{"id":2267,"date":"2007-02-08T13:02:07","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T20:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2020-12-13T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T23:13:50","slug":"file-on-thelma-jordon-the-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2267","title":{"rendered":"File on Thelma Jordon, The (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Maybe I&#8217;m just a dame and didn&#8217;t know it!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Poster.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn unhappily married assistant D.A. (Wendell Corey) falls in love with a mysterious woman (Barbara Stanwyck) who shows up in his office one night. When Thelma Jordon (Stanwyck) is put on trial for killing her wealthy aunt (Gertrude Hoffman), Corey does everything he can to save her &#8212; but is she really worth the effort?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Stanwyck Films<\/li>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Femmes Fatales<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken Identities<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Robert Siodmak Films<\/li>\n<li>Wendell Corey Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn a variation on her most famous role (blonde Phyllis Dietrichson in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6738\">1944&#8217;s <em>Double Indemnity<\/em><\/a>), Barbara Stanwyck stars as a wily femme fatale leading a love-struck nudnik down a thorn-lined path. Yet Jordon is not nearly as duplicitous or evil as Dietrichson; her motives are gray rather than black, and we don&#8217;t get the sense that she is a true sociopath. Ironically, it&#8217;s this very lack of understanding about what makes Jordon tick that ultimately undoes the film, given that we don&#8217;t sympathize with either her dilemma or Corey&#8217;s. In addition, we must suffer through several unbearably dated scenes in which Marshall&#8217;s sympathetic, beautiful 1950s wife (well-played by Joan Tetzel) forgives her husband for his indiscretions, and basically implies that it wasn&#8217;t his fault for straying from their marriage. Nonetheless, while <em>Thelma Jordon<\/em> isn&#8217;t among director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/robert-siodmak\">Robert Siodmak&#8217;s <\/a>best work, it remains a reasonably enjoyable <em>noir <\/em>thriller &#8212; thanks in large part to the fine performances and atmospheric direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wendell Corey as the love-struck Assistant D.A.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Corey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Corey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Corey.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Corey-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Corey-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Corey-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barbara Stanwyck&#8217;s strong performance as the deceitful Thelma Jordon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Stanwyck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Stanwyck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Stanwyck.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Stanwyck-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Stanwyck-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Stanwyck-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric direction by noir master Robert Siodmak<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Direction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Direction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Direction.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Direction-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Direction-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/File-on-Thelma-Jordon-Direction-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though any fans of <em>noir<\/em>, Barbara Stanwyck, and\/or Robert Siodmak will undoubtedly want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0041368\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1950\/01\/19\/archives\/thelma-jordon-at-the-paramount.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/noiroftheweek.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/file-on-thelma-jordon-1950.html\">Film Noir of the Week Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/66631.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Maybe I&#8217;m just a dame and didn&#8217;t know it!&#8221; Synopsis: An unhappily married assistant D.A. (Wendell Corey) falls in love with a mysterious woman (Barbara Stanwyck) who shows up in his office one night. When Thelma Jordon (Stanwyck) is put on trial for killing her wealthy aunt (Gertrude Hoffman), Corey does everything he can to save her &#8212; but is she really worth the effort? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Barbara Stanwyck Films Courtroom Drama Femmes Fatales Infidelity Mistaken Identities&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2267\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57659,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions\/57659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}