The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Directed by Peter Godfrey
A woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
1947 1h 39m Suspense/Mystery TV-G
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While on vacation in Scotland, Sally Morton meets and falls in love with painter Geoffrey Carroll, but ends the relationship when she learns that he has an invalid wife and a daughter. In London, Geoffrey, using a pseudonym, buys a supply of poison from pharmacist Horace Blagdon. He then sends his young daughter Beatrice away to school and takes over the nursing duties. Two years after the death of Geoffrey's wife, he and Sally have been married a year and live outside London with Bea. Geoffrey's portrait of his first wife as "Death" is superb, but Geoffrey currently faces difficulties in the studio and is irritated when Charles "Penny" Pennington, Sally's former fiancé visits with wealthy Mrs. Latham and her attractive daughter Cecily. Cecily greatly admires Geoffrey's recent one-man show and wants him to paint her portrait. At first Geoffrey gruffly turns her down, but later, because he needs the money to pay Blagdon's blackmail demands, agrees to do the work and begins an affair with Cecily. When Sally later becomes ill, the alcoholic Dr. Tuttle attributes her symptoms to a nervous disorder. One afternoon, Cecily invites Geoffrey to come to Rio de Janeiro with her, and he asks her to wait until Sally recovers from her illness. Geoffrey again plans to send Bea to a prestigious boarding school, but asks her not to tell Sally. Later, despite her weakness, Sally prepares a small dinner party for the Lathams and Penny. She asks to see Geoffrey's new pai...
According to an June 8, 1944 Hollywood Reporter news item, Warner Bros. bid $225,000 for the Martin Vale play. An undated press release included in the file on the film at the AMPAS Library reports that Paul Henreid was to star with Barbara Stanwyck. Director Peter Godfrey plays a bit as a cockney bookie in the film.
