The Strange Woman (1946) colorized
The Strange Woman (1946) colorized
„The Strange Woman“ is a 1946 historical melodrama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and Douglas Sirk based on the 1941 novel of the same title by Ben Ames Williams. The screenplay was written by Herb Meadow, Hunt Stromberg and Edgar G. Ulmer.
In New England in the 1820s, the beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old Isaiah Poster, but also seduces his son and foreman.
Beautiful Jenny Hager finds she can always get what she wants from the men in the 1820’s port of Bangor, Maine. Freed by his death from her drunkard father she soon manoeuvres herself into a position to marry a middle-aged monied local businessman. Though she often uses his money to do good, she continues to consider all other men fair game.
Cast:
- Hedy Lamarr – Jenny Hager
- George Sanders – John Evered
- Louis Hayward – Ephraim Poster
- Gene Lockhart – Isaiah Poster
- Hillary Brooke – Meg Saladine
- Rhys Williams – Deacon Adams
- June Storey – Lena Tempest
- Moroni Olsen – Rev. Thatcher
- Olive Blakeney – Mrs. Hollis
- Kathleen Lockhart – Mrs. Partridge
- Alan Napier – Judge Henry Saladine
- Dennis Hoey – Tim Hager
- Ed Agresti – Congregation Member
- John Alban – Congregation Member
- Fred Aldrich – Sailor in Saloon
- Jessie Arnold – Mrs. Thatcher
- Frank Baker – Congregation Member
- Edward Biby – Mr. Partridge
- Clancy Cooper – Lumberjack
- Ralph Dunn – Lumberjack
- Harry Evans – Congregation Member
- Edith Evanson – Mrs. Coggins
- Al Ferguson – Lumberjack
- Fred Graham – Street Rowdy
- Billy Gray – Boy on Bridge
- Teddy Infuhr – Boy on Bridge
- Ian Keith – Lincoln Pittridge
- Johnny Kern – Sailor In Saloon
- Connie Lamont – Congregation Member
- Ian MacDonald – Boat Captain
- George Magrill – Poster’s Workman
- Jo Ann Marlowe – Jenny, as a Girl
- Francis Pierlot – Dr. Bailey
- Christopher Severn – Ephraim Poster, as a Child
- Brick Sullivan – Poster’s Workman
- Ray Teal – Duncan
- Harry Wilson – Lumberjack
- Katherine Yorke – Mrs. Pittridge
- Chief Yowlachie – Indian Guide
„The Strange Woman“ ist ein historisches Melodram von 1946 unter der Regie von Edgar G. Ulmer und Douglas Sirk, basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Ben Ames Williams aus dem Jahr 1941. Das Drehbuch wurde von Herb Meadow, Hunt Stromberg und Edgar G. Ulmer geschrieben.
Im Neuengland der 1820er Jahre heiratet die schöne, aber arme und manipulative Jenny Hager den reichen alten Isaiah Poster, verführt aber auch dessen Sohn und Vorarbeiter.
Die schöne Jenny Hager stellt fest, dass sie von den Männern im Hafen von Bangor, Maine, in den 1820er Jahren immer bekommt, was sie will. Durch den Tod ihres trunksüchtigen Vaters befreit, manövriert sie sich bald in eine Position, in der sie einen einflussreichen Geschäftsmann mittleren Alters heiraten kann. Obwohl sie sein Geld oft für gute Zwecke einsetzt, betrachtet sie alle anderen Männer weiterhin als Freiwild.
