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Hall of Justice (1910-1967), 750 Kearny Street between Washington and Merchant. TV View photo: Ironside |
Ann Sheridan
revitalized her career with Nora Prentiss in 1947. Heavily influenced
by Joan Crawford's success as Mildred Pierce two years earlier, nightclub
singer Nora is Sheridan's femme fatale - sort of. Though movie guides are
apt to summarize the plot of this film noir classic by saying the nightclub
singer is responsible for the destruction of a respectable San Francisco
doctor, a closer look at the film reveals the good doc has only himself
to blame for his downfall. How was our heroine supposed to know he'd faked
his death to escape his marriage? Directed by Vincent Sherman, with Kent
Smith as Dr. Talbot and Rosemary DeCamp as his wife, Lucy. Bruce Bennett,
who played Mildred Pierce's husband, Frank, is Dr. Talbot's partner, Dr.
Merriam. The doctors' office is located at 795 Sutter
Street, the Belgravia apartment building. Their office was #201. Like
many San Francisco films of this era, an arrival at the Ferry
Building is a required sequence. DeCamp went on to become a very recognizable
character actress on television in the 1960s and '70s. She was the mother
of That Girl, grandmother of the Partridge Family, and an aunt of the girls
from Petticoat Junction.
Cliff
House
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