A Double Life (1947)
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Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1947 Wide
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Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an off-the-beam actor in A Double Life. A beloved stage star, Anthony John (Colman), has problems with his private life due to his unpredictable outbursts of temper. This trait has already cost him his wife, Brita (Signe Hasso), and threatens to sabotage his career. Nonetheless, Anthony makes his peace with Brita, and the two actors star in a new Broadway staging of Othello. The play is a hit, running over 300 performances, but the
Jan 1, 1947 Wide
Jul 22, 2003
Universal Studios Home Video
Cast
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Whit Bissell
Dr. Stauffer -
Ronald Colman
Anthony John -
Betsy Blair
Girl in Wig Shop -
Signe Hasso
Brita -
David Bond
["othello" Sequence] -
Edmond O'Brien
Bill Friend -
Shelley Winters
Pat Kroll -
Harlan Briggs
Oscar Bemard -
Ray Collins
Victor Donlan -
Georgia Caine
[A Gentleman's Gentlema... -
Claire Carleton
Waitress -
Philip Loeb
Max Lasker -
John Drew Colt
Stage Manager -
Leslie Denison
["othello" Sequence] -
Elizabeth Dunne
Gladys -
Alan Edmiston
Rex -
Arthur E. Gould-Porter
David Bond ["othello" S... -
Wilton Graff
Dr. Mervin -
Boyd Irwin
Virginia Patton ["othel... -
Fay Kanin
Guy Bates Post ["othell... -
Charles La Torre
Stellini -
Millard Mitchell
Al Cooley -
Virginia Patton
["othello" Sequence] -
Guy Bates Post
["othello" Sequence] -
Elliott Reid
[A Gentleman's Gentlema... -
Thayer Roberts
["othello" Sequence] -
Joe Sawyer
Pete Bonner -
Art Smith
Wigmaker -
Peter Thompson
Assistant Stage Manager -
Sid Tomack
Wigmaker -
Percival Vivian
Thayer Roberts/Georgia ... -
Janet Warren
Girl in Wigshop -
Marjorie Woodworth
Girls in Wig Shop -
Frederic Worlock
Leslie Denison ["othell... -
Mary Young
Elliott Teid [A Gentlem... -
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Joe Bernard
Husband -
Laura Brooks
Dowager -
Angela Clarke
Lucy -
Curt Conway
Reporter -
Russ Conway
Reporter -
Nick Dennis
Stagehand -
Joann Dolan
Ellen -
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Fernanda Eliscu
Landlady -
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Ethel May Halls
Woman -
Fred Hoose
Laughing Man -
Charles Jordan
Bartender -
Robert Emmett Keane
2nd Photographer -
Hazel Keener
Woman -
Elmo Lincoln
Detective -
Barry Macollum
Stagehand -
Joyce Mathews
Janet -
Walter McGrail
Steve -
Carl Milletaire
Customer -
Howard Mitchell
Tailor -
Harry Hays Morgan Jr.
Guest -
Albert Pollet
Costume Designer -
Joey Ray
Boyer -
Buddy Roosevelt
Fingerprint Man -
Sarah Selby
Anna -
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George Sherwood
Guest -
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Mary Worth
Woman in Audience -
Paddy Chayefsky
Photographer [uncredite... -
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John Derek
Police Stenographer -
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Harry Bannister
2nd Actor -
Watson Downs
Bootmaker -
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Reginald Billado
Reporter -
Kevin Alexander Clark
Barry -
Maude Fealy
Woman -
Nina Gilbert
Woman -
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Kay Lavelle
Large Woman -
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Don McGill
Man at Party -
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Pete Sosso
Tailor -
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Wayne Treadway
Men at Party -
Frank Richards
Stagehand
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It was the role of a lifetime, for any actor, but Colman got it, and he nailed it. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and he deserved them.
A Double Life can be best summed up by paraphrasing Charles Laughton: "Real actors give you an oil painting, but method actors give you a photograph...of MURDER."
Colman faz um belo trabalho como o perturbado ator que falha em separar realidade da ficção, mas Cukor e seus roteiristas se perde nos aspectos da produção que devem ao noir, tornando-a frágil e artificial.
Subtle, well-directed drama.
Ronald Colman won a Best Actor Oscar for his ornate and hammy performance as an obsessed matinee-idol stage actor cracking up before our eyes.
Cukor's first teaming with writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin draws on the professional hazard of actors who fail to distinguish between their lives on stage and off; Ronald Colman won the Oscar for this part.
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