A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.
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Edward Van Sloan
- Foxall - Prosecuting Attorney
- (as Ed Van Sloan)
Bill Elliott
- Stuart Wyatt
- (as Gordon Elliott)
Frederik Vogeding
- Nels Erickson
- (as Fred Vogeding)
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
- Mrs. Agnew - Housekeeper
- (as Eleanor Wesselhoft)
William Arnold
- Prosecutor's Assistant
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaThe $9,000 Johnny needs to fix up his place is the equivalent to over $200,000 in 2023.
- Goofs(at around 38 mins) Shelby reads a letter from her grandfather, and the hand holding the letter has on dark nail polish, but throughout the film Barbara Stanwyck appears to not be wearing any polish at all.
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Shelby Barret Wyatt: Well, this *is* a surprise! That's a pretty old line, but it seems to fit.
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Barbara makes it work
The Woman In Red is a great example of a film that Barbara Stanwyck raises in quality just being in it. She plays a show horse rider who falls for a society polo player despite Genevieve Tobin who keeps him to ride her horses and give her an occasional ride as this Code controlled picture ever so gently implies. When she loses her blond Adonis Gene Raymond, Tobin becomes the wicked witch of the west.
More good natured about losing Barbara is newly rich John Eldredge a recent arrival in the horsey set. But since his ancestry doesn't go back to the Mayflower they drink his liquor and sneer behind his back. Barbara don't miss a thing though. Eldredge has his own problems a perpetually drunk actress Dorothy Tree that he was previously seeing. When Tobin falls from Eldredge's yacht while Stanwyck is on it all the relationships are learned in a coroner's inquest. And the gossip ain't pretty.
Tobin and Tree have some really meaty roles, but Barbara still dominates this film. She really pulls it all out when tells off her in-laws what a stinking hateful bunch they are.
Raymond is bland as a polo playing hunk. His family is part of the horsey set, but have fallen on poverty and live on their gilded name. Raymond is doing the polo thing to keep them in martinis. Eldredge is in a change of pace, he's usually playing rogues on film at this time. It's not often one sees him playing a decent guy.
Reportedly Stanwyck didn't think much of the film, but I think The Woman In Red is her really elevating an average film with her performance. Bette Davis could do that also, very few others.
More good natured about losing Barbara is newly rich John Eldredge a recent arrival in the horsey set. But since his ancestry doesn't go back to the Mayflower they drink his liquor and sneer behind his back. Barbara don't miss a thing though. Eldredge has his own problems a perpetually drunk actress Dorothy Tree that he was previously seeing. When Tobin falls from Eldredge's yacht while Stanwyck is on it all the relationships are learned in a coroner's inquest. And the gossip ain't pretty.
Tobin and Tree have some really meaty roles, but Barbara still dominates this film. She really pulls it all out when tells off her in-laws what a stinking hateful bunch they are.
Raymond is bland as a polo playing hunk. His family is part of the horsey set, but have fallen on poverty and live on their gilded name. Raymond is doing the polo thing to keep them in martinis. Eldredge is in a change of pace, he's usually playing rogues on film at this time. It's not often one sees him playing a decent guy.
Reportedly Stanwyck didn't think much of the film, but I think The Woman In Red is her really elevating an average film with her performance. Bette Davis could do that also, very few others.
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- May 29, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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