Review of Housewife

When married George Brent's old acquaintance Bette Davis drops back into his life, it's only a matter of time before his long suffering wife Ann Dvorak finds herself tossed to the side. Sexpot Davis challenges Brent in ways his housewife spouse can't, and she's thrust into the nasty path to divorce court. A super cast takes this standard tale of a struggling marriage to higher places that it would have been with lesser talents, and the two women represent total opposites while never upstaging the other. Had Ann Dvorak wanted to, she could have been as big a star as Davis, having the same spunk when it came to fighting for respect, but not the same type of drive when it came to having the same lengthy career. Brent compliments both ladies without being over shadowed by them, and it's easy to see why he worked with pretty much every leading lady in the 1930's. But overall, it's standard stuff that would most likely be forgotten by the time the audience got home.