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Harriet Craig

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Joan Crawford and Wendell Corey in Harriet Craig (1950)
Harriet Craig enjoys the married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband, Walter, without checking up on him.
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Harriet Craig enjoys the married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband, Walter, without checking up on him.Harriet Craig enjoys the married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband, Walter, without checking up on him.Harriet Craig enjoys the married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband, Walter, without checking up on him.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
43,301
4,008
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    • Director
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Writers
      • James Gunn(screenplay)
      • Anne Froelich(screenplay)
      • George Kelly(play "Craig's Wife")
    • Stars
      • Joan Crawford
      • Wendell Corey
      • Lucile Watson
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Writers
      • James Gunn(screenplay)
      • Anne Froelich(screenplay)
      • George Kelly(play "Craig's Wife")
    • Stars
      • Joan Crawford
      • Wendell Corey
      • Lucile Watson
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    • 53User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews

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    Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Wendell Corey in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Joan Crawford and Viola Roache in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Joan Crawford and Wendell Corey in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Wendell Corey, Viola Roache, and Lucile Watson in Harriet Craig (1950)
    William Bishop and Wendell Corey in Harriet Craig (1950)
    Joan Crawford and Wendell Corey in Harriet Craig (1950)
    William Bishop and K.T. Stevens in Harriet Craig (1950)
    K.T. Stevens in Harriet Craig (1950)
    K.T. Stevens in Harriet Craig (1950)

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    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Harriet Craig
    Wendell Corey
    Wendell Corey
    • Walter Craig
    Lucile Watson
    Lucile Watson
    • Celia Fenwick
    Allyn Joslyn
    Allyn Joslyn
    • Billy Birkmire
    William Bishop
    William Bishop
    • Wes Miller
    K.T. Stevens
    K.T. Stevens
    • Clare Raymond
    Viola Roache
    Viola Roache
    • Mrs. Harold
    Raymond Greenleaf
    Raymond Greenleaf
    • Henry Fenwick
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Lottie
    Virginia Brissac
    Virginia Brissac
    • Harriet's Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Kathryn Card
    Kathryn Card
    • Mrs. Norwood
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Evans
    Charles Evans
    • Mr. Winston
    • (uncredited)
    Herschel Graham
    Herschel Graham
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Mira McKinney
    Mira McKinney
    • Mrs. Winston
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Mitchell
    • Danny Frazier
    • (uncredited)
    Al Murphy
    • Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    Fiona O'Shiel
    • Mrs. Frazier
    • (uncredited)
    Susanne Rosser
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Writers
      • James Gunn(screenplay)
      • Anne Froelich(screenplay)
      • George Kelly(play "Craig's Wife")
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    • Trivia
      In this film, Harriet recounts to several people her negative experiences working in a laundry in her youth. In her own life, Joan Crawford also had to work in a laundry because of her family's poverty, and hated it. Crawford's adopted daughter, Christina, theorized that this hatred led to the alleged "wire hangers" incident described by her in Mommie Dearest.
    • Goofs
      When Clare rushes out of the dining room after hearing the truth about how Wes feels about her, as the camera is pulling back its moving shadow falls across the wall to the right.
    • Quotes

      Harriet Craig: No man's born ready for marriage; he has to be trained.

    • Connections
      Featured in David Holzman's Diary (1967)

    User reviews53

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    Another Wonderful Performance from Crawford
    Harriet Craig (1950)

    *** (out of 4)

    Forgotten Columbia film about a wife (Joan Crawford) who cares only about her possessions, her way of life and anything that involves her. Her blind husband (Wendell Corey) soon starts to realize that he's not married to the type of woman he thought he was. HARRIET CRAIG is a film that doesn't get talked about too often when it comes to Crawford but when you step back and look at the work she did starting with MILDRED PIERCE you can't help but call this another winner. As I go through these post-MGM Crawford films I must say that my respect for her continues to grow because she took on all sorts of roles and did a wonderful job at all of them. There's just something so evil and cold about her character here and it's something that perhaps lived inside of the actress. If MOMMIE DEAREST had been written like this film it would have been a masterpiece. If Faye Dunaway's performance was as great as what Crawford delivers here then I think she would have been willing to talk about it. I mention that film because the type of character that film portrays Crawford as is pretty much the type she's playing here. The coldness of this character is something that you'll certainly hate but the constantly lying and the way she puts herself before anything else just makes this one of the most memorable characters out there. What I loved about Crawford's performance is this bubbling evilness that you can feel with her character and you just get the feeling at any second she's willing to make something worse just to benefit herself. Corey also deserves a lot of credit as the husband as he makes for a very sympathetic character. The sequence when everything finally breaks and the two go at it is rather priceless in regards to the brilliance of the acting. The supporting cast includes good performances by Lucile Watson, K.T. Stevens, William Bishop, Ellen Corby and Viola Roache. HARRIET CRAIG is a film that's not often talked about, which is a real shame because Crawford's performance certainly deserves more attention.
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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1951 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Lady of the House
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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