A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

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A Woman's Vengeance is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Rachel Kempson, and Mildred Natwick. The screenplay by Aldous Huxley was based on his 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile". The film was released by Universal-International.
Director: Zoltan Korda
Screenplay: Aldous Huxley, based on "The Gioconda Smile" by Aldous Huxley
Producer: Zoltan Korda
Starring: Charles Boyer
Cinematography: Russell Metty
Edit: Jack Wheeler
Music: Miklós Rózsa
Production company: Universal-International
Distribution: Universal Pictures
Release date: 1948
Running time: 96 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Source: Wikipedia
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@WayneGray-m6e 10 месяцев назад

Man alive, the acting talent in this movie is unparalleled!

@jasonhurd4379 10 месяцев назад

Rachel Kempson was married to Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the mother of Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave.

@evetko 9 месяцев назад

What a brilliant doctor. As deep as her love was, so was her hurt all because she was blind to the fact that he never loved her and it was her inexperience and ignorance of men that contributed to her heart of stone ... yet her conscience would not give her peace of mind. Excellent performance to be had by all. Fantastic context. ❤

@maxsands3861 Год назад

Anne Blyth is still with us at 94, hope she is having a great day!

@mildredpierce4506 Год назад

Yes my sweet perfect angel Veda is still with us.

@racy-san Год назад

Ah, "Mildred Pierce", one of the best of many movie classics😉 ...✌💖🍾

@wendylee7242 Год назад

Ann Blythe,is wonderful on screen,god bless this woman,veda said I'll get by mother,Mildred Pierce....

@takashiimotaki9593 Год назад

94 how come these people live so long and a lot's children die, god ( hypothesis ) is realy cruel😂

@juliadawnyel3648 Год назад

My dad also 94 🥰

@christinebethencourt6197 Год назад

Charles Boyer 🤗 one of my favorite actor and a real good and nice gentleman in real life !!!😌💖✨

@stargirl20057 10 месяцев назад

I love him too🥰

@Bringiton513 Год назад

Thank you for the upload. What an amazing movie.

@judyalvarez203 Год назад

Wow! I really enjoyed this movie. No movies now of days can compare.

@miasanders5187 11 месяцев назад

Jessica Tandy was so amazing, sweet and young...BRILLIANT ACTING.

@subhasisghosh66 Год назад

Interesting movie. Excellent, restrained acting

@QueenVelveeta Год назад

What a cast!

@syberjamie Год назад

"...up the ascending colon and down 40 or 50 times." Surprising line among many in this script. Also if the Dr. had called the prison today to stop the hanging, he's get "If you are calling to save a prisoner, press 1, all others stay on the line."

@kevino4846 10 месяцев назад

"Your call is important to us".

@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie 10 месяцев назад

We are currently experiencing more calls than usual ( or some b s)

@unboundforevermore7649 Год назад

Wow, that was awesome, when a woman scorned. Thanks Chris T good movie

@marcbahn5487 9 месяцев назад

Thought I knew 'em all and can't believe I never saw or had even heard of this movie. Talk about a sleeper! It was terrific!

@TheSpiralnotebook Год назад

jessica Tandy's eyse are electrifying!!

@cindydee8475 Год назад

Wow Miss Daisy played an awesome vengeful woman 😊❤👏👏

@TheSpiralnotebook Год назад

Jessica Tandy. Genius

@sueforte4947 10 месяцев назад

Smoking, drinking, good diction, elegant adult dialogue, America at it's best.

@redblade8160 6 месяцев назад

@sueforte4947 It's a British film, you halfwit!

@RobertaSirgutz 4 месяца назад

Chris, you have curated an extraordinary collection. All hits; no misses.

@birdlynn417 Год назад

This movie was awesome.

@bboucharde Год назад

Aldous Huxley = *TOP MAN!*

@jeanne_margaret Год назад

Excellent movie

@kathylynch9732 8 месяцев назад

Excellent story. Excellent acting. Charles Boyer's character almost reaped what he sowed. A teaching moment for all of us.

@miketemple7686 10 месяцев назад

Dr Libbard is the man! Nicely done doc. 😉👊

@dk60ish Год назад

Good performances by all, but Jessica Tandy steals the show, & nice to see Sir Cedric Hardwicke play a good person for a change!

@JJMarie3509 9 месяцев назад

I’ve seen him play a good person. The pharaoh SETI, also, see Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Rope.

@redblade8160 6 месяцев назад

Ann Blyth is an American actress, and her voice has been dubbed in this film with an English accent to suit the storyline.

