Guest in the House | COLORIZED | Anne Baxter | Classic Drama Movie | Film-Noir
Classic Drama Film: Guest in the House - A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.
Guest in the House (1944)
Director: John Brahm, John Cromwell(uncredited), André De Toth(uncredited)
Writers: Ketti Frings(screenplay), Hagar Wilde(play "Guest in the House"), Dale Eunson(play "Guest in the House")
Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 8 December 1944 (USA)
Filming Location: Providencia Ranch, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Reviews:
"This is a rare film unlike all others in its very carefully studied psychology, made almost like a documentary, but at the same time it is a thriller which constantly grows more exciting and has a dramatic climax for a finale with the unexpected reappearance of the bird problem, which is what finally gets the better of the intelligent and expertly manipulative Anne Baxter in one of her most typical and horrible roles, and she is too good at it. Ralph Bellamy as a perfectly frank and honest artist, always speaking his mind freely and acting spontaneously, is her counterpart, falling for her tricks to begin with but always realizing his mistakes. The one film that this reminds of is Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" of the same year, also an intricate study in the mechanisms of a manipulative mind too clever for his own kin. The one scene that sticks the strongest to my mind is when Evelyn Heath (Anne Baxter) opens the window to let in the storm and at the same time spy the departure of Ann Proctor with vicious triumph.
It's a great film, it can't be denied, a chamber and family domestic drama, but in curiously extremely romantic stage settings by the sea in Maine enhanced by the expertly suggestive music, adding depth to every scene of dramatic impact. The most shocking scenes are always with the girl, how Anne Baxter infernally starts using her for her schemes and then stops at nothing. It is actually a horror thriller of high psychological documentary value, with a warning for all times, to beware and never recognize a psychopath too late."
- written by "clanciai" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Guest in the House
Belgium (French title) Une invitée dans la maison
Brazil A Hipócrita
Canada (English title) Guest in the House
Chile Semilla de odio
Denmark Den farlige gæst
Greece (transliterated title) Hameno oneiro
Italy Veleno in paradiso
Mexico Semilla de odio
Portugal A Mulher Sem Alma
Soviet Union (Russian title) Призрак в доме
Spain Semilla de odio
Sweden Gäst i huset
UK Guest in the House
USA (reissue title) Satan in Skirts
USA Guest in the House
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