She Wanted a Millionaire
UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave., UW Vilas Hall, Room 4070, Madison, Wisconsin
press release: USA | 1932 | 35mm | 80 min.
Director: John G. Blystone; Cast: Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy, James Kirkwood
A beauty contest winner from a small town (Bennett) impulsively marries a much older millionaire she just met, rejecting the fella (Tracy) who truly loves her. She soon discovers that her new husband not only has a sordid past, but that he is also insanely possessive and sadistically perverse. “The incidents soon assume a deadly crimson, culminating with Norton carrying his wife down to a pack of fierce Great Danes” (The New York Times). Print courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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