Barbara Bel Geddes is "Caught" by Robert Ryan in this 1949 film also starring Robert Ryan and James Mason.
Bel Geddes is Leonora Eames, an attractive young woman who attends the Dorothy Dale Charm School, hoping to become a model and meet a rich man. She's encouraged in this goal by her sister, since they don't come from money. Leonora ultimately becomes a store model. When she's invited to a party on a yacht, she hesitates, but her sister encourages her to go. She dawdles for so long that she ends up sitting at the launch by herself, hoping someone comes along to take her.
The man who shows up is Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), a very wealthy man, and soon, he and Leonora are married. Ohlrig, however, is a very disturbed, controlling individual and only proposes because he's angry with his psychiatrist.
Though Leonora has money, jewels, and a life of leisure, Ohlrig is rarely home and when he is, he is verbally abusive or neglectful. Leonora leaves him, turns her back on the money, and gets a job as a receptionist in a pediatric practice run by Dr. Quinada. The doctor is James Mason. Hmm...nasty Robert Ryan with money...gorgeous, smooth-talking James Mason to whom money means very little...what's a girl to do. I only know what I'd do - in a heartbeat. Anyway, complications ensue, as Ohlrig tries to get his wife back, and she and Dr. Quinada fall in love.
Bel Geddes is appropriately sweet and vulnerable as Leonora, and of course, Robert Ryan made a career out of playing brutish, cruel men, and he's terrific. I understand that in real life, he was an absolute doll. Mason is gentle and sincere as Dr. Quinada Though the ending is a little contrived, this is still a good movie in the hands of this cast and director Max Ophuls, who makes the point that those who worship money as a god can easily find themselves -- well, caught.
Bel Geddes is Leonora Eames, an attractive young woman who attends the Dorothy Dale Charm School, hoping to become a model and meet a rich man. She's encouraged in this goal by her sister, since they don't come from money. Leonora ultimately becomes a store model. When she's invited to a party on a yacht, she hesitates, but her sister encourages her to go. She dawdles for so long that she ends up sitting at the launch by herself, hoping someone comes along to take her.
The man who shows up is Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), a very wealthy man, and soon, he and Leonora are married. Ohlrig, however, is a very disturbed, controlling individual and only proposes because he's angry with his psychiatrist.
Though Leonora has money, jewels, and a life of leisure, Ohlrig is rarely home and when he is, he is verbally abusive or neglectful. Leonora leaves him, turns her back on the money, and gets a job as a receptionist in a pediatric practice run by Dr. Quinada. The doctor is James Mason. Hmm...nasty Robert Ryan with money...gorgeous, smooth-talking James Mason to whom money means very little...what's a girl to do. I only know what I'd do - in a heartbeat. Anyway, complications ensue, as Ohlrig tries to get his wife back, and she and Dr. Quinada fall in love.
Bel Geddes is appropriately sweet and vulnerable as Leonora, and of course, Robert Ryan made a career out of playing brutish, cruel men, and he's terrific. I understand that in real life, he was an absolute doll. Mason is gentle and sincere as Dr. Quinada Though the ending is a little contrived, this is still a good movie in the hands of this cast and director Max Ophuls, who makes the point that those who worship money as a god can easily find themselves -- well, caught.