@kimbelladior3701 10 месяцев назад

This was really a good movie

@StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

Trixie! Regarding your observation that people have so few "facial bits", as you put it, yet millions of people still have unique looking faces, I have always been intrigued by this too! Even identical twins look slightly different!❤❤❤

@butchy504 Год назад

Very Good Movie👍

@darylcumming7119 Год назад

A very sutle morally ambiguous film.

@Skylark_Jones Год назад

This is a "Hell hath no fury than a woman [who perceives herself] scorned" story. It's so obvious what was going to happen the moment he said "I'll go to the chemist" - to buy some weedkiller (?) And then decides he'll give her the medicine instead of letting the nurse...What a dope.

@2_thumbs_up_baby 11 месяцев назад

I love Ann Blyth!!!

@thankthelord4536 10 месяцев назад

Does she always play a homewrecker with older men?

@andreatrue3054 5 месяцев назад

I was doing dishes and cooking most of the time this was playing!

@jenniferhansen3622 Месяц назад

I watch movies like that all the time. I love having entertainment while I do my kitchen chores. 😊

@ameryek.9607 6 месяцев назад

Original title of the short story " The Gionconda Smile" - in other words, the Mona Lisa smile - is a terrific story. The doctor, Cedric Hardwicke, (not actually knighted) is famous as Capt Hook in "Peter Pan" & is the father of Edward Hardwicke, the fine actor who played Dr. John Watson to Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes. And Boyer's first wife Emily is played by Rachel Kempson, mother of Vanessa & Lynn Redgrave! She certainly was striking when younger & can hear a similar voice to VR.

@autumnleaves2766 4 месяца назад

Wouldn't call this film noir, but still a very good psychological drama which I hadn't seen before. I worked out very early on who the real murderer was. Charles Boyer was charming and Cedric Hardwicke gives a fine performance as the perceptive doctor.

@jenniferhansen3622 Месяц назад

Looking at your username, I'm wondering if you enjoy the movie Autumn Leaves starring Joan Crawford? I always liked that one. 😊

@amandawatts7994 11 месяцев назад

Is this BRAVE NEW WORLD author Aldous Huxley??

@user-eb9yu7pw4v 10 месяцев назад

Yes.

@amandawatts7994 10 месяцев назад

@@user-eb9yu7pw4v Thanks😊

@abevillanueva1974 5 месяцев назад

Ann was so mature here at 19-20 years of age.

@13woolley Год назад

Very good thank you 😊

@loriarcher9630 7 месяцев назад

Wow this is a similar storyline to another Charles Boyer movie co-starring Bette Davis, All This and Heaven Too!

@misslue1990 11 месяцев назад

Pretty good. Crazy though cause the killer was pretty 🙃

@marcbahn5487 9 месяцев назад

A woman might think so. 😂

@gorge5412 9 месяцев назад

I totally agree w you, Ms. Kayla. (BTW: a new subscriber to yr channel).

@misslue1990 9 месяцев назад

@@gorge5412 Thank you. ☺ I'll subscribe to yours to

@christineexum 5 месяцев назад

I MISS NORMAL SO BAD!!!!!! CA USA 4/6/24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@jwvvvv Год назад

Watched.

@keithharvey7230 9 месяцев назад

Rachel Kempsonwas married to Sir Michael Redgrave,mother of Vanessa,Lynn and Corin.

@EJP286CRSKW 7 месяцев назад

Do you think Charles Boyer really knew what to do with an 18yo girl in a haystack? Never mind, I'm sure _she_ knew.

@LBG-cf8gu 11 месяцев назад

thx

@vickikay54 Год назад

Who's your daddy!!😂

@kenzeetwo Год назад

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

@greyntree3767 Год назад

I would go see this movie over the current things they put out today. Please don’t tell me you can’t make or sell movies without sex, gory killing or cursing because this movie proves you can (and so many other great fils from this era). Excellent movie, cast, writing, etc.!!!!!

@nedludd7622 Год назад

Wasn't sex the basis of this story? And maybe a killing? How about a suicide? This is a rather violent film. Thank goodness there is at least no cursing.

@paulblatchfordplymouth Год назад

I agree with you entirely.👍🏻

@jdr1747 Год назад

totally agree.

@posttyped11 11 месяцев назад

Don't forget that China now dictates what movies are. Sad that we have communists even in our own government dictating our lives, let alone China doing it also.

