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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ronald Colman | ... | Anthony John | |
| Signe Hasso | ... | Brita Kaurin | |
| Edmond O'Brien | ... | Bill Friend | |
| Shelley Winters | ... | Pat Kroll | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Victor Donlan | |
| Philip Loeb | ... | Max Lasker | |
| Millard Mitchell | ... | Al Cooley | |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Ray Bonner | |
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Charles La Torre | ... | Stellini |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Dr. Stauffer | |
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John Drew Colt | ... | Stage Manager |
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Peter M. Thompson | ... | Asst. Stage Manager (as Peter Thompson) |
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Elizabeth Dunne | ... | Gladys |
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Alan Edmiston | ... | Rex |
| Art Smith | ... | Wigmaker | |
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Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, it's terrible to be around him. That's the reason why his wife Brita divorced him; although she still loves him and works with him, she couldn't stand living with him anymore. So when Anthony accepts to play Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him and with each day his mind gets filled more and more with Othello's murderous jealousy. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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actor | character says you're hurting me | character says you keep out of this | have cake and eat it too idiom | f rated |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
1948 (Turkey) See more »Also Known As:
The Art of Murder See more »Filming Locations:
Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(1829-32) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played a bit on piano by Brita
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Screenwriter Fay Kanin, the wife and frequent collaborator of Michael Kanin, appeared briefly in the film as a cast member of Othello. See more »Goofs
At the end of the last "Othello", Tony appears to be distracted by someone just off-stage. We know that Bill, the policeman, and the restaurant owner are standing where he is looking, but the only one he knows is Bill. He had seen the restaurant owner only once, and surely couldn't have recognized him in the dark; and he had never met the policeman. His final act implies that he knows he has been found out, but what gave him that idea? See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits appear against a theatre image with stage curtain. See more »Soundtracks
Opus 10 No. 3 in E Major(1829-32) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played a bit on piano by Brita
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I stumbled on this late last night n TCM.
Hadn't seen it since it came out originally, but had never forgotten it.
I had completely forgotten how gorgeous and talented Signe Hasso was when she was still young, ditto for Shelly Winters before she balooned out.
Ronald Coleman, though, was the quintessential state actor of his time - I had read Othello in high school English - and HATED it. After seeing "A Double Life" I read it again and finally understood what the play was about.
The Gordon/Kanin writing team was at its peak when this script was done -
A movie well worth remembering and rewatching,