When Strangers Marry (rerelease title Betrayed) is a 1944 American suspense film directed by William Castle and starring Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum.[3][4]. The camera tracks Millie's walking feet through hotel lobbies, and cranes to take in clocks and other bric-a-brac; it sometimes resembles a student film by a Hitchcock-addled undergraduate. Betrayed or When Strangers Marry starts out with a a murder being committed by an unseen man. Back in the forties, it happened more often than not. She welcomes the protection even risking her reputation. Shes newly arrived in New York City looking for her husband, a traveling salesman named Paul Baxter. With only seven days and a budget of $50,000,[5] filming took place in June 1944. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0z09n7m0/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=When_Strangers_Marry&oldid=1106354184, This page was last edited on 24 August 2022, at 05:48. Series. The Warner Archive Collection DVD-R of Betrayed (When Strangers Marry) is an excellent transfer of elements that don't seem to have been disturbed in 66 years. After being lost in the bayou, she is caught by two twin boys stealing their pirougue. A lot of misunderstandings and miscommunications and deceit and manipulation and just*sigh*. Australian release through British Empire Films: 6 May 1945. When Strangers Marry (AKA: Betrayed) is directed by William Castle and written by Philip Yordan and Dennis J. Cooper. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Willowjean Will Parker is coming off of the fresh high of apprehending a kidnapper with her boss Lillian Pentecost, 1947 New York Citys most celebrated detective. Lysette buried her face against Max's throat. Marriage was one of those subjects and comes up in the older movies. The tone was much darker but that was a plus for me. All in all, one of the superior directing efforts by Castle and an engaging film overall. Rewrite of an earlier Kleypas novel (Only in Your Arms). 3. The "Silk Stocking Murder" begs many questions, not the least being one about why the audiences were not provided with a gimmicky pair of stockings on their way into the theatre. Infidelity may be the cause of divorce for a long-term marriage, but, in reality, infidelity is only a symptom of a problem in the marriage. Film noir at the time wasn't the solid genre we can identify in retrospect, and didn't even have the name yet, but there were many semi-conscious efforts like this. An iconic figure of post-war Hollywood, actor Robert Mitchum embodied the rugged and solitary anti-her s of American film noir in a string of classic dramas and mysteries, including P.S. Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features. While that is a debatable assertion, Welles was correct to align the three films whichalong with Robert Siodmaks Phantom Lady (Universal), Fritz Langs The Woman in The Window (RKO) and Edward Dmytryks Murder My Sweet (RKO)represented the full flowering of film noir over the course of 1944. The movie starts with the murder of wealthy drunk Charlie (Milton Kibee).He was last seen with traveling salesman Paul Baxter (Dean Jagger) who helped Charlie to his home.The police discover Charlie had been strangled with a pair of silk stockings. Overall, I understood his fear and reluctance with Lysette, but both characters suffered what I like to call Kleypasitisto a severe degree. Some Castle tropes get an early treatment in this film. Ames, Walter. Fleming later claimed that she had been cast when Castle saw her walking through the backlot and said "you'll do." Throughout "When Strangers Marry," Jagger casts a crooked shadow. And the film received high critical praise. A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer. Ill leave that for the film to reveal, though I will say that it does not explore the kinky undertones implicit in the question. Certain scenes involve hi-key lighting setups framing characters in closeup and in these shots, Castle is consistent in providing diegetic light sources that match up. This is a nice touch in the directing to emphasize the physical size and thus ominous presence of the mystery man. Dear Reader, Nearly a decade ago, I published my fi . In 1944, that's not at all a bad thing, for Castle's movie really stands out from the crowd -- I can imagine his Monogram Studio camera crew being happy to prove that they can shoot more than boring masters and singles. 