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Harriet Craig

  • 1950
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  • 1h 34m
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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 married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband Walter; she always check up on him.Harriet Craig enjoys married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband Walter; she always check up on him.Harriet Craig enjoys married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband Walter; she always check up on him.

  • Director
    • Vincent Sherman
  • Writers
    • James Gunn
    • Anne Froelich
    • George Kelly
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Wendell Corey
    • Lucile Watson
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Writers
      • James Gunn
      • Anne Froelich
      • George Kelly
    • Stars
      • Joan Crawford
      • Wendell Corey
      • Lucile Watson
    • 57User reviews
    • 13Critic 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)
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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
      • Anne Froelich
      • George Kelly
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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 she described 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)

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    10/10
    "A strange and fascinating woman, at war with the whole world."
    The line above is from the original advertising art, and it conveys the theme of HARRIET CRAIG very well. I have an issue with reviewers who are constantly comparing characters on the screen with the actors who portray them. Harriet Craig was a character, and that is all. There are parallels between the lives of the character and Joan Crawford herself, but one should not go so far as to say they are the same! Joan Crawford is a woman of many mysteries. Every account you could possibly read about her life is full of contradictions; was she good or was she bad, was the ruthless and cruel or was she generous and kind? She was probably all of these things and, like Harriet Craig, a complicated, non-conventional, and independent woman at war with the world.

    This is where the comparison ends. The character in the film is a compulsive liar and manipulator. Harriet Craig lies about anything and everything in the spider's web she builds around her. Joan Crawford's performance is fierce and chilling in its complexity. This is a woman of astounding talent, playing a character worthy of that talent. This is one of only a handful of roles Crawford ever played that allowed her to really act, which she does so well you will forget all about those other "great" actresses which usually claim all the credit.

    If 1950 was not such a tough year, I'm convinced Joan would have received an Oscar nomination for the performance. The film itself was worthy of a nomination and, as the advertising art claimed, was "one of the five best pictures of the year." I think it is comparable in quality to ALL ABOUT EVE and SUNSET BLVD., and certainly Crawford's performance is on par with the leads in those films, and one of the best of her career! One last final note: a feminist take on HARRIET CRAIG may emphasize that Harriet was just a woman trying to survive the sexist times...but Wendell Corey was such a good and nice husband, believing in their equality, that I don't buy it. Harriet was a woman hurt by her times and unfortunately taking out her mistrust of men on her innocent and good husband, as well as others around her. Harriet was, in the end, a victim of her own prejudice, and selfish, compulsive lies.
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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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