NORA PRENTISS ( 1947 )

How would you like a little film noir in your adultery?  Yes…there will be SPOILERS:

Nora Prentiss kneels before the ashes of her dreams of  home, hearth and a husband of her own

“NORA PRENTISS” is really a showcase for Ann Sheridan. Director Vincent Sherman gloriously holds the camera on her many times, to which I, as a Sheridan fan say “Yay!” She’s excellent. As Nora Prentiss, she hadn’t sign up for this. She’s not a bad guy; no vixen or femme fatale or Vamp. She wants to be married, have kids, live out in the open. It gets increasingly dark for her too. She soon sees he’s not any closer to divorce and this is not working out for her in an open way.

THE PARADINE CASE ( 1947 )

Hitchcock introduces us to Mrs. Paradine.

His camera slowly revolves around her. He gives her a breathtaking close-up which brings us closer to her than personal decorum or propriety would allow. Alida Valli plays Mrs. Paradine, this cool, beautifully austere, unapproachable looking woman. And she is being charged with murder.