Harriet Craig (1950)
1950 · Feature film · 90 min · dir. Vincent Sherman
What Was Harriet Craig's Lie?
- Drama
Synopsis
Domineering Harriet Craig holds more regard for her home and its possessions than she does for any person in her life. Among those she treats like household objects are her kind husband Walter, whom she has lied to about her inability to have children; her cousin Claire, whom she treats like a secretary; and her servants whom she treats like slaves.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Vincent Sherman
- Writer
- James Gunn
- Composer
- George Duning
- Cinematography
- Joseph Walker
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 1950-11-02
- Running time
- 90 minutes
Cast & crew
Vincent Sherman Director
Douglas Wood
Katherine Warren
Virginia Brissac
Raymond Greenleaf
K. T. Stevens
Wendell Corey
Allyn Joslyn
Billy Bishop
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · DON'T TOUCH THAT VASE! · Oldladychips · 2021-08-01
Man, Crawford is evil in this film- without crossing the line to campy, as she did in Queen Bee or I Saw What You Did. She makes Rosalind Russell's turn as Harriet Craig (Craig's Wife, 1936, directed by Dorothy Azner) look like a Janet Gaynor character. Wendell Corey is a forgettable leading man- John Boles was better in the one with Roz. Crawford walks all over everyone else. Her hair and shoulderpads make her look like an angry football player, though. Very enjoyable- watch the original after. 4.5 stars.
★★★ · The Misanthropic Madam. · The Spanman · 2021-10-16
Manly Joan Crawford displays unrelenting penis envy in this one. She’s more masculine than all the male actors assembled in the entire cast. She’s a micromanaging maniacal mistress of mayhem in her non stop destruction of everyone around her. She maintains some type of phallic interest in her precious vase. If you enjoy watching a manipulative mistress of mendacity, then this is for you. She has the sensuality of a male gorilla. Broderick Crawford would have be a better choice to play the role of Harriet.
