Why don't we hear more about this masterpiece of a film exploring verbal abuse by James Mason, at his best here.
The story of 3 sisters who marry and the only one finding happiness lost her child.
Mason, as the abuser, and Dulcie Gray, who is unfortunate to be his wife, steal the acting in the film. A tense drama, I was wondering why the picture went from 1919 to 1937 so quickly in a flash. I was soon mesmerized by the effects of marriage upon the three couples.
Phyllis Calvert is the selfish sister who warned her husband-to-be that she didn't love him and could drop him at a moment's notice. Blinded by his love for her, he was willing to give marriage a chance.
Of course, the Mason-Gray marriage is the focus here, with Mason's constant verbal and mental abuse leading to tragedy at the end. The other sister, too busy with her lover, didn't come to help her sister at a critical moment and that invariably led to the suicide of Charlotte, Mason's long-suffering wife.
The children in the film play their parts to the hilt and the movie should be seen as a reminder of what mental and verbal abuse can do.
The story of 3 sisters who marry and the only one finding happiness lost her child.
Mason, as the abuser, and Dulcie Gray, who is unfortunate to be his wife, steal the acting in the film. A tense drama, I was wondering why the picture went from 1919 to 1937 so quickly in a flash. I was soon mesmerized by the effects of marriage upon the three couples.
Phyllis Calvert is the selfish sister who warned her husband-to-be that she didn't love him and could drop him at a moment's notice. Blinded by his love for her, he was willing to give marriage a chance.
Of course, the Mason-Gray marriage is the focus here, with Mason's constant verbal and mental abuse leading to tragedy at the end. The other sister, too busy with her lover, didn't come to help her sister at a critical moment and that invariably led to the suicide of Charlotte, Mason's long-suffering wife.
The children in the film play their parts to the hilt and the movie should be seen as a reminder of what mental and verbal abuse can do.