Year of release: 1940
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Writers: Patrick Hamilton, A.R. Rawlinson and Bridget Bowland
Running Time: 84 mins
Production Companies: British National Films
This film in particular is extremely relevant to research regarding women in the British media as in this film the woman is targeted as insane and vulnerable by a strong male character, which in turn feeds the stereotype of women as the submissive. Yet as the film goes on the male dominant is discovered to be the insane recipient, which is only recognised by one of the characters, the rest (representing the public) shows how the subject of the woman being insane is easily acknowledged and perceived, no questions asked.
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