Singapore Woman

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Singapore Woman
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Directed by Jean Negulesco
Written by M. Coates Webster
Allen Rivkin
Robert Presnell Sr.
Based onHard Luck Dame
by Laird Doyle
Produced by Bryan Foy
Harlan Thompson
Starring Brenda Marshall
David Bruce
Virginia Field
Cinematography Ted McCord
Edited byEverett Dodd
Music by Adolph Deutsch
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 17, 1941 (1941-05-17)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Singapore Woman is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Brenda Marshall, David Bruce and Virginia Field. [1] The Warner Bros. B picture is a remake of Dangerous (1935) using leftover sets from The Letter (1940). The story was based on Laird Doyle's short Hard Luck Dame. At one point both Ida Lupino and Jeffrey Lynn were attracted to the project and the latter received a suspension from the studio after refusing to do the role. [2] Although Negulesco was the sole-credited director, he left the production and the film was completed by producer Harlan Thompson. [3]

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Synopsis

In Singapore troubled heiress Vicki Moore believes she has a jinx on her due to the curse hurled at her by the widow of a man she supposedly drove to suicide after playing with his emotions leading to the collapse soon afterwards of her own father's business. One night David Ritchie, a former associate of her father, encounters her drunk on gin in a waterfront bar. He takes her back to his rubber plantation and tries to give her a fresh start in life.

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Critical reception

A review in trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter described it as "melodramatic to the point of narrowly escaping absurdity" and felt that "Negulesco artistic pretensions are labored, and the histrionics he inspires, empty". [4]

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References

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