Harriet Craig

Harriet Craig is a 1950 American drama film starring Joan Crawford. The screenplay by Anne Froelick and James Gunn was based upon the 1925 Pulitzer Prizewinning play Craigs Wife, by George Kelly. The film was directed by Vincent Sherman, produced by William Dozier, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Harriet Craig is the second of three cinematic collaborations between Sherman and Crawford, the others being The Damned Dont Cry 1950 and Goodbye, My Fancy 1951.citation needed

Harriet is rude to the two maids and bullies the nervous one, eventually firing both of them individually. She keeps Walters friends away from the home, including his best friend Billy Birkmire Allyn Joslyn. When Clare falls in love with Walters coworker, Wes Miller William Bishop, Harriet puts an end to the romance with lies. When it appears Walter will receive a coveted work assignment that will require him to travel abroad without her, she sabotages the plans with a treacherous lie to his boss.Eventually, everyone learns the truth about Harriet. Clare overhears Harriet admit to Walter that she lied to sabotage Clares relationship. As a result, Clare packs and leaves. She would rather survive alone in the world than live with manipulative Harriet. Walter deduces that it was Harriet who convinced his boss to cancel his work assignment. When he does, he drinks straight liquor, makes himself comfortable on the pristine sofa, and intentionally smashes Harriets beloved household possession, a priceless Ming vase symbolic of her control and obsession with perfection. When Harriet finally admits to Walter that she lied about firing the longterm maid, lied to his boss, and has lied to him throughout their marriage about her inability to have children, he walks out, leaving Harriet alone with her one true love and the only thing that she can truly control the house. ........

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