie does a good job of capturing the viewer right to the end. When Strangers Marry marked Rhonda Fleming's film debut in a small role. An underdog favorite among critics, When Strangers Marry attracted special attention in the influential book Kings of the Bs edited by Todd McCarthy & Charles Flynn. In the years to come, many of the directors, writers, actors, cinematographers, and producers who made Double Indemnity, Laura, Murder My Sweet, Phantom Lady, The Woman In the Window, and When Strangers Marry would go on to Get glam for less with beauty dupes as good as your high-end favorites from Dior, NARS, La Mer, and more - and . 9780060507367. Movie: Excellent - It made the book more realistic and raw. [6], The film was adapted for an episode of Lux Video Theatre as "I Married a Stranger."[13]. It is a noir with a distinct Hitchcock feel: in fact, the plot bears obvious nods to both SUSPICION (1941) and SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943), a murder attempt is borrowed wholesale from FOREIGN CORRSPONDENT (1940), and there is even Castle's own 'appearance' (which is actually treated as a recurring in-joke here!). But there are recurring links to the silk-stocking murder of a businessman in Philadelpia a few days before. William Castle, best known as a 1950s schlockmeister (13 Ghosts, et al.) Girl finds her man in hiding, and the two continue dodging the cops. Lysette escapes her gross fiance and ends up Max's place. Its a nice quick to the point little drama mystery. Copyright var now = new Date(); document.write(now.getFullYear()) MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. While that is a debatable assertion, Welles was correct to align the three films whichalong with Robert Siodmaks Phantom Lady (Universal), Fritz Langs The Woman in The Window (RKO) and Edward Dmytryks Murder My Sweet (RKO)represented the full flowering of film noir over the course of 1944. This picture sounds a lot better than it actually is. U.S. release: 21 August 1944. Absolutely loved the idea of the story and the comparisons to Alfred Hitchcock (one of my all-time favourite directors, my personal favourite actually) and Val Lewton further sparked my interest. Old TV prints and most critical references refer to the movie by the more memorable When Strangers Marry title, which is now lost. He had to come back to New York on business. Joe was Robert Mitchum's breakthrough role, earning him his only Academy Award nomination, but he received first billing the year before in the psychological thriller When Strangers Marry. Millie Baxter is the female half of the equation; and she has been called, by her husband, to New York in order to meet with him. 2. It has great suspense and a surprise twist ending, with a superb performance by Robert Mitchum. Some important names were getting good exposure for their talents in When Strangers Marry. When Lysette comes into his house, Max Vallerand is instantly enchanted. Marriage was one of those subjects and comes up in the older movies. "When Strangers Marry" Scripts.com. "But he's going to take me away. Big Combo fame) thought they could get away with such a lacuna. When he packaged properties around town -- that frequently bore his name as the only writer -- was he acting as their front, or exploiting them? While Castles accomplishment is impressiveall the more impressive when you consider that the movie was made for fifty grand over the course of a single weekit is not a masterpiece. Kim Hunter marries in a hurry and is unsure whether her husband is a murderer or not. The girl goes off to find her man. Figuratively it is the same, and I know of no place on earth that can be so described in identical terms as accurate as they are disparate. Already an experienced hand, Dimitri Tiomkin provided the music, and the result was an above average production from Monogram. Como siempre, los libros de Lisa Kleypas no fallan en sacarme de un bloqueo. Every 'Love Is Blind' Couple Who Got Engaged in the Pods: Where Are They Now? shows himself to be a keen apprentice here: There's a scene involving a glass-paned hotel mail chute that is almost Hitchcockian. Required fields are marked *. He was also known as a highly regarded script doctor. The film's hero is played by Dean Jagger, when he had hair. The film is only just over an hour long and I wouldn't be surprised to find that it was made as a 'B' feature for some bigger movie. Tag, When Strangers Marry, suggests another of the problem plays of newlyweds when in reality pic is a taught psychological thriller about a murderer and a manhunt full of suspense and excitement. WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (William Castle, 1944) ***, A tight, tense little thriller that helped consolidate the noir cycle. The ending is delightful and caused me to laugh out loud in a most pleasing way for its originality and of course upbeat ending. When Strangers Marry - read free eBook by Lisa Kleypas in online reader directly on the web page. The tone was much darker but that was a plus for me. