Craig's Wife
Dorothy Arzner / US, 1936 / 74 min.
Classic from Columbia Pictures, which recently celebrated its centenary, by Dorothy Arzner – the only female Hollywood director in the 1930s. Rosalind Russell plays a dominant wife who sees her marriage as a business transaction. With sharp dialogue, and a critical undertone.
What does marriage mean for a woman with a clear goal in mind? This is the question that underpins Craig’s Wife, the big-screen adaptation of a popular play of the period by George Kelly.
Harriet Craig – Rosalind Russel, one of Arzner’s leading ladies alongside Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Maureen O’Hara – sees her relationship with her rich husband Walter as part of a transaction devoid of romance. Craig wants to be a member of high society and sets aside old-fashioned ideas of romantic love to achieve this, at the cost of her personal emotions.
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Director
Dorothy Arzner
Production year
1936
Country
US
Original title
Craig's Wife
Length
74 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
35mm
Part of
The Lady with the Torch
Legendary Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures is celebrating its centenary, and we’re marking the occasion with a rich programme on the company’s glory days. The films, including rediscoveries and surprising, seldom-seen B movies, show that art and commerce need not be mutually exclusive.
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