USA, 1945
65m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Sound System)
An American fantasy film directed by Arch Oboler.
Plot Summary
Joan Ellis is forced to accept that the strange voice that she’s been hearing for all her life actually is coming from inside her head. Her alter ego is a murderous woman named Karen who is starting to take over her body and personality.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Arch Oboler
Copyright MCMXLV [1945] in U.S.A. by Loew’s Incorporated
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents. Produced by Loew’s Incorporated
Produced by: Jerry Bresler
Associate Producer: Herbert Moulton
Adapted for the Screen by: Arch Oboler from his original story “Alter Ego”
Director of Photography: Charles Salerno Jr
Film Editor: Harry Komer
Musical Score: Bronislau Kaper
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown
Cast
Phyllis Thaxter (Joan Alris Ellis)
Edmund Gwenn (Doctor Bergson)
Henry H. Daniels Jr (Bob Arnold)
Horace McNally (Eric Russell)
Minor Watson (governor)
Addison Richards (John Ellis)
Kathleen Lockhart (Mrs Ellis)
Francis Pierlot (Dr George Wilton)
Sharon McManus (small girl)
Gladys Blake (Glenda)
Will Wright (Mr Herkheimer)
Oscar O’Shea (Captain O’Malley)
Virginia Brissac (governor’s wife)
Alternative Titles
Alter Ego – working title
The Crime of Joan Ellis – working title
Demone bianco – Italy
İki yüzlü kadın – Turkey
Mundo de Sombras – Brazil
Vrăjită – Romania
Заколдованная – Russia
References
Periodicals
- Motion Picture Herald vol.159 no.12 (23 June 1945)
- Today’s Cinema vol.65 no.5232 (29 August 1945)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.12 no.141 (September 1945) p.107
- New York Motion Picture Critics Reviews vol.2 no.28 (20 August 1945) pp.248-250 – credits, reviews
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.32
