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An ambitious young LA department store model gets her wish of marrying a millionaire but she eventually discovers that rich life isn't always a happy one.An ambitious young LA department store model gets her wish of marrying a millionaire but she eventually discovers that rich life isn't always a happy one.An ambitious young LA department store model gets her wish of marrying a millionaire but she eventually discovers that rich life isn't always a happy one.
Natalie Schafer
- Dorothy Dale
- (as Natalie Schaefer)
Leon Alton
- Cafe Customer
- (uncredited)
Frank Baker
- Man in Store
- (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
- Cafe Customer
- (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
- Cafe Customer
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Businessman
- (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
- Servant
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Christy
- Wealthy Shopper
- (uncredited)
Sonia Darrin
- Miss Chambers
- (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
- Cafe Customer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFor his American film debut, Mason was initially cast in the hard-hearted role enacted by Robert Ryan. Mason wanted to change the villainous image he'd established in British films and and asked to play the other male role.
- Quotes
Leonora Eames: Look at me! Look at what you bought!
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: TCM Employee Picks (2011)
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Prisoner in a Golden Cage
In 1947, in Los Angeles, an ambitious waitress from Denver dreams on marrying a millionaire. She joins the Dorothy Dale's School of Charm with financial difficulties and after the conclusion of the course, she changes her name to Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) and starts modeling in a fancy shop. She is invited by Franzi Kartos (Curt Bois), who is the assistant of the wealthy Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), to go to a party in the Ohlrig's yacht and she meets him in the harbor by chance. She refuses a one-night stand with Ohlrig and the powerful man decides to get married with her to have her. Sooner Leonora learns that money does not necessarily bring happiness and love and she unsuccessfully asks the divorce, but Ohlrig refuses. Leonora leaves Ohlrig and the luxury life in Long Island and finds a job of receptionist of the obstetrician Dr. Hoffman (Frank Ferguson) and the pediatrician Larry Quinada (James Mason) in the East Side. Leonora does not work well and she quits her job. Meanwhile Ohlrig visits her and tells that he misses her and Leonora returns to the mansion in Long Island. Sooner she finds that the invitation was just a notion of Ohlrig and she returns to the East Side. Dr. Quinada and she fall in love for each other, but Leonora finds that she is pregnant from Ohlrig. She feels divided between her love for Quinada and the security of her baby with Ohlrigand she needs to take a decision.
"Caught" is a melodramatic story about a woman whose dream is to get married with a wealthy man that finds that she has been bought by her husband to live as a decorative wife living like a prisoner in a golden cage. Robert Ryan performs another villain, as usual, and the cinematography in black and white and framing follow the usual standard of Max Ophüls. This film is wrongly classified as film-noir. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Coração Prisioneiro" ("Prisoner Heart")
"Caught" is a melodramatic story about a woman whose dream is to get married with a wealthy man that finds that she has been bought by her husband to live as a decorative wife living like a prisoner in a golden cage. Robert Ryan performs another villain, as usual, and the cinematography in black and white and framing follow the usual standard of Max Ophüls. This film is wrongly classified as film-noir. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Coração Prisioneiro" ("Prisoner Heart")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Dec 25, 2010
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- Budget
- $1,574,422 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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