Born to Be Bad (1950)

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Movie
Original title Born to Be Bad
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1950
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Nicholas Ray
script Edith Sommer
production Robert Sparks for RKO
music Constantin Bakaleinikoff
camera Nicholas Musuraca
cut Frederic Knudtson
occupation

Born to Be Bad is a 1950 American film starring Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan . Directed by Nicholas Ray .

action

Donna Foster agrees to take in Christabel Caine, the niece of her boss John Caine, until she has found her own apartment. Christabel turns out to be a calculating, ice-cold woman who does everything to create social advancement. First, she flirts with Curtis Carey, Donna's rich fiancé. At the same time, Christabel begins an affair with aspiring writer Nick Bradley, and she tries to ensnare Gabriel Broome, a well-known painter. She breaks Donna and Curtis' engagement with an intrigue. Now that Curtis is available as a potential husband, Christabel cancels the amorous Nick and rejects his marriage proposal. However, the marriage with Curtis turns out to be boring for Christabel and she starts an affair again with Nick, who still loves her. One day adultery comes to light. Disgusted by Christabel's refusal to leave her husband, Nick breaks up with her. Curtis realizes at the same time that his wife has never loved him, reconciles with Donna and throws Christabel on the street with nothing but a few fur coats and the clothes she wears on her body. Shortly thereafter, Christabel had an accident and as soon as she came to in the hospital, she immediately began to flirt with the attending doctor.

background

Joan Fontaine was a major Hollywood star in the 1940s who could charge up to $ 150,000 in salary and at times had his own production company. Her career was mainly based on her appearances in historical romances and literary adaptations such as The Pirate and the Lady , The Orphan of Lowood , I Kiss Your Hand, Madame and Letter from a Stranger .

The actress acquired the rights to Born to Be Bad in 1946 and negotiated a deal with RKO to produce the film. Initially, the plan was to star the film with Henry Fonda as Nick and Marsha Hunt as Donna. Numerous changes to the script postponed the start of shooting and finally the project, now called Bed of Roses , went in front of the cameras at the end of 1949. Born to Be Bad , as the film was eventually called, was Nicholas Ray's fourth directorial work and the first of five films Ray directed with Robert Ryan . The final version of the film only came about after numerous interventions by the then studio owner Howard Hughes .

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