THE BIGAMIST (1953)
San Francisco couple Joan Fontaine and Edmond O’Brien want to bolster their unfulfilled marriage by adopting a child. But when the social worker (Edmund Gwenn) checks the husband's background, he learns there's a second wife (Ida Lupino, who also directs) in L.A. This remarkable film uses a familiar noir framework to turn the genre's tropes inside-out, flipping gender roles and dissecting the pitfalls of buying into the matrimonial myth of "happily ever after." (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Ida Lupino; SCR/PROD Collier Young, from a story by Lawrence B. Marcus and Lou Schor. U.S., 1953, b&w, 80 min. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
Genre: Film noir