1944 I liked the book and liked both the hero and heroine, but there was something missing. He was also known as a highly regarded script doctor. The film's hero is played by Dean Jagger, when he had hair. He had to come back to New York on business. The film is only just over an hour long and I wouldn't be surprised to find that it was made as a 'B' feature for some bigger movie. Earlier this week we looked at Fritz Langs The Woman In the Window. Nice to see the actors making their trade and this movie does a good job of capturing the viewer right to the end. Moreover, the style of the film fits this theme, an early demonstration of noir moodiness. If this movie did nothing but launch the career of the King of Noir, it would be worth watching. Share. On the plus side Mitchum is his good solid self, but he just doesn't get the chance to be as charming or menacing as he should be. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of When Strangers Marry. This film might be the King's first collaboration with Philip Yordan, a good screenwriter who also knew his way around fast, sharp deals. This confounds me. Twenty-seven years old and still a relative newcomer to films (he was mostly shooting cheapie Westerns before this film), he strides through this movie like he was born inside a film noir. Whatever the hecks goin on with Dean Jagger, hes a weird pent-up fella who well lets just say its obvious that Homies got some problems. However, upon her arrival; he's not at the hotel, but by chance she is greeted by her old friend Fred Graham, who clearly carries a torch for her. Only with the help of his wife and his son, they search for the real killer before the Max is charged and imprisoned for murder. The film's is actually a blend of Hitchcock's well known Suspicion with Val Lewton's relatively obscure The Seventh Victim. This picture sounds a lot better than it actually is. It is, however, a must for fans of Robert Mitchumand who the hell isnt a fan of Mitchum? When Strangers Marry. ), , . Lysette is desperate to find a way to escape her betrothal, so she flees her home. Kim Hunter is always good and Robert Mitchum's Fred Graham is both animated and outgoing he even hugs his friendly dog! By 1944 you can see all of this coming together in the low-budget mystery-romance When Strangers Marry. And up pops a memorable final-scene walk-on by none other than Rhonda Fleming, then a relative unknown. He is also surprised that she is the fiance of his enemy, Etienne Sagasse, who has been one of the men who has slept with his late wife. Girl finds her man in hiding, and the two continue dodging the cops. Read all posts by Jake Hinkson for Criminal Element. | One big flaw is the storyline, which is completely preposterous and with some of the most absurd contrived coincidences in the annals of mysteries. Don't be fooled by the original name, though. By the end of 1944, film noir was in full bloom. WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (aka Betrayed) 1944. James Agee later wrote: "The story has locomotor ataxia at several of its joints and the intensity of the telling slackens off toward the end; but taking it as a whole, I have seldom, for years now, seen one hour so energetically and sensibly used in a film". There is a ridiculous amount of mood and tension over opening envelopes, finding notes slipped under a door, montages, shadowy doorways and streets, phones and doorbells ringing, et cetera. DVD Savant Newsletter (Sample). Settle in with your favorite candy and a tasty drink as we glimpse what life was like in the forties. In terms of plot, When Strangers Marry (later retitled Betrayed) plays as though someone took the best elements of Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, and The 39 Steps, plus The Seventh Victim (Kim Hunter's first film) and Val Lewton's overall approach to low-budget production, put them all into a box, shook them up, and spliced them together into . Millie Baxter, a nave woman, comes to New York City to meet her salesman husband Paul Baxter, whom she had met only months before, and discovers that he may be a murderer. Castle's photo might be considered one of his early gimmicks and is certainly connected to my own thesis about his impresario directing playing on the enframing and "4th Wall" of screen-spectator identification. Its one of those type books, that you can just immerse yourself in, sit before a fire or on the beach, and enjoy the ride. However, he does not show up for a while and when he eventually does, he seems to mysteriously keep disappearing again. Dollar DVD at the Salvation Army. Your email address will not be published. I liked it although it wasn't her best work but still good read. Every time the actors cross that same hotel lobby set, we expect them to collide with the Bowery Boys coming the other way. 2. ISBN. Castle also defies other crutches of "B" status films through adhering to elements of continuity. Lysette sets to find out the real murder to restore her husband's honor. McGilligan, Patrick. It was actually a rewritten version of her 1992 Avon novel Only In Your Arms. A few changes were made. He also makes an appearance in the film (through a framed photo) and becomes an integral part of the plot itself as opposed to holding mere decorative function. The real angst and 'conflict' for the couple was in the beginning and was quickly resolved before reaching the middle which made the rest of the story somewhat anticlimactic. Robert Mitchum does his with a slippery role that is resolved in a way that feels rushed and doesn't quite work. LISA KLEYPAS is the RITA award-winning author of 21 novels. HarperCollins. Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum1944 film noirhttp://www.noiroftheweek.com Her innocence and vulnerability is completely different from his worldly and adulterous fist wife. Solving the mystery of who killed Max's first wife, kind of. more, All Philip Yordan scripts | Philip Yordan Scripts. Third-billed Robert Mitchum was elevated to star status on the reissue prints of When Strangers Marry, which unfortunately tended to give away the film's surprise ending; also in the cast in a tiny role is Mitchum's future Out of the Past co-star Rhonda Fleming. William Castle would of course go on to become best known for his gimmicky horror films; an oeuvre which includes the likes of House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler and Homicidal - but before then, he made a series of film noir/mystery thrillers; and When Strangers Marry is one of those. Although none of this cast is credited, the talented main female dancer's smile looks familiar -- yep, she's Marie Bryant, the all-purpose entertainer who sings the memorable (and creepy) song Your Red Wagon several years later in Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night. Tag, When Strangers Marry, suggests another of the problem plays of newlyweds when in reality pic is a taught psychological thriller about a murderer and a manhunt full of suspense and excitement. Monogram later became Allied Artists, which is how Warners acquired the rights and the printing elements. Betrayed (1944), aka When Strangers Marry, is a film noir directed by William Castle and based on a story by George Moskov. Helpful. Lysette buried her face against Max's throat. The surprise twist at the end is just too predictable to forgiveall these faults, and the ending..surely when they're on the rooftop together the killer will..? It's always so hard to pick a top favorite when it comes to Lisa Kleypas, but I can say for sure that this one is right up there. LOTS OF SEX. It stars Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum and Neil Hamilton. Fred agrees to help her look for her husband and the pair begin tracking him across New Yorkbut it soon becomes clear that there's something sinister surrounding his disappearance. Format. Don't let him, don't -- ""You're not going anywhere," Max interrupted. Her wanting to help him the second he finally appears and asks for it should make logical sense since it shouldn't take too much of an effort to convince someone who's absolutely in love with you to believe your sincerity--but still with the quickness that she came to believe the worst about him not twenty minutes before he appears onscreendoes it make logical sense in. Neil Hamilton and Kim Hunter were borrowed from Selznick International. After that a young woman (Kim Hunter) awaiting her newly married husband (Dean Jagger) in New York. Figuratively it is the same, and I know of no place on earth that can be so described in identical terms as accurate as they are disparate. And behind are director William Castle later famous for horror pictures and Dimitri Tiomkin whose music scores were usually in films with far bigger budgets and vistas than When Strangers Marry. The opening scene of When Strangers Marry demonstrates creative blocking and staging. Joe was Robert Mitchum's breakthrough role, earning him his only Academy Award nomination, but he received first billing the year before in the psychological thriller When Strangers Marry. (Millie is apparently a traveling salesman groupie.) Don't let him, don't -- ". 