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Craig’s Wife
film by Arzner [1936]
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discussed in biography
- In Dorothy Arzner: Films of the 1930s and ’40s
In Craig’s Wife (1936), an adaptation of a popular play by George Kelly, Arzner tried to create some sympathy for the cold, domineering title character (played by Rosalind Russell), who is less interested in her husband (John Boles) than in maintaining the gleam of her showcase…
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remade by Sherman
- In Vincent Sherman: Women’s pictures
…solid remake of Dorothy Arzner’s Craig’s Wife (1936), about a domineering woman who tries to control those around her, including her husband (Wendell Corey). Sherman and Crawford collaborated once more on Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), an adaptation of a Broadway romantic comedy about a congresswoman who returns to her alma…
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