The world of the gangster movie is largely a boys' club, where women exist only as victims or commodities and the mobsters' guns serve as constant reminders of their phallic power. In opposition to that trend we have director Lloyd Bacon's very effective Marked Woman (1937), which features Bette Dav read more
The world of the gangster movie is largely a boys' club, where women exist only as victims or commodities and the mobsters' guns serve as constant reminders of their phallic power. In opposition to that trend we have director Lloyd Bacon's very effective Marked Woman (1937), which features Bette Dav read more
The
world of the gangster movie is largely a boys' club, where women exist only as
victims or commodities and the mobsters' guns serve as constant reminders of
their phallic power. In opposition to that trend we have director Lloyd Bacon's
very effective Marked Woman (1937), which features Bette Dav read more
Marked Woman
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Robert Rossen and Abem Finkel
1937/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing Bette Davis is a sometime thing for me. This wasn’t one of those times. Mary Dwight (Davis) is a “hostess” at a nightclub/clip joint owned by ruthless gangster read more
My Review —Pretty Good— Your Bogie Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Lloyd Bacon The Lowdown This is the third Lloyd Bacon / Humphrey Bogart movie I’ve reviewed since starting the blog – the first being Action in the North Atlantic, and the second Brother Orchid – and again, Bacon read more
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Living in a culture that glorifies stupidity, I am always happy to watch brains win over brawn. In the case of Marked Woman (1937), Mary (Bette Davis) is a party girl at Club Intimate (I read more
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The virtues of a blonde Bette Davis are many and go largely unacknowledged. Most know Bette Davis as a wide-eyed brunette; fiesty and domineering. The films she's best known for are all i read more
