The Woman's Angle

The Woman's Angle
Directed by	Leslie Arliss
Written by	Leslie Arliss Mabbie Pool Frederick Gotfurt
Based on	Three Cups of Coffee by Ruth Feiner
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Edward Underdown Cathy O'Donnell Lois Maxwell Claude Farell
Cinematography	Erwin Hillier
Edited by	E.B. Jarvis
Music by	Robert Gill (musical score) Louis Levy (musical director)
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé
Release date	February 1952 (1952-02) (U.K.)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£91,096 (UK)[1]

The Woman's Angle is 1952 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Edward Underdown, Cathy O'Donnell and Lois Maxwell.[2] It is based on the novel Three Cups of Coffee by Ruth Feiner.[3]

Plot

The film is the story of three love affairs of a man who belongs to celebrated family of musicians, culminating in divorce and his final discovery of happiness.

Cast

• Edward Underdown as Robert Mansell
• Cathy O'Donnell as Nina Van Rhyne
• Lois Maxwell as Enid Mansell
• Claude Farell as Delysia Veronova
• Peter Reynolds as Brian Mansell
• Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Mansell
• Anthony Nicholls as Doctor Nigel Jarvis
• Isabel Dean as Isobel Mansell
• John Bentley as Renfro Mansell
• Olaf Pooley as Rudolph Mansell
• Ernest Thesiger as Judge
• Eric Pohlmann as Steffano
• Joan Collins as Marina
• Malcolm Knight as shepherd boy
• Fred Berger as restaurant manager
• Dana Wynter as Elaine
• Leslie Weston as Suttley
• Geoffrey Toone as Count Cambia
• Lea Seidl as Madame Kossoff
• Anton Diffring as peasant
• Miles Malleson as Arthur Secrett
• Peter Illing as Sergei
• Teddy Johnson as nightclub singer
• Sylva Langova as blonde in sleigh
• Bill Shine (actor) as Saunders
• Nora Gordon as guesthouse owner
• Wensley Pithey as Mr Witherspool
• Rufus Cruickshank as the Scot
• Fred Griffiths as cockney at bus stop

Production

Arliss had been a fan of the novel since he read it in 1944.[4] Peter Reynods was under contract to Associated British at the time.[5]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "As the title suggests, this is no more than the filming of a woman's magazine story, and has the traditional air of unreality. The ingredients – eccentric genius, misunderstandings, music, and a variety of settings – are put together without inspiration."[6]

In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther thought the film "a grim little sample of bad writing, bad acting and bad directing all around."[7]

References

1. Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p 498
2. "The Woman's Angle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
3. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
4. "He waited 7 years to do film". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 41, no. 2, 064. South Australia. 22 December 1951. p. 7 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Vagg, Stephen (11 November 2024). "Peter Reynolds: Forgotten Cad". Filmink. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
6. "The Woman's Angle". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 82. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
7. "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 28 February 2020.

External links

• The Woman's Angle at IMDb