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- No Man of Her Own is a film noir although it does not have the bleak conclusion of I Married a Dead Man. The difference in their endings derives from the mutually exclusive ways noir and melodrama deal with Helen’s social origins and opportunities.
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"No Man of Her Own" combines an adult love story with melodrama, runs off with the intensity of a full-bloom soap opera, and is altogether satisfying screen dramatics...Barbara Stanwyck does a beautiful job of portraying the heroine...[and] John Lund wraps up his role as the man who falls in love with a girl he believes to be the widow of his ...
No Man of Her Own is a film noir although it does not have the bleak conclusion of I Married a Dead Man. The difference in their endings derives from the mutually exclusive ways noir and melodrama deal with Helen’s social origins and opportunities.
Mitchell Leisen's No Man of Her Own (1950) is a prime example, a fiercely ambivalent and morally fraught noir that cross vectors with the "woman's film" melodrama with far more nerve and queasiness than any Joan Crawford film of the day.
- Mitchell Leisen, John Coonan, Frances Dawson
- Barbara Stanwyck
Sort of bizarre entry from Leisen as a melodrama for half the runtime and then a melodramatic noir for the second half. I enjoyed it fine enough, but No Man of Her Own never really grabbed me. Sure, I can appreciate a good Stanwyck performance and yet another engagingly outrageous set-up, but I can't say that the romance or the characterizarion ...
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- Paramount
- Mitchell Leisen
Apr 6, 2012 · Barbara Stanwyck and Lyle Bettger in Mitchell Leisen’s “No Man of Her Own,” a noir and a domestic melodrama. Olive Films. Five years later, we find him at MGM for “Bedevilled,” which was...
- Dave Kehr
No Man of Her Own: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter. A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
No Man of Her Own (1950) Directed by Mitchell Leisen Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Melodrama , Romantic Drama | Release Date - Feb 21, 1950 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 98 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR
