Jeanne Neher Movies
- 1961
Originally released by Monogram in 1950, Frigid Wife stars Margaret Field (mother of actress Sally Field) in the title role. Eloping with Robert Clarke, Field leaves her new husband when she realizes her inability to fulfill her wifely duties. Attempting suicide, she is rescued by kindly psychiatrist Reed Hadley, who discovers that the root of Field's problem is her behemoth mother. In 1961, The Frigid Wife was reissued as A Modern Marriage, with a prologue and epilogue tacked on to give the film the veneer of a "case study." Appearing in the newly shot sequences were Jeanne Neher, Sondra Fisher, Sid Noel, Bob Carr, and Ken Elliot, favorites all. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Invisible Avenger is an ultra-cheap melodrama set in New Orleans. The hero, Lamont Cranston (Richard Derr), is a student of mysticism and mind control. At crucial points, Cranston is able to hypnotically "cloud men's minds" so that they cannot see him. If this sounds familiar, it's because Invisible Avenger was the unsold pilot film for a TV series based on the famed pulp-novel and radio detective "The Shadow". This hour-long pilot was released theatrically by Republic after the TV series failed to sell. The plot concerns the machinations of a banana-republic dictator who fakes his own death in order to draw his country's true ruler out of exile, the better to kill the man. Cranston and his mentor Jogendra (Mark Daniels) set things right by pulling their invisibility act. Filmed on location using "natural light" by legendary photographer James Wong Howe, Invisible Avenger is dramatically uninvolving, but holds marginal interest for modern viewers due to the curiously "close" relationship between Lamont Cranston and his instructor Jogendra (who at one point exhibits jealousy when Cranston eyes a pretty girl!) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1950
The sexual dysfunction of a married couple provides the basis of this thought-provoking drama that was originally released in 1950 and was then re-released 11 years later with a prologue tacked on. In the prologue, the couple begin attending a group therapy session helmed by a prominent doctor. Neither the husband and wife are able to enjoy sex. The doctor then tells them a story and this story is the original 1950 film of a sexually repressed and unresponsive bride who ends up trying to kill herself. Fortunately, a psychiatrist helps her to see that her overbearing mother is the cause of her difficulty. This story inspires the first couple to keep working on their problem. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Reed Hadley, Margaret Field, (more)
