Ardel Wray inspired by the life of the notorious English pirate Edward Teach and set to star Boris Karloff. Remarried and living in Hollywood, Wray left RKO shortly before she gave birth to her daughter in May 1945. Her last produced screenplay for Lewton, "Isle of the Dead", was released in September of that year, a few days after Japan surrendered, ending WWII. Lewton's films had played a major role in returning RKO to profitability during WWII but, when the war ended, audiences lost interest in horror movies. When Bedlam lost money, RKO did not renew Lewton's contract and his group disbanded.
What to Expect When You're Expecting (film) the end of May, the film grossed $26,293,359 in the United States. In total, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" grossed $41.2 million domestically, for a worldwide gross of $84.4 million. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 22%, based on 133 reviews, with the site's critical consensus reading, "The cast is stocked with likable performers, but "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is too disjointed -- and too reliant on stock rom-com cliches -- to live up to its distinguished literary namesake." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 41 out of 100, based on 30