That Certain Woman
That Certain Woman is a 1937 American melodramatic film written and directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda and Anita Louise. It is a remake of Goulding's 1929 film The Trespasser, Gloria Swanson's first sound film.
Plot
Mary Donnell is a naive young woman married to Al Haines, a bootlegger who is killed during the St. Valentine's Day massacre. To support herself, she has taken a job as a secretary to married attorney Lloyd Rogers, who is attracted to her but keeps his feelings secret. Jack Merrick, Jr., the playboy son of a wealthy client, elopes with Mary, but his disapproving father interferes and has the marriage annulled. Soon after, Mary discovers that she is pregnant and decides to have the child without informing Jack.
More details
| author | Edmund Goulding |
|---|---|
| director | Edmund Goulding |
| editor | Jack Killifer |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | bootlegger illegitimate child kill married morning naive young woman rum-running social class st. valentine's day massacre young woman |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | melodrama romantic drama silent |