@captainape6807 10 месяцев назад

Have you ever seen Scarlet Street with Edward G Robinson? It's one of my many faves.

@angelcitygirl 10 месяцев назад

What a cast! Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, and Cedric Hardwicke. As of December 2023, Ann is 95 years old and still alive. 🥰🥰

@BW-xz6ol 9 месяцев назад

I knew I recognized that woman. And it’s from driving Mrs daisy. I only recognized the name and put it together from your comment. Thanks

@angelcitygirl 9 месяцев назад

@BW-xz6ol yes. And if you like classic films, ann was the evil daughter in Mildred pierce and Cedric was was the old pharaoh in the ten commandments.❤

@BW-xz6ol 9 месяцев назад

Ohhhh yes Cedric was! I can see that now. Very cool

@skybabe1959 9 месяцев назад

Really? She was fabulous. I watched a doc with her talking about Making Mildred Pierce, my favorite movie! She just loved working with Joan and said that those slaps were real! Joan was so awesome at her craft!!!@@angelcitygirl

@keithharvey7230 9 месяцев назад

@@angelcitygirlCedric The Winslow boy.

@charlesiragui2473 Год назад

This movie has so many moral questions without seeming moralistic. Fine acting all around, especially the "vengeful woman" Jessica Tandy.

@roundtwo3321 Год назад

Yes, including the moral question of feeling sympathy for the old husband who cheats with and impregnates an 18-year old girl, flirts with his wife's spinster-friend, and argues with his fatally ill wife of 18 years.

@charlesiragui2473 Год назад

@@roundtwo3321 Exactly.

@charlesiragui2473 Год назад

@@janisg7409 Maybe he learned something from the experience? The movie seems to be saying this.

@janisg7409 Год назад

@@charlesiragui2473 whether he killed her or Not, he’s still a cheater! Maybe the butler did it, lol 😂

@charlesiragui2473 Год назад

@@janisg7409 It seems like his infidelity incriminated him so he already suffered for this as he was nearly executed. Interestingly, the movie shows that he both suffered and learned, became a wiser person through the experience of impending disgraceful execution.

@lisapreston7513 10 месяцев назад

Excellent. One could listen to this without visually watching it. That's a great script! The protagonist is the one who is asking them and ourselves such important questions about ourselves and reflections. So great! ❤

@rubytuesday5412 10 месяцев назад

Exactly! There was / is an audio book on YT called 'The Giaconda Smile.' About the length of this movie. Perfect for going to sleep to.

@gwen8859 Месяц назад

At a time I had no tv but radio had the play hour it allowed my mind to picture it

@patrick7mary Год назад

I just recognized John Williams who played the prosecutor, played the Chief Inspector in Hitchcock’s thriller, “Dial M for Murder” 1954. Excellent actor. This whole cast, and script, fantastic! Thx for the upload!

@EJP286CRSKW 7 месяцев назад

Also the insurance investigator in _To Catch a Thief._

@shareeriddell2808 6 месяцев назад

He was also in Witness for the Prosecution. Co council for the defense.

@charliesmith_ 6 месяцев назад

🧡

@SuziQ. 6 месяцев назад

John Williams was in several Hitchcock movies, and 10 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. That scene in “Dial M for Murder” where he combs his mustache is unforgettable. I liked him in “To Catch a Thief,” too.

@owencrater7089 10 месяцев назад

A little known gem, I hope it was appreciated in 1948 like it should be today. There are a lot of good movies that should be studied in film class and this one should be considered. Thanks for presenting it without interruptions. It had a flow to it that would be destroyed otherwise. Definitely worth the popcorn. A two bagger!

@justcheryl5568 Год назад

The title alone is relevant today. Getting my biscuits and coffee and will enjoy on Sunday.

@stephenmundane Год назад

Thanks, great cast and script -- fantastic quality too 👍

@janiekcarney5482 Год назад

Outstanding plot and acting. You must watch this.

@Diane-py5bc 10 месяцев назад

Ty I wasn't sure. It looks pretty pretty…😊😊😊😊😊....… Pp😊.

@thomascherney5630 Год назад

So extremely well written script!!

@hellokitty777able Год назад

The author of the novel, is also the author of, "Brave new world."

@elizarichards1722 6 месяцев назад

I just realised that's Veda from Mildred Pierce ❤

@markcoveryourassets Год назад

Wow. In the first 10 minutes, no one is as they seemed.

@GRMLS5 Год назад

Rachel Kempson…mother to Vanessa, Corine, Lynn Redgrave.

@ropeburnsrussell Год назад

So much better than I expected.