'When Strangers Marry' is without a doubt her film. But her desire to find out the truth costs her her safety when Etienne accosted her in a party. The girl goes off to find her man. Como siempre, los libros de Lisa Kleypas no fallan en sacarme de un bloqueo. With only six hundred dollars and a vintage Leica camera to her name, she has no idea what she wants to do with her life, only that she wants, Ecologically, New York City is an estuary; a giant, cleansing filter. Lysette escapes her gross fiance and ends up Max's place. In front of the camera were Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum. Schallert, Edwin. When the blacklist hit, Yordan was in there early fronting for writers who couldn't work under their own names. It was sent from Philadelphia. Read more. TV Shows. I've also given up on Lisa Kleypas' newer works (the Ravenals series is just awful) so this has been a way for me to fall in love with Kleypas again. In the films best sequence, Millie stands in a cheap hotel room late at night while the flashing lights of the nightclub across the street plunge her in and out of darkness. LOTS OF SEX. Much of your enjoyment will depend on how you take the twist towards the end, but, it moves along at a brisk 67 minutes and has enough to pass the time. The movie ends with a train scene that either copies Hitchcock (The Lady Vanishes) or predicts him (Strangers on a Train) depending on which film you choose. This time she's Millie Baxter, a barely-kissed bride who knows very little about her husband, a traveling salesman named Paul (Dean Jagger). Reviewed: October 31, 2010, Review Staff | About DVD Talk | Newsletter Subscribe | Join DVD Talk Forum was made at Poverty Row studio Monogram within a genre he would intermittently return to until the genial director saw he could particularly make a mint with Horror. It was good to see how the plot started to unravel, with its ups and downs, twists and turns, that could make one dizzy at times. Starring Robert Mitchum and Kim Hunter. 4. Directed by William Castle. 13 October 2009. Jake Hinkson, The Night Editor, is the author of The Posthumous Man and Saint Homicide. Betrayed) -- (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Use That Name Sometimes Kim Hunter as Millie finally finds her new husband she's come to New York to meet, turns out he's Dean Jagger as Paul, and she's followed secret instructions to reach him, and he might be a murderer, and the photo in the portrait happens to be director William Castle, in When Strangers Marry, a.k.a . Max is furious with Etienne and wants a duel as revenge for his wife. "[12] Welles would later work with Castle on The Lady from Shanghai. It lacks the fierce fire in the belly of something like 1945s low budget Detour. Betrayed, 1944. Nearly a decade ago, I published my first novel with Avon Books, Only in Your Arms. : RHONDA FLEMING An old man-pal (the very young Robert Mitchum) happens to turn up to keep an eye on her strange marriage in the big bad city. 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When Strangers Marry was written by Phillip Yordanthough its more correct to say that it was rewritten by Yordan since his usual practice was to farm out projects to underlings. Dean Jagger Kim Hunter Robert Mitchum Neil Hamilton Lou Lubin Milton Kibbee Dewey Robinson Claire Whitney Edward Keane Virginia Sale Dick Elliott Lee 'Lasses' White Marta Mitrovich Billy Nelson Rhonda Fleming Sam McDaniel William Castle Minerva Urecal George Lloyd Jack 'Tiny' Lipson Weldon Heyburn Karen X. Gaylord Byron Foulger Fred Aldrich, Philip Yordan Dennis J. Cooper George Moskov, 67mins Sempre complicado ler romance safado de 30 anos atrs com olhos de hj. The actors really make a difference. Within the marriage, Lysette finds Max to be a demanding yet attentive and considerate husband. When Strangers Marry, Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1991. First Kleypas book I read. Castle also explores the abilities and utility of mobile framing. Alfred Hitchcock transformed himself into a spokesman for his "branded line" of movie thrillers and TV suspense shows, and Castle followed suit by inventing audience participation gags for his pictures: insurance policies, skeletons flying over the audience, "ghost viewers". She gets sick, they get married, and we're 35% of the way into this thing. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Her earlier misgivings about Max's fidelity melts away as Max showers her his complete devotion and love. and help locate the silk stocking strangler. My favorite part of this film was when Neil Hamilton and Bob Mitchum were in a Turkish bath. Castle's self-promotional side appeared early; in a FilmFax interview, later collaborator Robb White said that when he gave the director a ride in his Volkswagen, Castle would talk into an unconnected telephone receiver, pretending that he was a big shot carrying on a radio-phone conversation. Among the many gifts bestowed by Lin-Manuel Mirandas musical Hamilton, there is revolutionary 18th century NYC as. Menu. The characters were really interesting and I thought the set up and time setting was great. They then take her to their father, who is Maximilien Vallerand, one of the most powerful men in the area, and an enemy to her