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]
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| Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
| Written by | Leslie Arliss Mabbie Pool Frederick Gotfurt |
| Based on | Three Cups of Coffee by Ruth Feiner |
| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £91,096 (UK)[1] |
Plot
editThe film is the story of three love affairs of a man who belongs to celebrated family of musicians, culminating in divorce and his final discovery of happiness.
Cast
edit- Edward Underdown as Robert Mansell
- Cathy O'Donnell as Nina Van Rhyne
- Lois Maxwell as Enid Mansell
- Claude Farell as Delysia Veronova
- Peter Reynolds as Brian Mansell
- Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Mansell
- Anthony Nicholls as Doctor Nigel Jarvis
- Isabel Dean as Isobel Mansell
- John Bentley as Renfro Mansell
- Olaf Pooley as Rudolph Mansell
- Ernest Thesiger as Judge
- Eric Pohlmann as Steffano
- Joan Collins as Marina
- Malcolm Knight as shepherd boy
- Fred Berger as restaurant manager
- Dana Wynter as Elaine
- Leslie Weston as Suttley
- Geoffrey Toone as Count Cambia
- Lea Seidl as Madame Kossoff
- Anton Diffring as peasant
- Miles Malleson as Arthur Secrett
- Peter Illing as Sergei
- Teddy Johnson as nightclub singer
- Sylva Langova as blonde in sleigh
- Bill Shine (actor) as Saunders
- Nora Gordon as guesthouse owner
- Wensley Pithey as Mr Witherspool
- Rufus Cruickshank as the Scot
- Fred Griffiths as cockney at bus stop
Production
editArliss had been a fan of the novel since he read it in 1944.[4] Peter Reynods was under contract to Associated British at the time.[5]
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "As the title suggests, this is no more than the filming of a woman's magazine story, and has the traditional air of unreality. The ingredients – eccentric genius, misunderstandings, music, and a variety of settings – are put together without inspiration."[6]
In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther thought the film "a grim little sample of bad writing, bad acting and bad directing all around."[7]
References
edit- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p 498
- ^ "The Woman's Angle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – 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.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (11 November 2024). "Peter Reynolds: Forgotten Cad". Filmink. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "The Woman's Angle". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 82. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 28 February 2020.
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