Marked Woman

"The star teaming you'll never forget!"

1937 1h 36m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 80

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Synopsis

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In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

“The star teaming you'll never forget!”

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Cast

Bette Davis
Mary Dwight Strauber
Humphrey Bogart
David Graham
Lola Lane
Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin
Isabel Jewell
Emmy Lou Eagan
Rosalind Marquis
Florrie Liggett
Mayo Methot
Estelle Porter
Jane Bryan
Betty Strauber
Allen Jenkins
Louie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Writers: Robert Rossen, Abem Finkel
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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89 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lloyd Bacon, shot by George Barnes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Warren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jack Killifer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart and Lola Lane carry the top of the cast.

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CAST

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Marketing tagline: "The star teaming you'll never forget!".

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IMDB entry: tt0029217 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Lloyd Bacon directs. George Barnes behind the camera. Harry Warren scores. Jack Killifer cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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189 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Lloyd Bacon, shot by George Barnes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Harry Warren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Jack Killifer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart and Lola Lane carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The star teaming you'll never forget!".
7IMDB entry: tt0029217 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: George Barnes
Original score: Harry Warren
Editing: Jack Killifer
Costume design: Orry-Kelly
Makeup / hair: Margaret Donovan
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Marked Woman (1937)

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John Chard2014-02-22
★ 7.5/10
Hostesses Arrested In “Clip-Joint” Murder. Marked Woman is directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Rossen and Abem Finkel. It stars Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Mayo Methot and Eduardo Ciannelli. Music is collectively arranged by Bernhard Kaun, Heinz Roemheld and David Raksin, and cinematography by George Barnes. In spite of the film’s disclaimer put out at the pic’s beginning, Marked Woman is an adaptation of the real life case of Lucky Luciano, who the previous year was found guilty of compulsory prostitution after sterling work by U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Ciannelli plays Luciano as Johnny Vanning, Bogart plays Dewey as David Graham and Davis is “madame” Cokey Flo Brown as Mary Dwight Strauber. Unsurprisingly for the time it was made, Marked Woman is a distinctly sanitised version of events, full of euphemisms and hinted at unlawfulness, with the beatings et al off camera. However, it still packs a punch, both in narrative thrust as the underworld shenanigans are brought to life, and as an acting curio to see the young Davis and Bogart bouncing off each other before their respective stars were about to be ignited with petroleum. Interesting aspect of the picture is that it is in essence a gangster movie, with a good guy/bad guy scenario at the core, yet it’s the women who rightly dominate the story. The girls are held up as bastions of hardship and heroism, and it gives the production a riveting edge, as well as some much needed glamour in amongst the sordid machinations. Well acted, well told and well interesting. 7.5/10

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