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The story involves three married couples in a small Westchester County, New York town. The wives receive a message, just as they are about to take a group of school children on a riverboat ride and picnic, that a fourth woman has run off with one of their husbands. A series of flashbacks intimates the reasons why each wife might be the one deserted. One is Deborah (Jeanne Crain), who grew up on a farm. Her only worldliness comes from service in the Navy during World War II. She feels out of place at the social occasions that her husband Brad (Jeffrey Lynn) enjoys (and grew up in). Another is Rita (Ann Sothern), a career woman who writes sappy stories for radio soap operas. Her teacher husband George (Kirk Douglas) feels somewhat emasculated since she earns a substantial portion of the household income and is turned off by his wife giving in to demands of radio managers. The third, Lora Mae (Linda Darnell), grew up poor but succeeded in bulldozing Porter (Paul Douglas), the wealthy owne96 days ago
Synopsis: Set on the coast of Maine, an elderly blind woman fears losing her sister to a charming Russian emigre.181 days ago
Opening title credits and the introduction of columnist Casey (Richard Conte), operator Crystal (Ann Sothern) and sketch-artist Harry (Raymond Burr) in Fritz Lang's The Blue Gardenia, 1953.436 days ago
For Maisie #9, Maisie (Ann Sothern) battles crooks out to steal an inventor's ideas in Up Goes Maisie (1946).488 days ago
Ann Sothern, typically a light-hearted comic actress, does a 180 here as a murderess whose crime is witnessed by her victim's daughter.
