No Man of Her Own
Encyclopedia
No Man of Her Own is a 1950
drama starring Barbara Stanwyck
.
It was the second she made with director Mitchell Leisen
. It was based on a Cornell Woolrich
novel, I Married a Dead Man. Woolrich is credited as William Irish in the film's opening credits.
The film was later remade in 1996
as Mrs. Winterbourne
, starring Shirley MacLaine
, Ricki Lake
and Brendan Fraser
. There is also a 1970
Bollywood
remake, Kati Patang
, for which Asha Parekh
won the Filmfare Best Actress Award
.http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,562948-1,00.html
), is eight months pregnant and unmarried.
When she goes to her unfaithful boyfriend Morley for help, all he gives her is a train ticket back to where she came from.
The train crashes while Helen is on board, and she is mistaken for the pregnant wife of another man who was killed on the train. She gives birth to her child and is accepted by the Harknesses, the family of the dead woman's husband, Hugh Harkness (who also was killed in the crash).
Since the family had never seen their son's new wife, they believe Helen to be her. The family believes her lapses of memory and uncertain behavior are taken to be after effects of the train wreck.
With a better life provided for her child, Helen continues the ruse while Bill Harkness(John Lund)who is the brother of the deceased Hugh Harkness, falls in love with her. The story takes a turn for the worse when her ex-boyfriend and father of her child tracks her down several months after the accident. Morley ( Lyle Bettger) was called in to identify the body at the morgue after the tragic train accident in the beginning of the film, and figures out through a series of events that she is hiding out and now married into money. Being the conniving fellow that he is, contacts Helen (or Petriece) and forces her into wedlock, but before his dastardly plan can take full effect, he winds up dead, and the real twist is who exactly the murderer is.
1950 in film
The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ambush...
drama starring Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
.
It was the second she made with director Mitchell Leisen
Mitchell Leisen
Mitchell Leisen was an American director, art director, and costume designer.-Film career:He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments...
. It was based on a Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich
Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
novel, I Married a Dead Man. Woolrich is credited as William Irish in the film's opening credits.
The film was later remade in 1996
1996 in film
Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
as Mrs. Winterbourne
Mrs. Winterbourne
Mrs. Winterbourne is a 1996 romantic comedy/drama starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, and Brendan Fraser. The film is loosely based on Cornell Woolrich's novel I Married a Dead Man, which has already been filmed in Hollywood as No Man of Her Own starring Barbara Stanwyck, and in Bollywood as...
, starring Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career...
, Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake is an American actress, producer, and television host. She is best known for her starring role as Tracy Turnblad in the original Hairspray, her ground-breaking documentary film The Business of Being Born, and her talk show which was broadcasted internationally from...
and Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser is a Canadian-American film and stage actor. Fraser portrayed Rick O'Connell in the three-part Mummy film series , and is known for his comedic and fantasy film leading roles in major Hollywood films, including Encino Man , George of the Jungle , Dudley Do-Right , Monkeybone ,...
. There is also a 1970
1970 in film
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career....
Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
remake, Kati Patang
Kati Patang
Kati Patang is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It became a box office success. It stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations...
, for which Asha Parekh
Asha Parekh
Asha Parekh is a Bollywood actress, director, and producer. She was one of the top stars in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973.-Early life:...
won the Filmfare Best Actress Award
Filmfare Best Actress Award
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.-Superlatives:...
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Plot summary
Helen Ferguson, (Barbara StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
), is eight months pregnant and unmarried.
When she goes to her unfaithful boyfriend Morley for help, all he gives her is a train ticket back to where she came from.
The train crashes while Helen is on board, and she is mistaken for the pregnant wife of another man who was killed on the train. She gives birth to her child and is accepted by the Harknesses, the family of the dead woman's husband, Hugh Harkness (who also was killed in the crash).
Since the family had never seen their son's new wife, they believe Helen to be her. The family believes her lapses of memory and uncertain behavior are taken to be after effects of the train wreck.
With a better life provided for her child, Helen continues the ruse while Bill Harkness(John Lund)who is the brother of the deceased Hugh Harkness, falls in love with her. The story takes a turn for the worse when her ex-boyfriend and father of her child tracks her down several months after the accident. Morley ( Lyle Bettger) was called in to identify the body at the morgue after the tragic train accident in the beginning of the film, and figures out through a series of events that she is hiding out and now married into money. Being the conniving fellow that he is, contacts Helen (or Petriece) and forces her into wedlock, but before his dastardly plan can take full effect, he winds up dead, and the real twist is who exactly the murderer is.
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckBarbara StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
... Helen Ferguson / Patrice Harkness - John LundJohn LundJohn Lund was an American film actor who is probably best remembered for his role in the film A Foreign Affair , directed by Billy Wilder.-Background:...
... Bill Harkness - Jane CowlJane CowlJane Cowl was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lacrymose parts". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor.-Biography:...
... Mrs. Harkness - Phyllis ThaxterPhyllis Thaxter-Early life and career:Born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter, she was the daughter of Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney Thaxter and his wife, a former actress. Thaxter worked on Broadway in the 1930s and signed an MGM contract in 1944...
... Patrice Harkness - Lyle BettgerLyle BettgerLyle S. Bettger was a character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s, typically portraying villains...
... Stephen 'Steve' Morley - Henry O'NeillHenry O'NeillHenry O'Neill was a film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly dignified roles during the 1930s and 1940s.-Life and career:...
... Mr. Harkness - Richard DenningRichard DenningRichard Denning , was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon and An Affair to Remember , and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband , the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's...
... Hugh Harkness - Carole Mathews ... Irma - the blonde
- Harry AntrimHarry AntrimHarry Antrim was an actor in vaudeville, film and television.By 1906, Antrim was working in vaudeville. During the early 1930s, he moved to Los Angeles and secured uncredited parts in several films, beginning with 1936's Small Town Girl...
... Ty Winthrop - Catherine Craig ... Rosalie Baker
- Esther DaleEsther DaleEsther Dale was an American actress, best known perhaps for her role as Aunt Genevieve in the 1935 Shirley Temple vehicle, Curly Top....
... Josie - Milburn StoneMilburn StoneMilburn Stone was an American television actor, a nephew of Broadway comedian Fred Stone and the son of a shopkeeper, best known for his role as "Doc" on the CBS western series Gunsmoke. He also played a doctor, CDR Blake, in the 1943 film Gung Ho!.Stone was born in Burrton in Harvey County in...
... Plainclothesman - Griff Barnett ... Dr. Parker