Craig's Wife (1936)

Directed by

Dorothy Arzner

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman runs her household with an obsessive need for control and perfection, prioritizing order and social status over her husband and family. Her rigid behavior strains her marriage and alienates the people around her.

tenseclaustrophobicmanipulativecolddomesticpsychologicalcalculatedcontrolling

What happens

Craig's Wife is a 1936 American drama film starring Rosalind Russell as a domineering wife. It was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1925 Broadway play of the same name by George Kelly (the uncle of Grace Kelly), and directed by Dorothy Arzner. Former MGM star William Haines was the film's production designer. Previously filmed in 1928, Craig's Wife was remade in 1950 as Harriet Craig, rewritten (and updated) as a vehicle for Joan Crawford and co-starring Wendell Corey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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