If you liked Devil and the Deep, in which Tallulah Bankhead cheats on her husband, you might like to see her in the same year's Thunder Below, in which she does the same thing. If you liked White Woman, in which Charles Bickford words on a plantation in the African jungles and seduces the boss's bored wife, you might like the change of pace in Thunder Below; Charlie plays the undesirable husband this time around.
I know, it doesn't make any sense. If you're married to Charles Bickford, why would you want to have an affair with Paul Lukas? He's sexy and virile, a great contrast to the meek intellectual Paul. After returning home from a trip out in the marshes, Charlie wants a little alone time with his wife Tallulah. She finds him too dirty, and after grumbling, "After nine years of marriage, you should be glad your husband still wants to muss you up," he agrees to take a bath. Tallulah takes that opportunity to canoodle with Paul in the library.
If you think the movie doesn't make any sense already, it only gets worse. Charlie starts stumbling around, a clear indication that there's something wrong with his health. Does Tallulah step up to the plate and assume her wifely duties? Nope: she'd rather complain about her sick husband and continue to have an affair with his pal. Really, is it such a terrible life to live in a beautiful house with a husband who adores you and feels sorry for being a burden, when he's not too much of a burden and can still keep up his husbandly duties? I think she's an idiot, but that's the story. I'd take Charles Bickford any day, with or without the stumbling.
I know, it doesn't make any sense. If you're married to Charles Bickford, why would you want to have an affair with Paul Lukas? He's sexy and virile, a great contrast to the meek intellectual Paul. After returning home from a trip out in the marshes, Charlie wants a little alone time with his wife Tallulah. She finds him too dirty, and after grumbling, "After nine years of marriage, you should be glad your husband still wants to muss you up," he agrees to take a bath. Tallulah takes that opportunity to canoodle with Paul in the library.
If you think the movie doesn't make any sense already, it only gets worse. Charlie starts stumbling around, a clear indication that there's something wrong with his health. Does Tallulah step up to the plate and assume her wifely duties? Nope: she'd rather complain about her sick husband and continue to have an affair with his pal. Really, is it such a terrible life to live in a beautiful house with a husband who adores you and feels sorry for being a burden, when he's not too much of a burden and can still keep up his husbandly duties? I think she's an idiot, but that's the story. I'd take Charles Bickford any day, with or without the stumbling.