No Other Woman (1933 film)

Action

Jim Stanley is miner. His wife Anna operates the way a pension in order to improve the income of the family. Thanks to the invention of Joe Zarcovia, lodger at the Stanleys, the family comes to prosperity. After several happy years Jim forfeit the dodgy Margot Van Dearing. Jim asks Anna to divorce, but refuses to give their consent. Margot urges Jim, Anna get rid of at all costs. It comes to a divorce action, in which Jim can be called false witnesses to swear, Anna constantly exaggerating with other men around. Anna is deeply affected and although the judge threatened her with the loss of custody of her child, Anna confesses tearfully alleged affairs. Your sacrifice touched Jim in his heart and he jumps up to confess his manipulations. The court sentenced him to one year in prison for perjury and after his release Anna forgives him his actions.

Background

Since its debut the end of 1930 Irene Dunne had risen to the most bankable star of RKO. The Studio sat Dunne after their success in backstreet in a series of movies, which the actress stylized to a martyr of love and selflessness. No Other Woman, which went into production in October 1932, Irene Dunne was again as a long suffering wife who uncomplainingly endured every infamy of her unfaithful husband, never raises the slightest allegations and even support an outrageous smear campaign at the end of love. The studio set in its advertising for the film just this aspect of Dunnes image in the foreground and the actress told a flat rate of:

"America's idea of the perfect woman, wife, mother and sweetheart. "

Gwilli Andre was like Tala Birell, Wera Engels or Marta Labarr one of the many European actresses who were unsuccessfully presented to the American public at the beginning of the sound film era as NEW Garbo.

The film is based on the piece Just a Woman, which went through 1916 136 performances. 1925 First National filmed the material for the first time with Claire Windsor and Conway Tearle in the auptrollen.

Reviews

The New York Herald Tribune saw in the representation of Irene Dunne a role model for other women and chose this one rather daring comparison:

" The female Gandhi among the movie stars of Hollywood 's most convincing example of the power of passive resistance. [ ... ] I am even convinced that she should be an inspiration to us all and a good role model for American women. "

The New York Times showed far less impressed:

"Even though the performers really do everything in their power to give for her roles [ ... ] there is a lack of tension and where the film actually drama should be seen, everything is just hopelessly implausible. [ ... ] Irene Dunne is not necessarily sympathetic, mainly because she is trying too hard to look beyond the error of her husband. "

1933 in film Screenplay David O. Selznick RKO Pictures Film score Back Street (1932 film) Greta Garbo
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