That Certain Woman (1937)
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33% of users liked it
(69 ratings)
Edmund Goulding directed this remake of his own 1929 The Trespasser, which starred Gloria Swanson. Here Bette Davis assumes the lead role of Mary Donnell, a young innocent married to a bootlegger. When her husband is killed, she decides to pursue a better life and gets a job as a secretary to… More Edmund Goulding directed this remake of his own 1929 The Trespasser, which starred Gloria Swanson. Here Bette Davis assumes the lead role of Mary Donnell, a young innocent married to a bootlegger. When her husband is killed, she decides to pursue a better life and gets a job as a secretary to attorney Lloyd Rogers (Ian Hunter). Lloyd falls in love with Mary but stoically keeps his feelings hidden from her. One of Lloyd's clients is the millionaire Merrick (Donald Crisp), whose playboy son Jack (Henry Fonda) falls in love with Mary. The two elope and take off on their honeymoon, but Merrick, who feels that Mary is not good enough for Jack, asks that the marriage be annulled. Jack reluctantly agrees and Mary goes back to her old job with Lloyd. But Mary finds that she is pregnant and has a baby boy. She swears Lloyd to secrecy concerning her child and Lloyd agrees. Meanwhile, Jack marries a woman of his own class, Flip (Anita Louise), but she is fatally injured in an automobile accident. Lloyd also falls ill and dies at Mary's feet --but not before confessing his love for Mary. When his will is read, it reveals that he has left Mary and her child a vast fortune. Lloyd's wife (Katherine Alexander) believes the baby boy is Lloyd's illegitimate child, and she tries to overturn the terms of the will. Jack hears about Mary's child, and she confesses that the child is actually his. Merrick then tries to have the baby taken away from Mary, contending that she is unfit to raise the baby. Unable to withstand Merrick's legal hammering, Mary offers the child to Jack and Flip. Mary, distraught after abandoning her baby, leaves on a European trip. While she is gone, Flip dies and Jack leaves for Europe to try to find her. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edmund Goulding
- Written By
- Edmund Goulding
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 15, 1937 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
If you like the pic, it's clearly because of Bette Davis.
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Cast
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Bette Davis
as Mary Donnell
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Henry Fonda
as Jack Merrick
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Ian Hunter
as Lloyd Rogers
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Anita Louise
as Flip
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Donald Crisp
as Mr. Mertick Sr.
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Katherine Alexander
as Mrs. Rogers
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Mary Philips
as Amy
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Minor Watson
as Tilden
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Ben Welden
as Valko
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Sidney Toler
as Det. Neely
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Charles Trowbridge
as Dr. James
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Norman Willis
as Fred
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Herbert Rawlinson
as Dr. Hartman
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Tim Henning
as Kenyon
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Andre Cheron
as Concierge
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Frank Darien
as Night Porter
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Roger Davis
as Waiter
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Frank Faylen
as Reporter
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John Hamilton
as American
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Rosalind Marquis
as Hatcheck Girl
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Etta McDaniel
as Cook
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Forbes Murray
as Man
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Hugh O'Connell
as Virgil Whitaker
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Granville Owen
as Reporter
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Willard Parker
as Reporter
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Bernice Pilot
as Maid
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Georges Renavent
as Frenchman
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Cliff Saum
as Bus Conductor
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Charles Sherlock
as Reporter
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Emmett Vogan
as Man
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Loia Cheaney
as Secretary
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Michael Lally
as Reporter
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Paddy O'Flynn
as Reporter
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Don Downen
as Elevator Man
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Barry Downing
as Little Boy
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Claudia Simmons
as Switchboard Girl
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Ted Thompson
as Reporter
