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That Certain Woman|Bette Davis

That Certain Woman

Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
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Overview

Bette Davis selflessly endures all manner of womanly woes in director Edmund Goulding's remake of his own silent film, THE TRESPASSER. As Mary, a gangster's widow trying to go straight, she works loyally and hard for a married lawyer (Ian Hunter), goes to night school, and falls in love with rich, irresponsible Jack (Henry Fonda). When she and Jack try to elope, his controlling dad (Donald Crisp) tracks them down and annuls their marriage, accusing her of gold-digging based on her tawdry past. Mary's too proud to ask for a cent in alimony, or to mention she's pregnant with Jack's child. Instead she has the child in secret, and winds up the center of a scandal when her boss dies and leaves her all his money. It's excessively melodramatic for sure, but Davis makes the overwrought pathos enjoyable thanks to her superb acting chops. She has some good support in this department from Anita Louise as a wheelchair-bound socialite and Mary Phillips as Mary's long-suffering companion. Sidney Toler, out of his Charlie Chan makeup, also gives a brief appearance as a detective hired by Jack's father.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Edmund Goulding - Director
Bette Davis
Henry Fonda
Anita Louise
Ian Hunter
Donald Crisp
Hugh O'Connell
Mary Phillips
Sidney Toler
Charles Trowbridge
Norman Willis

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Full Frame, Black & White, Remastered, Manufactured on Demand, Mono Sound)
  • Run Time: 91
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 883316276327
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: September 2010

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Synopsis:
Mary Donnel (Bette Davis), a young woman with a tragic history, spurns her employer's advances and instead, marries a rich young man. after spurning the advances of her employer. But then her life takes a series of melodramatic turns, involving her spiteful father-in-law, an annulment, her boss' illness, a fateful car accident, a child custody battle, and of course, her sordid past. Will Mary live happily ever after?

Notes:
Theatrical release: September 15, 1937. This film is a remake of THE TRESPASSER, which was also directed by Edmund Goulding.

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