Hilda Crane

1956

Action / Drama

6
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 417 417

small town parent child relationship divorcee gossip homecoming

Plot summary

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

Director

Philip Dunne Photo
Philip Dunne

Top cast

Guy Madison Photo
Guy Madison as Russell Burns
Gregg Palmer Photo
Gregg Palmer as Dink Bromley
Peggy Knudsen Photo
Peggy Knudsen as Nell Bromley
Jean Simmons Photo
Jean Simmons as Hilda Crane Burns
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740.78 MB
1280*502
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 3
1.4 GB
1920*752
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 6 / 10

The Bride Wore Yellow

If there were a variant on the Bechdel Test that involved a film containing a scene in which two women are engaged in a conversion and one of them is incessantly talking about herself - and particularly about her feelings - 'Hilda Crane' would pass such a test with flying colours.Despite both male leads being of the Alpha variety, the real action derives from the interaction of the women of the piece; especially the conflict between sweet Jean Simmons (suffering in the lap of luxury while draped in furs in the sort of role you'd normally expect to see Joan Crawford) and grotesque matriarch Evelyn Varden.
Reviewed by info-1405 7 / 10

Too low-rated psychological period drama but...

I am surprised to read so many bad reviews of this movie on IMDd after having watched the restored version in glorious Technicolor and CinemaScope. Jean Simmons shines as usual and most of the secondary characters deliver a more than satisfying performance. Editing, cinematography and direction are fine.So I agree with the former review untitled "Feverish melodrama, fifties malaise", except for one important point: I found the David Raksin score to be extremely annoying in the numerous intimate scenes with dialogue, undermining them with strings. It's not a matter of using dissonant music, rather a too old fashioned, and sirupy approach. Except for the opening titles and a few short dynamic passages, Raksin did a lousy job which actually deserves an otherwise very good film.
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