Journal of a Crime

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Ruth Chatterton, Claire Dodd, and Adolphe Menjou in Journal of a Crime (1934)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA wife shoots her husband's mistress. Afterwards, she is tormented by guilt when someone else is blamed for the crime.A wife shoots her husband's mistress. Afterwards, she is tormented by guilt when someone else is blamed for the crime.A wife shoots her husband's mistress. Afterwards, she is tormented by guilt when someone else is blamed for the crime.

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Anecdotes
The opera shown on the theatrical posters in the opening scenes is "Adelia," by Donizetti.

Gaffes
Someone as "highly intelligent" as Francoise would not have disposed of the murder weapon in a bucket of water, where someone would be sure to find it.

Citations
Dinner Guest: The way I look at it, Mr. Attorney General, there will be crimes of passion as long as there is passion.
Germaine Cartier: In my opinion, madame, the urge to kill has roots in hatred, rather than in passion or in love. Hatred in it's most severe form. Jealousy. Don't you agree with me?
Francoise Moliet: Well, you may be right, Mr. Attorney General. I don't know, but, a woman - or a man - may have a deeper motive for killing than jealousy or even love. A human being could kill because she herself has first been killed. Before she kills, the other two, the victim and her accomplice, must have killed her soul. Murdered it. A soul that murders in it's turn.

Générique farfelu
Opening credits are shown on the pages of a book, a reference to the "journal" in the title.

Connexions
Remake of Une vie perdue (1933)

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6/10

melodrama starring Ruth Chatterton

When one says the name Ruth Chatterton, one is evoking a very early period in films. Chatterton was a noted stage actress and she demonstrated a wonderful flair in films. She was kind of the Kay Francis of the very early '30s, though Francis was working by then. Chatterton had about 12 years on her so was on her way out.

In this film, she's married to Adolph Menjou. Menjou is in love with the ingénue lead in his play. She's playing for keeps and warns her lover if he doesn't get a divorce, they're through. Chatterton overhears this and kills her during a rehearsal. Her husband knows about it, but another man, a bank robber, is arrested. She refuses to go to the police.

It's actually a psychological drama, with Menjou predicting she will destroy herself because of guilt. She does start to sink downhill.

Some say this was a weak ending, and I suppose it was, but it is an interesting one, if contrived. I kind of liked it.

I think it's worth seeing some of these very early stars, and I especially enjoy Ruth Chatterton's performances.