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Dec 31, 2019 · Praise for And Dangerous to Know "Wilde's heroine is not only a useful woman but a highly entertaining one." --Kirkus Reviews “The Regency frame is skillfully woven through a story that features surprising plot twists and an engaging subplot concerning Rosalind’s dilemma over whom to marry—Harkness or a duke who will allow her to reclaim her past.” --Booklist “Captivating…
- Darcie Wilde
"Dangerous to Know is in many ways an homage to the Victorian authors, such as Mary Elizabeth Braddon, that Alexander so obviously loves. Gothic elements abound: there is a ghostly face in a tower window; other-worldly cries echo through the night; madness haunts a family; and an asylum looms large in the plot.
Dangerous to Know View more photos Critics Reviews View All (4) Critics Reviews. Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut Damsel in distress story of a neo-noir variety adapted from his own novel by David ...
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Dec 28, 2019 · New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther hated this movie. He said in a March 11, 1938 review: “The most recent victim of the last-of-gangster cycle would seem to Tamiroff, the squat and guttural Moscovite whom Paramount ingeniously burdened with a leading role in “Dangerous to Know,” now showing at the Criterion.
Film Length. 7 reels. Racketeer Steve Recka (Akim Tamiroff), art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying (Anna May Wong), his beautiful Oriental friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase (Gail Patrick), a socialite not impressed by his power nor his...
Apr 7, 2020 · Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know has a really gripping synopsis: a budding art historian heroine spends her summer in Paris investigating the role of a mysterious woman from the Ottoman Empire who features in works by Alexandre Dumas (most notably the author of The Three Musketeers), the Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, and the famous English poet Lord Byron.
