There's Always a Woman (1938)
.Here’s the problem with There’s Always a Woman: Melvyn Douglas. I’m not really a fan of his in general, even though I have liked him in a couple of films, like The Gorgeous Hussy. In this film, as in many others when he’s cast as a romantic lead, he’s got an angry chip on his shoulder that isn’t anywhere near as charming as he thinks it is. The running joke of the film is his banter with his wife Joan Blondell. They repeatedly dis each other and threaten to wring each other’s necks, but Melvyn seems like he actually means it. He seems so grumpy and hateful, that at any minute, I expected him to strangle Joan and for the film to turn into a different type of murder mystery.
This movie tries to be a knock-off of the Sam Spade movies, with a husband and wife detective agency taking on a client’s tearful plea to follow her unfaithful husband—and then the unfaithful husband winds up dead. Mary Astor stars as the tearful client, an audition for her role in The Maltese Falcon. The mystery portion of the film isn’t very interesting, and the patter between Melvyn and Joan is just painful. Save yourself two hours and watch something else.
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This movie tries to be a knock-off of the Sam Spade movies, with a husband and wife detective agency taking on a client’s tearful plea to follow her unfaithful husband—and then the unfaithful husband winds up dead. Mary Astor stars as the tearful client, an audition for her role in The Maltese Falcon. The mystery portion of the film isn’t very interesting, and the patter between Melvyn and Joan is just painful. Save yourself two hours and watch something else.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Cinema Central Seleus B" for posting!
More Mary Astor movies here!