Hilda Crane

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Hilda Crane

I was as confused as the other two commenters about this woman and her frantic behavior and the reason behind it, until the part where she quoted Edna St. Vincent Millay. When I watched this movie I was in the middle of reading What Lips My Lips Have Kissed by Daniel Mark Epstein. A brilliant biography of Ms. Millay and also containing much of her poetry. I think Hilda was struggling with her feelings for men and women. I think she might have known which way she "swung", even before her two previous marriages. But in the '50's I think many women did the marriage, children, husband route even if they were denying their own sexuality. Now it is much, much different.

There is nothing to commend this poor excuse for a film. They call it a movie, but it is even worse than a stage play. It comes nowhere near the quality of 'Footsteps in the Fog', and obviously Jean Simmons lends her name to this project so that it can sell. None of the characters are sympathetic. They are all one-dimensional, and the story itself is unengaging. It is typical of certain studio films in the 1950s which were poorly written, poorly acted and poorly directed. I would advise all Simmons fans to stay away from this film as it adds nothing to her canon of work, nor will you miss anything but not seeing it.