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A Woman's Face (1941)
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23 May 1941 (USA)
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THEY CALLED HER A SCARFACED SHE-DEVIL(original poster-all caps) more
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A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman. full summary | add synopsis
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A story more intriguing than 'Mildred Pierce'...an odd and fascinating film...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joan Crawford | ... | Anna Holm |
 | Melvyn Douglas | ... | Dr. Gustaf Segert |
 | Conrad Veidt | ... | Torsten Barring |
| Osa Massen | ... | Vera Segert |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Bernard Dalvik |
| Albert Bassermann | ... | Consul Magnus Barring |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Emma Kristiansdotter |
| Donald Meek | ... | Herman Rundvik |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Christina Dalvik |
| Richard Nichols | ... | Lars-Erik Barring |
| Charles Quigley | ... | Eric |
| Gwili Andre | ... | Gusta |
| Clifford Brooke | ... | Wickman |
| George Zucco | ... | Defense Attorney |
| Henry Kolker | ... | Judge |
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106 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Referenced in The Miracle of Sound (1940)
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Joan Crawford has one of her more complex roles and plays it brilliantly in 'A Woman's Face'. It ranks with her work in 'Mildred Pierce' and 'Possessed'. Matching her is Conrad Veidt, always the suave villain (who also specialized in playing Nazi types). Crawford excels as a scarred woman who undergoes plastic surgery to change her life. The situations become more melodramatic as the plot gets thicker and there are a few too many flashbacks--but overall, the effect is a stunning film that makes you think about how one's appearance shapes one's life--for better or worse.
Certain sequences have a stark, no holds barred manner of storytelling, grim and suspenseful--as when Anna Holm considers pushing a child to his death from a cable car. The wintry landscapes and glittering interiors are all handsomely photographed. Melvyn Douglas doesn't register too strongly at all. It's strictly Crawford's picture with some superb help from Conrad Veidt.
The pace is rather leisurely under George Cukor's direction but quickens midway to a smashing climax. By all means, see it. A strong melodrama with some unexpected twists.