Movie Review: Shadow of a Woman (1946)
Synopsis: After suffering a nervous breakdown, Brooke goes on a holiday and falls in love with Dr. Eric Ryder. They marry immediately and soon after, Brooke begins noticing a variety of odd things about her new husband - people are trying to kill him, he has peculiar eating habits and has an ex-wife and son he didn't bother to mention. Things go from bad to worse when she suspects Eric of trying to starve his son to death to collect an inheritance. Who's in it? The movie stars Andrea King, Helmut Dantine, William Prince, John Alvin and Becky Brown. Review: I wasn't sure what to expect when I added Shadow of a Woman to my library because the film's description left a lot to the imagination. I wound up watching it this morning and it turned out to be an intriguing movie. This is, at minimum, a nice cautionary tale about marrying someone you just met. It was absolutely amazing just how little Brooke (King) knew about her new husband (Dantine), including the fact he was ...