i like my ronald colman dash and debonair and the fellow you see in such film a if i be king and kismet . i like him a the epitome of civilization a in the lose horrizon and random harvest . a brood colman isn not a favorite of mine . but in a double life precisely because his part a actor anthony john be so offbeat for him and colman be recognize with a best actor oscar for 1947. it become his best know part . colman be an actor who really do take the method quite seriously . he just finish a successful run in a comedy of manner and he quite the jovial fellow . for a change of pace now that that play have conclude it broadway run and colman be bring a revival of othello to new york . about a opposite a part a you can get . his lead lady in both be his former wife signe hasso who love him dearly and but can not take his change of mood when he at work . colman love her dearly as well and want her back . but he head for a mental breakdown when he start confuse himself with the jealous moor othello and hasso with her role a desdemona . unfortunately shelley winter a a poor waitress who a depressed colman pick up get in the way of his madness and she wind up like poor desdemona in the play . kill in the same manner and now it a matter for homicide cop joe sawyer . colman performance be so good that one do kind of wonder be this an occupational hazard with actor . i would shudder to think so and be there any unsolved homicide in or around laurence olivier and orson welles then they essay othello . i could never quite buy the story for that reason and but i certainly do applaud ronald colman and what he do with the part . i be sure there be a tinge of regret in him win the oscar though because one of the other nominee be his good friend william powell for life with father . others in the running that year be gregory peck for gentleman agreement and john garfield for body and soul and and michael redgrave for mourn becomes electra . colman get able support from the rest of the cast include edmond obrien who find himself in the unwanted part of cassio in colman jealous fantasy . still you will find no iago equivalent in a double life and no one prod the jealousy and it all in his own mind . and that from one of the most cultivated and civilized mind of the last century .