@Oottee207 11 месяцев назад

Love Charles Boyer in I Love Lucy when she asked him to imitate Charles Boyer and didn’t realize it was Really Him😅😂

@corettejones 11 месяцев назад

THAT was a really good film! I know Anne Blyth from Mildred Pierce. Took me a while to shake that performance!

@janedoe-ex5wo 10 месяцев назад

Who wouldn't fall in love with friggin' Charles Boyer?? He was gorgeous. And that voice!💕💕

@StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

What is it with you gals and French accents??? I think I will start talking with a phony French accent and see if the chicks start going crazy over me!!!🙃

@marcbahn5487 9 месяцев назад

@@StanZ-i6w Sorry, the accent's a small part of it but the main factor is the deep baritone voice - like mine! 😉

@nadineskye7050 9 месяцев назад

I know, right?? 🥰 He definitely had the looks, accent and deep voice, but what really made me swoon for him was learning just how kind he was in real life. Mia Farrow mentions him in her autobiography. She grew up in the same neighborhood as the Boyers’ and was the same age as their son. She said that, next to her parents, he was her favorite adult. One day, the two of them were waking down the street together. They discovered a bird’s nest that had fallen to the ground with babies still inside. Charles wiped his hands on some leaves, explaining that he was trying to remove the human scent, and carefully restored the nest back into the tree. He could have had any woman he wanted, yet remained faithful to his wife all of his life. When she died of cancer, he couldn’t live without her and committed suicide 2 days later 💔. In my eyes, Charles Boyer was a one in a million…

@redblade8160 6 месяцев назад

Charles Boyer is Pepe Le Pew (the skunk) in a previous life!

@simuloremus 4 месяца назад

@@nadineskye7050 C'est tout à fait vrai. It's absolutely true, a great actor and a remarkable man. My mom loved him. Nowadays he has fallen a bit into oblivion in France, that's a shame. But fortunately, many of his films can be seen on the internet.

@MilesBellas Год назад

Aldous Huxley : screenplay

@jessewolf7649 Год назад

Genius

@miguelfernandes5628 Год назад

@37:14 Janet turning from a hopeful little lamb into a vengeful snake...yikes!!

@mariecait Год назад

Thank you excited to share with family and friends ❤

@senorkapowssite 11 месяцев назад

When I saw that this was written by Aldous Huxley, I knew this film would be good. Thank you for this Upload Chris T

@zeldasmith6154 9 месяцев назад

Never heard of this. So glad it hasn't been colorized.

@CFF903 8 месяцев назад

I really enjoy the older films. There was mystery which holds your attention as the plot unfolds. Such a great watch: thank you!!!

@checkeredflagfilms Год назад

R. Metty did a wonderful work at creating a dramatic dark mood.

@marirothbauer5407 10 месяцев назад

I have seen a remake of this movie it was excellent also. But the 50's movies I love since a child they were cery well made not like todays predictable garbage. Action heros running around town blowing up cars and not a cop in sight. 😮Boring

@birdlynn417 Год назад

This woman was more than green with envy. Boy, that psychologist doctor sure was a sly one. Good job!

@candie1560 Год назад

Such a good movie, thank you ever so much!

@wandaparker3681 Год назад

These types of "who done it" are Brilliant!!

@ChantePierce-kp3uf 10 месяцев назад

Terrific film. Charles Boyer is one of my favorite actors. Aldous Huxley at his best.

@joefleury8711 Год назад

Brilliant! Thanks for posting.

@carlf.9035 Год назад

In a strange way, they're all victims in their own way. When relationships are based on lust and vanity, by the insecurities of themselves and each other.

@StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

Your comment is the very best one here! If you are not one, then you should become a psychologist, or even a psychiatrist! All the characters in this film are flawed, as you observed so astutely!

@carlf.9035 10 месяцев назад

@@StanZ-i6wThanks for nice comment and encouragement 😊 Happy Thanksgiving to you.

@mildredwilliams8107 10 месяцев назад

This is brilliant story telling of how deep hatred can be. Superb!👍👍👍

@JulieBall-dg2ci 10 месяцев назад

Modern paintings still make me feels sick... "What an astonishing piece of work.."

@mikenixon2401 Год назад

Very good fillm. Thanks for your work.