fiancee. When Strangers Marry (a.k.a. With Hitchcock and Lewton references accounted for, director Castle seemingly wanted to get in on the short-lived wartime 'black musical' craze as well, a la Cabin in the Sky. Hes also played by a young Robert Mitchum. The way Yordan's involvement is characterized in various interviews and memoirs, it's difficult to tell whether he was helping his blacklisted colleagues, or exploiting them. In fact, he immediately went on the road on business, and has just sent for her to meet him in New York when she arrives and runs into an old flame (Robert Mitchum). Millies old pal Fred (Robert Mitchum) enters as an alternative, bringing news of an unexplained killing at a Philadelphia hotel. U.K. release through Path: 9 April 1945. Strangers has its fair share of contrivance from convenient gaps in the blasting of street music (just close the window!) They would be joined by virtually all of Hollywood at one time or another, from the pinnacle of the power structure (MGM, the worlds most powerful studio, produced gems like 1949s Act of Violence and 1950s The Asphalt Jungle) to Poverty Row studios that shot movies for pennies (lowly PRC produced 1945s Detour, perhaps the purest distillation of the noir ethos ever made). [7] Castle persuaded the leads to rehearse without pay and on their own time. There were many things that I found that I just loved about this book. Many film fans are already familiar with William Castle, the director who promoted himself into a publicity machine for his line of gimmicky, over-the-top horror entertainment. As far as he was concerned, she was his, and no one was going to take her away from him.Max stared at Etienne. https://www.scripts.com/script.php?id=when_strangers_marry_23320&p=2, https://www.scripts.com/script/when_strangers_marry_23320. "When Strangers Marry" (under its re-release title "Betrayed" for the DVD), is one of the best. When Strangers Marry. When Strangers Marry Full PDF. When Strangers Marry: Directed by William Castle. ISBN 13: 9780739427224. . But, Castle cut his teeth with several crime and mystery films which often bordered on Noir such as early entries in The Whistler series. Re-issue title (with Mitchum top-billed): BETRAYED. The ending was a bit of a let down.Everything seemed to come at the hero and heroine all together but some how the whole thing just fused out without much of a spark. 6,169 feet. It is wholly ordinary in the long run, probably echoing the previous year's Shadow of a Doubt; she has married a man who is really a stranger to her and may be the killer sought by police. Grant Takes KMPC for New Contract; Cotten Hosts'On Trial' Series This movie. Select files or add your book in reader. | The things we do for Love! The mysterious big man at the bar has his back squared up to the camera but you will notice his shoulder slightly blocks out the front of the bartender's face. It's not good for you to become excited." His possessiveness made her strangely giddy. Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. FAQ Max wants desperately to destroy Lysette's fiance, so clearly ruining Lysette is the answer. Castle's awareness of Val Lewton marks him as hip Hollywood hustler trying to establish his talent, and one of his next career steps was to work as an assistant to Orson Welles on The Lady from Shanghai.. As we all know, his real genius was for barnstorming showmanship, adapting the carny-style come-ons of exploitation quickies to give baby boom kids a special thrill. When Strangers Marry is what happens if you put Maximilan de Winter (case in point: Kleypas' hero is even named Maximilien) and the unnamed narrator from Rebecca into a . Her books are published in fourteen languages and are bestsellers all over the world. Even little things work against her in the big, impersonal surroundingsthe unhelpful news guy, streetlights suddenly going out. Cooper and Yordan were given joint screenwriting credit in the film.[6]. Kim Hunter has just wed a patron (Dean Jagger) of the restaurant where she waited tables without knowing much about him; off on a vague business trip, he asks her to meet him at a New York hotel. The hero is the typical hero for this writing and the heroine is one who tries to break the rules but is restricted to an extent. The woman, If you havent watched the movie, stop reading since there are massive spoilers ahead. An early admirer of the movie was the writer/director/star of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles. Then begins another type of manhunt, the police on the trail of a killer who to all intents and purposes is the disappearing husband. Made by fans in Aotearoa New Zealand. 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