Marked Woman (1937)

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Writers:

Abem Finkel (writer)
Robert Rossen (writer)

Release Date:

10 April 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A crusading DA persuades a clip joint "party girl" to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory "parties."

Plot Keywords:

Party | Gangster | Boss | Roommate | Clip Joint

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bette Davis	...	Mary Dwight Strauber
Humphrey Bogart	...	David Graham
Lola Lane	...	Dorothy 'Gabby' Marvin
Isabel Jewell	...	Emmy Lou Eagan
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Johnny Vanning
Rosalind Marquis	...	Florrie Liggett
Mayo Methot	...	Estelle Porter
Jane Bryan	...	Betty Strauber
Allen Jenkins	...	Louie
John Litel	...	Gordon
Ben Welden	...	Charlie Delaney
Damian O'Flynn	...	Ralph Krawford
Henry O'Neill	...	District Attorney Arthur Sheldon
Raymond Hatton	...	Vanning's Lawyer
Carlos San Martín	...	Head Waiter

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1937-1950) | Finland:K-16 (1950) | USA:Approved (PCA #2936)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Dedicated to realism, Bette Davis left the set when the makeup department outfitted her with dainty bandages for the hospital scene following the physical attack on her character by mobsters. She drove to her own doctor and instructed him to bandage her as he would a badly beaten woman. Returning to the set, she declared, "You shoot me this way, or not at all!" They did.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Emmy Lou gets out of the elevator at the thirty-fifth floor, she leaves the threatening gangsters behind, but they are there waiting for her when the elevator opens on the ground floor.

Quotes:

Mary Dwight Strauber: I'll get you, even if I have to crawl back from the grave to do it!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Mister and Missus Doakes

They don't make movies like they used to

As I was watching MARKED WOMAN, I said to myself more than once that they sure don't make movies like they used to. This movie in particular was very entertaining. My eyes were glued to the set everytime Bette Davis was on screen because I knew she would blow me away with every aspect of her performance, and she did. Perfectly performed and starring THE BEST male and female actor that has every lived, MARKED WOMAN is one that every movie lover should see and enjoy.