It’s interesting because the 1950s could easily be perceived as the decade of the woman. As people fled the cities and moved into the suburbs, ushering in the era of Donna Reed and Ozzie and Harriet, cinema took note and simultaneously brought in a bevy of “woman’s pictures.” And because television was firmly aimed at housewives many of these movies, in response, were just as soapy and melodramatic. Black Widow borrows liberally from the likes of All About Eve (1950) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949) with its story of privileged Hollywood types as they navigate intrigues in a New York high-rise.
Full review: journeysinclassicfilm.com/2020/02/21/black-widow-1954/
