Portrait In Black / Madame X (Double Feature)
Portrait In Black (1960, 113 mins)
Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn star as an adulterous couple who conspire to kill her tyrannical husband. Soon after the murder, the lovers in crime receive an anonymous letter that says only "Dear. Mrs. Cabot: Congratulations on the success of your murder." With this alarming complication, their new life together begins unraveling as they become trapped in the realization that someone, somewhere, knows their dark secret.
Madame X (1966, 100 mins)
Lana Turner plays one of the best roles of her career in this stunning and emotional adaptation of Alexandre Bisson's classic play.
Turner is the ill fated Holly Anderson, blackmailed by her evil mother in law (Constance Bennett in her last film rile) into leaving her politician husband (John Forsythe) and their baby. Twenty years later, she finds herself on trial for murder... where she is defended by her own son (Keir Dullea).
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Portrait In Black 1, Madame X 0 - jagfilm
This Lana Turner double bill is only one half worth it. "Portrait In Black" is deliciously fun, soapy noir with tones of "Double Indemnity" and is about a wife and her lover who plot the murder of her husband --- and complications that ensue. A bit over the top, but still a lot of fun.
"Madame X" by comparison is a tedious about a woman whose life is derailed by indiscretion. The plot is too ridiculous to believe and its hard to get involved with this one. The middle of the movie really sags.
Zip "Portrait In Black" but leave "Madame X" off your list.
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Portrait In Black 1, Madame X 0 - jagfilm
This Lana Turner double bill is only one half worth it. "Portrait In Black" is deliciously fun, soapy noir with tones of "Double Indemnity" and is about a wife and her lover who plot the murder of her husband --- and complications that ensue. A bit over the ...