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...transition of Aldous Huxley's short story, "The Gioconda Smile," into a motion picture, "A Woman's Vengeance," was effected only with a loss in subtle force equal to that suffered in the change of titles. But all of Huxley could not be distilled out fortunately, and that which remains raises the film far above the usual "psychodrama." His writing of the scenario produced dialogue more profound than that, ordinarily heard in film...
...Woman's Vengeance. Jessica Tandy and Charles Boyer in Aldous Huxley's story of jealousy and murder (TIME...
...Woman's Vengeance. Jessica Tandy and Charles Boyer in Aldous Huxley's story of jealousy and murder (TIME...
...Woman's Vengeance. Jessica Tandy and Charles Boyer in Aldous Huxley's story of jealousy and murder (TIME...
...Woman's Vengeance (Universal-International), an original screenplay by Aldous Huxley, ran into more than the customary flurry of title trouble. Huxley worked the script up out of his short story, The Gioconda Smile. The studio, advising him that this title was "too obtuse," asked him to try again. Huxley cheerfully suggested another he has used successfully: Mortal Coils. After a good deal of considering, U-I rejected that one on the grounds that people might mistake it for Brooklynese for "curls" or "girls" (doubtless a goil named Moitle...