Singapore Woman
| Singapore Woman | |
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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Written by | M. Coates Webster Allen Rivkin Robert Presnell Sr. |
| Based on | Hard Luck Dame by Laird Doyle |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy Harlan Thompson |
| Starring | Brenda Marshall David Bruce Virginia Field |
| Cinematography | Ted McCord |
| Edited by | Everett Dodd |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Singapore Woman is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Brenda Marshall, David Bruce and Virginia Field.[1] The Warner Bros. B picture is a remake of Dangerous (1935) using leftover sets from The Letter (1940). The story was based on Laird Doyle's short Hard Luck Dame. At one point both Ida Lupino and Jeffrey Lynn were attracted to the project and the latter received a suspension from the studio after refusing to do the role.[2] Although Negulesco was the sole-credited director, he left the production and the film was completed by producer Harlan Thompson.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]In Singapore troubled heiress Vicki Moore believes she has a jinx on her due to the curse hurled at her by the widow of a man she supposedly drove to suicide after playing with his emotions leading to the collapse soon afterwards of her own father's business. One night David Ritchie, a former associate of her father, encounters her drunk on gin in a waterfront bar. He takes her back to his rubber plantation and tries to give her a fresh start in life.
Cast
[edit]- Brenda Marshall as Vicki Moore
- David Bruce as David Ritchie
- Virginia Field as Claire Weston
- Jerome Cowan as Jim North
- Rose Hobart as Alice North
- Heather Angel as Frieda
- Richard Ainley as John Wetherby
- Dorothy Tree as Mrs. Bennett
- Bruce Lester as Clyde
- Connie Leon as Suwa
- Douglas Walton as Roy Bennett
- Gilbert Emery as Sir Stanley Moore
- Stanley Logan as Commissioner
- Abner Biberman as Singa
- Eva Puig as Natasha
- Alexis Smith as Miss Oswald, North's Secretary
- Ian Wolfe as Sidney P. Melrose
- Marten Lamont as Gerald
- Charles Irwin as Eddie, the Reporter
- David Thursby as Frank, Mine Foreman
- Leyland Hodgson as Sullivan, Mine Foreman
- Glen Cavender as Glen, Mine Foreman
Critical reception
[edit]A review in trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter described it as "melodramatic to the point of narrowly escaping absurdity" and felt that "Negulesco artistic pretensions are labored, and the histrionics he inspires, empty".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Singapore Woman (1941) - Jean Negulesco | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ Capua p.28
- ^ Capua p.28
- ^ Capua p.28
Bibliography
[edit]- Capua, Michelangelo. Jean Negulesco: The Life and Films. McFarland 2017.
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
[edit]- 1941 films
- Films directed by Jean Negulesco
- Films scored by Adolph Deutsch
- Warner Bros. films
- American black-and-white films
- American romantic drama films
- 1941 romantic drama films
- Remakes of American films
- Films set in Singapore
- Films based on short fiction
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
- English-language romantic drama films