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of When Strangers Marry. , . With the excuse that Millie hasn't a clue as to what's going on, the film obscures exactly what happens to the murder victim, the squeaky-voiced Dick Elliott. Castle also explores the abilities and utility of mobile framing. TV Shows. Shes newly arrived in New York City looking for her husband, a traveling salesman named Paul Baxter. When Strangers Marry. While many scholars peg Double Indemnity as the first fully formed noir in terms of both style and theme, you can see the genres style and ethos taking shape in earlier films like Stranger On The Third Floor (1940), I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and Street Of Chance (1942). When Strangers Marry is a 1944 American suspense film directed by William Castle and starring Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum. Furthermore, he lies to his newly wed bride and she catches him in a lie. Betrayed or When Strangers Marry starts out with a a murder being committed by an unseen man. Castle constructs the individual scenes better than the movie comes together as a whole. "But he's going to take me away. The screenplay does a good job of disguising the story's self-contradictory aspects, while director Castle has a field day concocting sub-Hitchcock visual sequences clearly thought out with storyboards. Among the many gifts bestowed by Lin-Manuel Mirandas musical Hamilton, there is revolutionary 18th century NYC as. He was also lucky in securing the services of a good cast: Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger and, in his first co-starring role, a young Robert Mitchum. was made at Poverty Row studio Monogram within a genre he would intermittently return to until the genial director saw he could particularly make a mint with Horror. The surprise twist at the end is just too predictable to forgiveall these faults, and the ending..surely when they're on the rooftop together the killer will..? The hero is the typical hero for this writing and the heroine is one who tries to break the rules but is restricted to an extent. Then begins another type of manhunt, the police on the trail of a killer who to all intents and purposes is the disappearing husband. The film was originally known as Love from a Stranger and then I Married a Stranger. It was actually a rewritten version of her 1992 Avon novel Only In Your Arms. A few changes were made. Dean Jagger has the soft menacing air that befits the suspect. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1991. marriage of convenience spurring real love. 9 people found this helpful. Writing in his newspaper column Orson Welless Almanac, Welles declared the film better directed than either Billy Wilders Double Indemnity (Paramount) or Otto Premingers Laura (20th Century Fox). The only thing that mattered was that she wouldn't have to marry Etienne..read more. Get help and learn more about the design. I love reading the back catalogue of a prolific romance writer to see how their works have changed over the years. Metacritic Reviews. P.S. Kim Hunter believes the improbable. ', Army Film, Due Next Month Helpful. In 1944, that's not at all a bad thing, for Castle's movie really stands out from the crowd -- I can imagine his Monogram Studio camera crew being happy to prove that they can shoot more than boring masters and singles. When Strangers Marry (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. User Ratings Lisa Kleypas. , , . Menu. Honestly, it annoyed me more than anything. One of the most convincing performances is delivered by character actor Lou Lubin . Only thing wrong with this film is its misleading title. Film data from TMDb. Paul and Millie visit a hepcat Negro nightspot where a big dance is in progress. When Strangers Marry (a.k.a. Soon Lysette finds herself the pawn in a game of revenge. Max wants desperately to destroy Lysette's fiance, so clearly ruining Lysette is the answer. Rhonda Fleming was originally not credited, but she's given a prime spot in a new end credits crawl to reflect her new star status. The ending was a bit of a let down.Everything seemed to come at the hero and heroine all together but some how the whole thing just fused out without much of a spark. BTWPeople were naive, simpler and easier going believing what they were told until they had reason to doubt otherwise. She had only met Paul 3 times before they tied the knot. His evasive actions are enough to raise suspicions even in a naive Ohio gal like her -- he makes her wander the streets of wartime Greenwich Village at night (as she did a year earlier in Val Lewton's The Seventh Victim). SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Warners Will Remake 'Sweet Adeline' -- 'Attack! My first Kleypas book and definitely not my last one. Hunter's marriage was a whirlwind affair, and as a result she barely knows her husband. Lysette is desperate to find a way to escape her betrothal, so she flees her home. The result is to reduce a happy ending to one where a married couple must still live on . ebook. As in The Seventh Victim, Kim Hunter wanders alone and intimidated into New York. Playing alongside this mystery is the police investigation of the "silk stocking murder" in which a very annoying Sam Prescott (Dick Elliott) had been rightfully murdered in his hotel room. | Still, the noir ethos is already in place here. Betrayed) -- (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Use That Name Sometimes Kim Hunter as Millie finally finds her new husband she's come to New York to meet, turns out he's Dean Jagger as Paul, and she's followed secret instructions to reach him, and he might be a murderer, and the photo in the portrait happens to be director William Castle, in When Strangers Marry, a.k.a . As far as he was concerned, she was his, and no one was going to take her away from him.Max stared at Etienne. 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