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Ivy is a 1947 American crime drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall and Richard Ney. It written by Charles Bennett, based on the 1927 novel The Story of Ivy by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. [1]
Ivy: Directed by Sam Wood. With Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney. An Edwardian belle meets a rich bachelor, but what to do about her husband and her lover?
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Sam Wood
- 1947-09-03
Ivy is a 1947 American crime FILM NOlR directed by Sam Wood and written by Charles Bennett, based on the 1927 novel The Story of Ivy by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes. The drama features Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall and Richard Ney.
- 99 min
Joan Fontaine is in the title role of Ivy, a completely amoral social climber who when we meet her is juggling three different guys, husband Richard Ney, former lover Patric Knowles who can't get her out of his system, and her next interest the very rich Herbert Marshall.
The first femme fatale in a gaslight film noir is Joan Fontaine’s Ivy in 1947. The original New York Times review of Ivy suggests a shorter running time would have improved the film. But tightening the narrative would come at the expense of reducing what’s best in Ivy, a noir visual style that is compelling from first scene to last.
In Edwardian London, ambitious Ivy Lexton (Joan Fontaine) finds herself saddled with feckless husband Jervis (Richard Ney) while resisting the advances of old flame Dr. Roger Gretorex (Patric Knowles) and not resisting those of the very wealthy Miles Rushworth (Herbert Marshall).
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In Sam Wood’s under-appreciated Ivy, Joan Fontaine plays social climber Ivy Lexton, who enacts a highly efficient ploy to rid herself of both her penniless husband Jervis (Richard Ney) and obsessive lover Roger Gretorex (Patric Knowles) so she can marry the much wealthier Miles Rushworth (Herbert Marshall) and live like an Edwardian princess.