@rebeccaweaver7714 10 месяцев назад

"Men,all they think about is sex!". Wow is this movie way ahead of it's time!. Sounds like a line heard and said by most women these days😅

@maryTL897 10 месяцев назад

Yes I don't know why they get married

@StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

Yes Rebecca, but it is quite true! I am a male, and ever since I was about 13 years of age, sex is all I have ever thought of with regards to women! Most men, if they were honest, would admit to the same thing! We boys think of you girls as sex objects, but why do you think there is anything wrong with that? Everyone ever born on this planet is here for this very reason!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

The reason men get married, Mary, is that we boys can then get sex on a regular basis, instead of having to chase females all the time, spending a lot of money and energy, and still not being certain of getting laid! Plus you have a greater chance of getting horrible venereal diseases if you fool around with prostitutes!!!

@reneevasquez3540 10 месяцев назад

That is why they can be easily controlled. My mum once asked me how a particular woman (not a beauty, uneducated and controlling) was able to get rich guys. I replied because she is willing to do things a decent woman won't. Ha ha. We had a big laugh. But seriously, not all men are like that.

@tonyrothman Год назад

Excellent moody cinematography and acting. Thoughtful screenplay with some very good lines. Particularly good score by Miklos Rozsa. Too bad they gave away the mystery in the opening credits. (Read the subtitle.)

@waldolydecker8118 Год назад

Rozsa and Bartok

@andreabelinda1355 Год назад

Yes, sometimes the answer is in the beginning so I'm going to watch it again!!😊

@boudusaved4719 10 месяцев назад

Aldous Huxley (who brought us Brave New World) did an outstanding job with the screenplay. Such great dialogue. And although it was clearly obvious from the beginning that Jessica Tandy was the murderer, that didn't stop this film from telling an interesting story when it could have just been another silly soap opera. Great cinematography too.

@jeanettesdaughter 9 месяцев назад

Yes it is difficult to feel the innocence of the innocent, and not to celebrate the guilt of the guilty in this story. Scorned women deserve empathy but 18 years of baseless hope! And then the ultimate travesty. Enough to drive you mad. Still No one inside of us makes us do anything. We are responsible for our own capacity, for what we do despite justifiable hurt or feelings of unjust treatment ; neither decent nor indecent behavior seems to get their just desserts. Regardless. We are responsible! For what we do that is egregious there is always a consequence. Good may be inconsequential, hardly noticeable like friendship. Evil never is. It requires plotting the deed. Macbeth hath murdered sleep, indeed.

@trilbywilby7826 6 месяцев назад

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!

@boudusaved4719 6 месяцев назад

@@trilbywilby7826 oops...my bad?

@davidcockrell7377 11 месяцев назад

brilliant. They just don't make them like this anymore. Real acting. One camera. Jessica is amazing. Such a range for Miss Daisy!

@jasonhurd4379 10 месяцев назад

Jessica Tandy created the role of Blanche duBois on Broadway.

@skybabe1959 10 месяцев назад

Chris T. whoever you are, you made this old broad very happy

@gregatkinson7276 Год назад

A very good old movie all the way around. Thank you.

@lisainger6751 Год назад

One of my favourite films. Rivetting stuff.

@debedwards1717 Год назад

That was brilliant.

@margolord6039 6 месяцев назад

You just cannot beat those old black and white movies. I love,love, love them!

@galinapirogova6118 6 месяцев назад

Every time I watch this film and Gaslight I had a heavy feelings. Today I have known why it is so I have known about circumstanses of Charles Boyer`s death.

@gj8683 Год назад

For some, revenge is practically a form of nutrition. I call it "Vitamin R."

@StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

I think just about everybody can be vengeful sometimes, not just some people!😈👹👺

@tigerone2353 Год назад

What a great story!!! Boyer was great as was everyone else. Thanks

@williamwenger1459 11 месяцев назад

Amazing how many Biblical references in the dialogue. Oh if things were such that such a moral background stood behind films today.

@gaelricciulli4268 10 месяцев назад

An excellent film one never talks about. Thank you so much for posting it. Charles Boyer was really at his bestand the questions he talks about in the prison concern us all.

@JoFunnyOnion 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic film. Superb acting. Thank you.

@TheSuperHarrygeorge 9 месяцев назад

What an absolute GEM of a film. Have never seen this on tv . Enjoyable viewing.

@mazzie9663 9 месяцев назад

GREAT MOVIE THANK YOU CHRIS T LOVED IT. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

@marirothbauer5407 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant 😂 made me laugh hysterically. That is so true read a story whereva young man rang life line, a recording said noone is available at the moment, if this is not an emergency please call back tomorrow. 😂😂 Unvelievable. 😱