{"id":41466,"date":"2018-11-09T10:29:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41466"},"modified":"2021-01-24T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T21:58:53","slug":"marked-woman-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41466","title":{"rendered":"Marked Woman (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll get you &#8212; even if I have to crawl back from my grave to do it!&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Poster-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Poster-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Poster.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA nightclub hostess (Bette Davis) in a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clip_joint\">&#8220;clip joint&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; whose college-going sister (Jane Bryan) believes Davis is simply a model &#8212; becomes caught up in a case against her corrupt boss (Eduardo Cianelli) led by an assistant D.A. (Humphrey Bogart) determined to fight against organized crime in New York City.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bette Davis Films<\/li>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey Bogart Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on the real-life exploits of notorious crime mob <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucky_Luciano\">&#8220;Lucky&#8221; Luciano<\/a>, this &#8220;excellent feminist crime drama&#8221; &#8212; featuring Humphrey Bogart in a supporting role as a crusading D.A. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_E._Dewey\">modeled after Thomas Dewey<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart.png 854w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Bogart-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; is primarily about women banding together to fight for their safety and freedom. Davis&#8217;s feisty character represents the reality and the determination of women caught under the thumb of criminal dominance: she knows it&#8217;s useless to stand up to a mobster as vicious as Cianelli, and clearly sympathizes with the sap (Damian O&#8217;Flynn) who thinks he can pull one over on the mob by leaving town without paying his gambling debts. (He&#8217;s swiftly killed, and his murder leads to the investigation that sparks the rest of the film.) However, when her guileless sister becomes caught up in Cianelli&#8217;s nefarious web, Davis decides she&#8217;s had enough, and rallies the support of her professional &#8220;sisters&#8221; (Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis, and Mayo Methot) to finally tell the truth about their situation. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography1.png 854w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography1-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Peary notes, &#8220;We&#8217;re impressed by these women because they act bravely although they are terrified about what might happen to them; because they will be subject to humiliation in court when they&#8217;re asked about their line of work; and because they don&#8217;t stand to gain anything by testifying other than avenging Bryan&#8217;s death and freeing girls all over the city who are under Cianelli&#8217;s heavy thumb. These girls aren&#8217;t angels, they don&#8217;t have hearts of gold, but they have integrity&#8230; [and] are adament about fulfilling their mission&#8221;. The closing scene of the film &#8212; as &#8220;our five &#8216;heroines&#8217; walk away into the fog, arm in arm&#8221; &#8212; emphasizes that despite the noble intentions of some &#8220;good men&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;by sticking together&#8221; that &#8220;women have strength &#8212; and that&#8217;s the message they want to get out to all the faceless, exploited American women they represent&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bette Davis as Mary<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Davis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Davis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Davis.png 854w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Davis-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Davis-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Davis-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>George Barnes&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography2.png 854w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Marked-Woman-Cinematography2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029217\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2139\/marked-woman#articles-reviews?articleId=88755\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2016bett.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/marked-woman\/review\/105696\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll get you &#8212; even if I have to crawl back from my grave to do it!&#8221; Synopsis: A nightclub hostess (Bette Davis) in a &#8220;clip joint&#8221; &#8212; whose college-going sister (Jane Bryan) believes Davis is simply a model &#8212; becomes caught up in a case against her corrupt boss (Eduardo Cianelli) led by an assistant D.A. (Humphrey Bogart) determined to fight against organized crime in New York City. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bette Davis Films Corruption Courtroom Drama&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41466\"> 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-41466","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\/41466","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=41466"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65660,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41466\/revisions\/65660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}