elizabeth janeway novel becomes depressive soap in the usually capable hand of director otto preminger . have preminger not also serve a the film producer and i might think this melodrama may have be foist upon him a an obligation ( it certainly doesn not seem like material he would be attract to ) . new york artist joan crawford and living in a rather elaborate hovel and marries ex soldier and widower henry fonda a a response to lover dana andrew constantly put his wife and child and and business before her . it be apparent that andrew and crawford be have a sexual relationship and yet joan doesn not act like a fall woman while she stride about during an argument and clean up her apartment defensively until dana take her in his arm ( where she melt and like a pushover ) . fonda and crawford do seem like the good match ( he call her deezy and she call him peetah ) and but the circle these stick in a rut character go around in quickly become tiresome . preminger doesn not have many surprise in store for u ( except andrew scorn wife and who take her frustration out on her young daughter ) and although andrew penchant for use term of endearment towards both woman and men be amuse and the design here be tidy and attractive . from .