A Double Life
A Double Life

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Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, he's impossible to be around. it's terrible to be around him. That's why his wife Brita divorced him: although she loves him and still works with him, she couldn't stand to live with him anymore. So when Anthony has the role of Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon ove... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in A Double Life:

Ronald Colman
Signe Hasso
Edmond O'Brien
Shelley Winters
Ray Collins
Philip Loeb

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Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, he's impossible to be around. it's terrible to be around him. That's why his wife Brita divorced him: although she loves him and still works with him, she couldn't stand to live with him anymore. So when Anthony has the role of Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him; with each day, Othello's murderous jealousy fills his mind more and more.

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EmanuelLevy.Com - 8/10 by Emanuel LevyCukor's first teaming with writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin draws on the professional hazard of actors who fail to distinguish between their lives on stage and off; Ronald Colman won the Oscar for this part.
Combustible Celluloid - 4/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonIt was the role of a lifetime, for any actor, but Colman got it, and he nailed it. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and he deserved them.
User Review - 10/10 by George Dexcellent 1940's film noir, with brilliant acting by Ronald Coleman who got an Oscar for this; very disturbing movie of a Shakesperean actor who gets mentally lost in the role he plays
User Review - 10/10 by Miriam GAn incredibly well-written movie with cynically insightful eyes. While it's hard to detach Coleman from his "Zenda" sex-symbol status and see him as a great actor, he does his job admirably, deserving every inch of the Academy Award he won for his work on this movie. The Othello scenes both onstage and off are well done and extremely spooky. This is really more of a Gothic thriller than film noir, and it fits well into the pantheon of Universal horror films. Absolutely worth a watch, but leave yourself time for reflection afterward, as it's very emotionally involving.
User Review - 10/10 by Robert PMagnificent dark sudy of the dark side of acting and a fine early example of filming the stage. Multi-layerd and insightful use of language, editing and sound to create a portrait of a man disintegrating into a vacuum. INtersting to note how the "real" version of the story is more filmic than the theatrical one. Although momentum is lost a bit as the police investigation starts, the darkness and depth is never lost
User Review - 8/10 by Anthony SRonald Coleman deserves and wins the Oscar for his role as an actor unable to distinguish between reality and the stage. It had some pretty dark and chiling moments, although some of the support actors could use some work. Coleman blends old school theatrics with excellent delivery.
User Review - 8/10 by Andy FA far from routine thriller, this great noir mixes Shakespeare's Othello with intrigue and romance. Colman is fantastic as is Signe Hasso.
User Review - 8/10 by Timothy CColman gives one of his greatest performances of his career and won an Academy Award as a Shakesperean actor whose off stage life imitates his theater role of Othello where he kills a woman he believes to be Desdemona. Electrifying suspense, laced with crackling dialogue and melodrama. Winters, in one of her earliest roles, is divine as the victim of Colman's madness. This film gives new meaning to the phrase "disappearing into a character."
User Review - 8/10 by Aj VAn actor gets too involved in his roles and eventually looses himself in the role of Othello. Colman gives a great performance in this movie.
User Review - 8/10 by Indi VAnyone with an interest in acting or theater should see this movie. It's very intriguing. The plot of the film is about an actor who gets so involved with a role (in this case, Othello), that he loses his grip on reality. This movie came out a few years before Brando and method acting made a big splash in movies, but it's easy to see how an actor could lose themselves in such a role. Daniel Day-Lewis, for one, is famous for his level of investment, and given the characters he's played, we should be grateful he hasn't snapped yet. The actor in question is played by Ronald Colman, a bit of a shame his Oscar win for this film isn't brought up too much, because it's one of the most well deserved wins in the category. Colman is spot on, making his transition feel natural and realistic, something the characters in the film stress when they discuss Desdemona's death scene. It really is a fascinating performance by Colman. The rest of the movie, while adequate, isn't firing on the same cylinders Colman is. Most of the newspaper men and policeman come off as bad stereotypes, but thankfully they're not around all that much. No, this is the Ronald Colman show and he doesn't knock it out of the park, he knocks it into the next state.

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