Cast and crew credits for a womans face, 1941, directed by george cukor, with joan crawford, melvyn douglas, conrad veidt, at turner classic movies. The womans film was largely shot in consciousnessraising groups. Thanks to a womans face, joan crawfords slumped career had a badly needed revival, and greta garbos career ended. One of bob chinns earliest surviving efforts follows a young womans sexual experiences at her apartment.
This is a new blog i made primarily for my women in film class. Told in flashback from the vantage point of a murder. A womans face is a 1938 swedish drama film directed by gustaf molander, based on the play il etait une fois by. Sunetul muzicii 1965 film online subtitrat filmehd see more. Garbo had a choice of a woman s face or twofaced woman, but she refused to play a character with a deformity. Officially its a film noir drama and there certainly is a dramatic plot and also some romance and cute little larserik and of course theres drum roll an awesome conrad veidt. Womans pictures genre, the womans picture, andthe female audience. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Joan crawford in a womans face 1941 and mildred pierce 1945, ingrid. I was reminded of these lines while watching abbas kiarostamis shirin at the venice film festival a few days ago. One of the victims pay her by letting a plastic surgeon, doctor wegert, make her beautiful again. Hopefully the state of this blog will be better than my other tumblelog.
A womans face 1941 stream and watch online moviefone. A lieutenant general alan rickman and a colonel helen mirren face political. But watch a war movie and the roughly 300,000 women who have deployed in americas post911 wars are largely missing in action. It was apparently a picture she felt strongly about, wanting to play against type, as a bitter, disfigured criminal. Conrad veidt, joan crawford, melvyn douglas, osa massen, reginald owen, official content from mgm home entertainment fine. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the. See more ideas about movies, movies online and good movies. Its a wonderful film, framed by her trial in a swedish court you dont find out what shes on trial for until well into the movie. A remake of the swedish film of the same name see entry 55092, mgms a womans face was reshaped into one of joan crawfords best vehicles. A womans face 1941 is a drama, filmnoir movie starring joan crawford and melvyn douglas. This page was last edited on 29 august 2019, at 17. Edward sutherland this scifi farce doesnt have even a whiff of horror movie about it, and the only nice thing that i can say about it is that it never, ever pretends to, so theres no chance of being hornswoggled.
The man with bogarts face 1980 robert day, robert sacchi, franco nero. All are gems, but my favorites are a womans face 1941 and sadie mckee 1934. This film belongs to joan crawford, who carries it with style and panache. It tells the story of anna holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer, who because of her appearance, despises everyone she encounters. The cast includes ingrid bergman in the lead as a woman criminal with a disfigured face. A womans face 1941 flamingo road 1949 torch song 1953 this set will provide a wide variety of crawford roles and movies. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archivequality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection.
Filme online gratis subtritrate in romana home facebook. Director cukor wanted annas recital of her life story to be done in a tired, mechanical fashion, so he had crawford repeat the multiplication tables over and over until he got the monotonous tone he was looking for. We love the outfit hedy lamarr wears in the 1941 film zeigfeld girl. Gal gadot shared a new poster for her upcoming wonder woman film showcasing the dc comics heroine.
Loos script is biting and thats an understatement from the opening frames where the women talk about each other, and comment on their appearance in a day spa. Thanks to a woman s face, joan crawfords slumped career had a badly needed revival, and greta garbos career ended. Cracking performances from all concerned including minor roles like henry daniell as a court official, marjorie main as a faithful servant, and the woman who plays joans sidekick. Closeups of women through the ages of film film the.
When a plastic surgeon corrects this disfigurement, anna becomes torn between the hope of starting a new. A womans face 1938 gustaf molander, ingrid bergman. The opening credits establish a world where appearance is everything and no one is a saint, with each womans face juxtaposed with an animal highlighting their personality. Joan crawford, melvyn douglas, conrad veidt, imdb rating. As her 18year mgm tenure neared its end, joan turned in a dazzling series of performances in an interesting, diverse 4 film run, culminating with 1941 s a woman s face. A womans face 1941 changes the movie database tmdb. Her life changes when plastic surgery restores her beauty, but she finds it more difficult to change inside. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Academy award winner joan crawford stars as a deeply malevolent woman whose face bears a hideous scar. The invisible woman 1941 classic horror film board. In most crawford films she comes across larger then life, and the audience cant forget that they are watching crawford. Crawford decided that her next film would be a remake of a womans face 1941, and george cukor, who had directed both the women and susan and god 1940, would direct. A womans face 1941 anna holm joan crawford is a terribly disfigured swedish woman and smalltime criminal in stockholm.
A remake of the swedish film of the same name see entry 55092, mgms a woman s face was reshaped into one of joan crawfords best vehicles. To see a different self in the mirror of some womans eyes. This destroyed her looks, and she has become a mean and bitter woman. The walmingtononsea home guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a. Though she would make another 3 films before her departure in 1943, face stands as her last excellent mgm movie, and as. She runs away to new york, hoping to reconnect with two old friends cara seymour, john ortiz, former theater collaborators shed. Told in flashback from the vantage point of a murder trial, the story concerns a female criminal whose face is disfigured by a. A womans face ist ein usamerikanischer spielfilm mit joan. The film is then told through flashbacks with the testimony of several witnesses as well as anna herself, telling the story of how this woman with half her face disfigured came to murder. A womans face provided the thenwaning star with the kind of character she could really sink her. Another was to see how it would compare to the joan crawford film from three years later. Best horror films 100 scariest movies ranked by experts. So she made the disastrous twofaced woman instead and retired, her face free of scars and her life free of films.
Wonder woman 2017 subtitrat in romana filme online. After the british government had taken the step of introducing compulsory female mobilization at the end of 1941, the ministry of labour estimated that over eighty per cent of all single women between fourteen and fiftynine, fortyone per cent of wives and widows, and thirteen per cent of. These movies are from the golden age of hollywood and star the symbol of hollywoods golden age, joan crawford. Garbo had a choice of a womans face or twofaced woman, but she refused to play a character with a deformity. A womans face subtitles download movie and tv series. The 100 best horror films the scariest movies ranked by experts. Plot summary for a womans face 1941 anna holm is a blackmailer, who because of a facial scar, despises everyone she encounters. Released may 23rd, 1941, a womans face stars joancrawford, melvyndouglas, conradveidt, reginaldowen the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a.
Camille deadpan this movie is actually pretty good. When a plastic surgeon performs an operation to correct this disfigurement, anna becomes torn between the hope of. As her 18year mgm tenure neared its end, joan turned in a dazzling series of performances in an interesting, diverse 4film run, culminating with 1941s a womans face. The story of x requires you into the first times of adult movies when guys peddled stag boosters and reels from the trunks of the cars read more. As part of the final day of noir city international, my son and i watched gustaf molanders a womans face, one of ingrid bergmans last swedish films before becoming hollywood royalty. Desiring beauty above all else, anna holm crawford resorts to blackmail to pay a plastic.
This film received its initial television showing in philadelphia sunday. Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life. I expected a romance, but a womans face is actually an early noir crime drama about a woman named anna holm who has been charged with murder. Have also always loved and been fascinated by foreign films and there. Wonder woman 2017 subtitrat in romana filme online 2017 hd subtitrate in romana filme noi gratis online gal gadot shares new wonder woman movie poster. Gallery of 18 movie poster and cover images for a womans face 1941. His embraces plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a. Rothschilds it happens to us screens with the womans film, from the womens caucus, san francisco newsreel.