The Woman's Angle
| The Woman's Angle | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
| Written by | Leslie Arliss Ruth Feiner (novel) Mabbie Pool Frederick Gotfurt (scenario editor) |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Starring | Edward Underdown Cathy O'Donnell Lois Maxwell Claude Farell |
| Cinematography | Erwin Hillier |
| Edited by | E.B. Jarvis |
| Music by | Robert Gill (musical score) Louis Levy (musical director) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé Ltd. (U.K.) |
Release date | February 1952 (U.K.) |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £91,096 (UK)[1] |
The Woman's Angle is 1952 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Edward Underdown, Cathy O'Donnell and Lois Maxwell.[2] It is based on the novel Three Cups of Coffee by Ruth Feiner.[3]
Plot
Story of three love affairs of man who belongs to celebrated family of musicians, culminating in divorce and his final discovery of happiness.[2]
Cast
- Edward Underdown - Robert Mansell
- Cathy O'Donnell - Nina Van Rhyne
- Lois Maxwell - Enid Mansell
- Claude Farell - Delysia Veronova
- Peter Reynolds - Brian Mansell
- Marjorie Fielding - Mrs. Mansell
- Anthony Nicholls - Doctor Nigel Jarvis
- Isabel Dean - Isobel Mansell
- John Bentley - Renfro Mansell
- Olaf Pooley - Fudolf Mansell
- Ernest Thesiger - Judge
- Eric Pohlmann - Steffano
- Joan Collins - Marina
- Malcolm Knight - Shepherd Boy
- Fred Berger - Restaurant Manager
- Dana Wynter - Elaine
- Leslie Weston - Suttley
- Geoffrey Toone - Count Cambia
- Lea Seidl - Madame Kossoff
- Anton Diffring - Peasant
- Miles Malleson - A. Secrett
- Peter Illing - Sergei
- Teddy Johnson - Nightclub Singer
- Sylva Langova - Blonde in Sleigh
- Bill Shine (actor) - Saunders
- Nora Gordon - Guest House Owner
- Wensley Pithey - Mr Witherspool
- Rufus Cruickshank - the Scot
- Fred Griffiths - Cockney at Bus Stop
Production
Arliss had been a fan of the novel since he read it in 1944.[4]
Critical reception
In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther thought the film was "...a grim little sample of bad writing, bad acting and bad directing all around."[5]
References
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p 498
- ^ a b "The Woman's Angle". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
- ^ "He waited 7 years to do film". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 41, , no. 2, 064. South Australia. 22 December 1951. p. 7 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E6D8173FE23BBC4F51DFBE66838F649EDE
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