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Actors: Brenda Marshall, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler, William Gargan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Strange Impersonation |
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STRANGE IMPERSONATION is a movie directed by Anthony Mann and released in 1946.
Nora Goodrich is a New York scientist who wants to try the new anaesthetic she's manufactured before marrying her colleague, the Dr. Stephan Lindstrom. During the experiment, her assistant Arline Cole, also interested in Lindstrom, provokes a lab accident that leaves Nora Goodrich disfigured.
While Nora is recovering at the hospital, Arline tells Dr. Lindstrom that the doctors want Nora to be alone for a couple of weeks and, to Nora, she says that Lindstrom doesn't want to see her anymore. Nora gets out of the hospital and she's blackmailed by Jane Karaski, a no-good woman she's accidentally slightly hit with her car a few weeks before. Jane Karaski falls from Nora's building and Nora lets people think that she (Nora) was the one who committed suicide.
Nora flies to Los Angeles in order to get plastic surgery. The next year, she comes back to NYC with a new face, the face of Jane Karaski, and is hired as Dr. Lindstrom's assistant. She wants now to take revenge on Arline Cole who's managed to marry Lindstrom since.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Strange Impersonation |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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