Movie Cosmos - Dishonored Lady

Description:

Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.

Top Cast >

Hedy Lamarr

As Madeleine Damien

Dennis O'Keefe

As Dr. David Cousins

John Loder

As Felix Courtland

William Lundigan

As Jack Garet

Morris Carnovsky

As Dr. Richard Caleb

Natalie Schafer

As Ethel Royce

Paul Cavanagh

As Victor Kranish

Douglass Dumbrille

As District Attorney O'Brien

Margaret Hamilton

As Mrs. Geiger

Nicholas Joy

As Mitchell

Archie Twitchell

As Freddie Francher

Gino Corrado

As Carl, Waiter

Dewey Robinson

As Jim, Doorman

Edward Biby

As Clerk

Fred Kohler Jr.

As First Motorcycle Cop

Henry Hebert

As Attorney's Assistant

Raoul Freeman

As Bailiff

Wilbur Mack

As Judge

Reid Kilpatrick

As AP News Broadcaster

Jack Richardson

As Passerby

Kam Tong

As Courtland's Houseboy

Jack Deery

As Club Patron

Dick Gordon

As Club Patron

Paul Power

As Club Patron

Robert Haines

As Courtroom Spectator

Curt Furburg

As Courtroom Spectator

Russell Meeker

As Courtroom Spectator

James Flavin

As Police Sergeant Patella

Robert B. Williams

As Police Sergeant Bartlett

Harry Strang

As Police Sergeant

Ian Wolfe

As Dr. E.G. Lutz

Top Crew >

Robert Stevenson

Director

Francis Dawson

Dialogue Coach

Jack Chertok

Producer

Nicolai Remisoff

Art Direction, Production Design

John M. Foley

Editor

Edmund H. North

Screenplay

Carmen Dragon

Original Music Composer

Elois Jenssen

Costume Design

Lucien N. Andriot

Director of Photography

John R. Carter

Sound

Joseph Stinton

Makeup Artist

Edward Sheldon

Theatre Play

Margaret Ayer Barnes

Theatre Play

Hunt Stromberg

Executive Producer

Victor Greene

Assistant Art Director

Joseph I. Kane

Sound

Ruth Pursley

Hairstylist

Lester D. Guthrie

Assistant Director

James E. Newcom

Supervising Editor

Robert Priestley

Interior Designer

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

A pretty unremarkable vehicle for star Hedy Lamarr ("Madeleine Damien") as she portrays the fashion editor of a glossy New York magazine who burns the candle at both ends a bit too much. She eventually seeks the help of a psychiatrist "Dr Caleb" (Morris Carnosky) to help divert her from a mental breakdown. He suggests she quit her highly pressured job and to basically start her life all over again. It doesn't quite go to plan, as she soon becomes re-embroiled with a millionaire jeweller (and in his murder) and we end up in a court-room melodrama. The story twists and turns but not in any particularly interesting way; Lamarr is clearly the star but her performance is a bit soulless. So much more could have been done with the characterisation and the supporting cast don't add much value either.

2022-07-07