- The Locket
Infobox Film | name =The Locket
caption =The Locket movie poster
director =John Brahm
producer = Bert Granet
writer =Sheridan Gibney
starring =Laraine Day Brian Aherne Robert Mitchum Gene Raymond
music =Roy Webb
cinematography =Nicholas Musuraca
editing = J.R. Whittredge
distributor =RKO Radio Pictures
released =December 20 , 1946 (U.S. release)
runtime = 85 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0038700"The Locket" (1946) is a suspense film directed by
John Brahm , starringLaraine Day ,Brian Aherne ,Robert Mitchum , andGene Raymond . The film is based on a screenplay bySheridan Gibney , adapted from "What Nancy Wanted" by Norma Barzman, wife of blacklisted writer Ben Barzman.Plot
A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be who, as a child, was falsely accused of theft. She grows up to become a
kleptomaniac and eventually a murderess. Apparently, all her misdeeds are an attempt by the woman to get her revenge on the world that has falsely accused her of stealing as a child by ruining people's lives. When she becomes engaged to the son of the woman who'd accused her of thievery, the young woman collapses on the altar.Reaction and Trivia
Film historians Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward praise the unusual
melodrama in the RKO visual style. "It is distinctive in its flashbacks within flashbacks, with the story often being told by a third or fourth person removed. This device is handled effectively in preparation for the climactic flashback, which reveals the truth." ref|book1Hume Cronyn originally bought the Barzman screenplay to produce and direct the film with his wifeJessica Tandy in the lead role, but later sold the rights to RKO, which then assigned Gibney to rewrite the screenplay. The original Barzman screenplay is in the Cronyn-Tandy papers at theLibrary of Congress .External links
*imdb title|id=0038700|title=The Locket
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References
#cite book | author= Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward| title=Film Noir An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style | publisher =The Overlook Press | year=1992 | id=ISBN 0-87951-479-5
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