joan fontaine star a the villain in this victorian era film . she convincingly play the married woman who have a lover on the side and also set her sight on a wealthy man and mile rushworth who be play by herbert marshall . mr. marshall be quite good a mile . miss fontaine act her part to perfection she be at the same time cunning and calculating and innocent look and frighten and charm . it take an actress with extraordinary talent to pull that off . joan fontaine look absolutely gorgeous in the elegant costume by travis banton . also in the film be joan mother and lillian fontaine a lady flora . i highly recommend this film .