4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 22, 2019
Helen Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck) is slighted by her slimy boyfriend who ditches her for a blonde and the only thing he offers her in return is a train ticket out of town. What can she do but take it dejectedly with barely any money, 8-months pregnant, without any future at all? She’s in a read more
“Summer nights are pleasant in Caulfield. They smell of heliotrope and jasmine, honeysuckle and clover. The breeze that stirs the curtains is soft and gentle. There’s the hush, the stillness of perfect peace and security. Oh, yes, the summer nights are pleasant in Caulfield–but not read more
Share This!1950 was a busy year for Barbara Stanwyck as she starred in four films that year. Among them was No Man of Her Own, what today would be called a ‘woman’s picture.’ Or would it? For the first two thirds of the picture it’s a somber and almost depressing affair (don’t confuse read more
No Man of Her Own
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Written by Sally Benson and Catherine Turney based on the novel “I Married a Dead Man” by Cornell Woolrich
1950/USA
Paramount Pictures
First viewing/Amazon Instant Helen Ferguson: Don’t. The preposterous story and overuse of the inte read more
