“Madam X” is a melodrama film where Lana Turner plays a woman from a lower class background who marries into a wealthy family. Her husband is away frequently, and Turner’s character falls into an affair with a man who dies suddenly. Her mother-in-law blackmails her to leave the country, and, as a result, is absent from her son’s life for many years. The heavy drama proceeds from there.
The screenplay by Jean Holloway is written well enough for a major motion picture, adapted from the 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson. Director David Lowell Rich (“See How They Run” 1964) put together this glossy film with great production values. The cast includes Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Bennett, Keir Dullea, Joe De Santis, John van Dreelen, Virginia Grey, and Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell.
The watchable “Madam X” was successful at the box office for producer Ross Hunter, Ross Hunter Productions, Eltee, and Universal Pictures.
Madam X (1966)
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My Review
“Madam X” is a melodrama film where Lana Turner plays a woman from a lower class background who marries into a wealthy family. Her husband is away frequently, and Turner’s character falls into an affair with a man who dies suddenly. Her mother-in-law blackmails her to leave the country, and, as a result, is absent from her son’s life for many years. The heavy drama proceeds from there.
The screenplay by Jean Holloway is written well enough for a major motion picture, adapted from the 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson. Director David Lowell Rich (“See How They Run” 1964) put together this glossy film with great production values. The cast includes Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Bennett, Keir Dullea, Joe De Santis, John van Dreelen, Virginia Grey, and Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell.
The watchable “Madam X” was successful at the box office for producer Ross Hunter, Ross Hunter Productions, Eltee, and Universal Pictures.