{"id":1032821,"date":"2017-03-10T20:48:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T04:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?page_id=1032821"},"modified":"2024-01-17T23:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T07:06:19","slug":"watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr","title":{"rendered":"Watch <i>The Strange Woman<\/i>, the 1946 Noir Film Starring Hedy Lamarr"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EueX9HoBZbM?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p><em>The Strange Woman<\/em> is a noir film direct\u00aded by Edgar G. Ulmer and&nbsp;star\u00adring Hedy Lamarr. &nbsp;In its orig\u00adi\u00adnal review of the film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9807E1DF103EEE3BBC4C51DFB466838C659EDE\"><em>The New York Times<\/em> wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Undoubt\u00aded\u00adly every actress this side of ten yearns for a tour de force and Hedy Lamarr, who plays the title role in \u201cThe Strange Woman\u201d \u2026 can con\u00adsid\u00ader that yearn\u00ading whol\u00adly real\u00adized. For the somber dra\u00adma of a Suave sin\u00adner in Ban\u00adgor, Me., of a cen\u00adtu\u00adry ago affords Miss Lamarr her meati\u00adest assign\u00adment in years, a chance at large chunks of choice dia\u00adlogue and an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to wear a wardrobe that won\u2019t go unno\u00adticed by the ladies. But as a study of a sin\u00adgu\u00adlar distaff tem\u00adpera\u00adment set off by a coterie of ruined males, this adap\u00adta\u00adtion of Ben Ames Williams\u2019 best-sell\u00ading nov\u00adel of a few years back has a way of telegraph\u00ading its punch\u00ades. A reveal\u00ading dis\u00adsec\u00adtion of a preda\u00adto\u00adry femme fatale it nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless lacks moti\u00adva\u00adtion for some of its sup\u00adport\u00ading play\u00aders, pace and sus\u00adpense to make it com\u00adplete\u00adly mov\u00ading dra\u00adma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In its own write-up on the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120227091715\/http:\/\/www.noiroftheweek.com\/2006\/07\/strange-woman.html\">the web\u00adsite <em>Film Noir of the Week<\/em><\/a> calls&nbsp;<em>The Strange Woman<\/em> \u201ca film unfair\u00adly neglect\u00aded in the fil\u00admog\u00adra\u00adphy of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_G._Ulmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edgar G. Ulmer<\/a>. It also is the least talked about of the \u2018tril\u00ado\u00adgy\u2019 of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Femme_fatale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">femme fatale<\/a> \u2018hero\u00adine\u2019 pic\u00adtures made in 1946, the oth\u00ader two being the famous Gil\u00adda and the infa\u00admous Decoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now in the pub\u00adlic domain, you can watch&nbsp;<em>The Strange Woman&nbsp;<\/em>above.&nbsp;It\u2019s also&nbsp;housed in our col\u00adlec\u00adtion of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/free_film_noir_movies\">60+ Free Noir films<\/a>, a sub\u00adset of our col\u00adlec\u00adtion,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas\u00adsics, Indies, Noir, West\u00aderns, Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries &amp; More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also find an anoth\u00ader Edgar Ulmer noir film there, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/03\/idetouri_the_cheap_rushed_piece_of_1940s_film_noir_nobody_ever_forgets.html\"><em>Detour<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to sup\u00adport the mis\u00adsion of Open Cul\u00adture, con\u00adsid\u00ader <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">mak\u00ading&nbsp;a dona\u00adtion to our site<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions<\/a> will help us con\u00adtin\u00adue pro\u00advid\u00ading the best free cul\u00adtur\u00adal and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals to learn\u00aders every\u00adwhere. You can con\u00adtribute through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/help-fund-open-culture\">Pay\u00adPal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eB2GRB\">Patre\u00adon<\/a>, and Ven\u00admo (@openculture). Thanks!<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EueX9HoBZbM?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Strange Woman is a noir film direct\u00aded by Edgar G. Ulmer and&nbsp;star\u00adring Hedy Lamarr. &nbsp;In its orig\u00adi\u00adnal review of the film, The New York Times wrote: Undoubt\u00aded\u00adly every actress this side of ten yearns for a tour de force and Hedy Lamarr, who plays the title role in \u201cThe Strange Woman\u201d \u2026 can con\u00adsid\u00ader [\u2026]<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1032821","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watch The Strange Woman, the 1946 Noir Film Starring Hedy Lamarr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr\",\"name\":\"Watch The Strange Woman, the 1946 Noir Film Starring Hedy Lamarr\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-11T04:48:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-18T07:06:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/watch-the-strange-woman-the-1947-noir-film-starring-hedy-lamarr#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Watch The Strange Woman, the 1946 Noir Film Starring Hedy Lamarr\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Open Culture\",\"description\":\"The best free cultural &amp; 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