The Woman's Angle

1952 British film by Leslie Arliss

  • February 1952 (1952-02) (U.K.)
Running time
86 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBox office£91,096 (UK)[1]

The Woman's Angle is 1952 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Edward Underdown, Cathy O'Donnell and Lois Maxwell.[2] It is based on the novel Three Cups of Coffee by Ruth Feiner.[3]

Plot

The film is the story of three love affairs of a man who belongs to celebrated family of musicians, culminating in divorce and his final discovery of happiness.

Cast

  • Edward Underdown as Robert Mansell
  • Cathy O'Donnell as Nina Van Rhyne
  • Lois Maxwell as Enid Mansell
  • Claude Farell as Delysia Veronova
  • Peter Reynolds as Brian Mansell
  • Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Mansell
  • Anthony Nicholls as Doctor Nigel Jarvis
  • Isabel Dean as Isobel Mansell
  • John Bentley as Renfro Mansell
  • Olaf Pooley as Rudolph Mansell
  • Ernest Thesiger as Judge
  • Eric Pohlmann as Steffano
  • Joan Collins as Marina
  • Malcolm Knight as shepherd boy
  • Fred Berger as restaurant manager
  • Dana Wynter as Elaine
  • Leslie Weston as Suttley
  • Geoffrey Toone as Count Cambia
  • Lea Seidl as Madame Kossoff
  • Anton Diffring as peasant
  • Miles Malleson as Arthur Secrett
  • Peter Illing as Sergei
  • Teddy Johnson as nightclub singer
  • Sylva Langova as blonde in sleigh
  • Bill Shine (actor) as Saunders
  • Nora Gordon as guesthouse owner
  • Wensley Pithey as Mr Witherspool
  • Rufus Cruickshank as the Scot
  • Fred Griffiths as cockney at bus stop

Production

Arliss had been a fan of the novel since he read it in 1944.[4]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "As the title suggests, this is no more than the filming of a woman's magazine story, and has the traditional air of unreality. The ingredients – eccentric genius, misunderstandings, music, and a variety of settings – are put together without inspiration."[5]

In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther thought the film "a grim little sample of bad writing, bad acting and bad directing all around."[6]

References

  1. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p 498
  2. ^ "The Woman's Angle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "He waited 7 years to do film". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 41, no. 2, 064. South Australia. 22 December 1951. p. 7 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Woman's Angle". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 82. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 28 February 2020.

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