The Woman I Stole is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Irving Cummings, starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray and Donald Cook.[1] It is based on the novel Tampico by Joseph Hergesheimer, with the setting shifted from Mexico to North Africa.
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
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| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Main cast
edit- Jack Holt as Jim Bradler
- Fay Wray as Vida Carew
- Donald Cook as Corew
- Noah Beery Sr. as Gen. Rayon
- Raquel Torres as Teresita
- Edwin Maxwell as Lentz
- Charles A. Browne as Deleker
Critical reception
editA contemporary review in Variety described the film as "[f]actory product, but factory product of a successful kind," and noted that the film's [i]ntent is melodramatic, but the treatment is particularly smooth and innocent of overdone heroics without sacrifice of action" and that the "acting is engaging in its simplicity."[2] Writing in The New York Times, movie critic Andre Sennwald described the film as "a melodrama of definite interest," "a beguiling adventure" with a narrative that is "told with color, speed and reticence," and having a conclusion in which "Fay Wray cool[s] her sinful heels on a distant pier while the two men who perilously avoided her net plan to celebrate their good fortune in a quart of brandy."[3]
References
edit- ^ The Films of Fay Wray p.103-4
- ^ "Variety (July 1933)". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Sennwald, Andre. "Skin Deep". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
Bibliography
edit- Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. The Films of Fay Wray. McFarland, 2013.
External links
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