Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady

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ynopsis

Helen Bauer, a glamorous, successful, headstrong, and very liberated New York graphic artist with modern ideas about romance, is involved with Don Peterson but doesn't want to sacrifice her independence by entering into matrimony. The two agree to wed only to pacify Helen's conventional immigrant father Adolphe, whose Old World views spur him to condemn their affair. They form a business partnership, but financial problems at their advertising agency put a strain on the marriage and Don begins seeing Peggy Smith, one of his married clients. Convinced it was marriage that disrupted their relationship, Helen suggests they live apart but remain lovers. When Don discovers Helen is dating his business rival, playboy Nick Malvyn, he returns to Peggy, but in reality his heart belongs to his wife. Agreeing their love will help their marriage survive its problems, the two reconcile and settle into domestic bliss.

Production notes

The Warner Bros. film was a remake of the Barbara Stanwyck vehicle "Illicit" released two years earlier [ [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=2445&atid=3154&category=Articles&titleName=Ex-Lady&menuName=MAIN "Ex-Lady" at Turner Classic Movies] ] .

Following the film's release, producer Darryl F. Zanuck resigned from Warners to form his own production company, 20th Century Pictures, which eventually merged with Fox to become 20th Century Fox.

The prologue to the 1962 film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" includes a scene from "Ex-Lady" as an example of former child star Jane Hudson's failure to achieve screen success as an adult due to her lack of talent.

Principal cast

*Bette Davis ..... Helen Bauer
*Gene Raymond ..... Don Peterson
*Kay Strozzi ..... Peggy Smith
*Monroe Owsley ..... Nick Malvyn
*Ferdinand Gottschalk ..... Herbert Smith
*Alphonse Ethier ..... Adolphe Bauer
*Frank McHugh ..... Hugo Van Hugh
*Claire Dodd ..... Iris Van Hugh

Principal production credits

*Producer ..... Darryl F. Zanuck
*Musical Supervision ..... Leo F. Forbstein
*Cinematography ..... Tony Gaudio
*Art Direction ..... Jack Okey
*Costume Design ..... Orry-Kelly

Critical reception

The "New York Times" described the film as "an honestly written and truthfully enacted picture of the domestic problems which harass two persons in love with one another." [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C02E4D91538E333A25756C1A9639C946294D6CF "New York Times" review] ]

"TV Guide" calls it a "lame little melodrama notable chiefly for being the first film to have Bette Davis' name above the title." [ [http://www.tvguide.com/movies/ex-lady/114138 "TV Guide" review] ]

References

External links

[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023993/ "Ex-Lady" at the Internet Movie Database]


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