| Woman in a Dressing Gown | |
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Written by | Ted Willis |
| Based on | TV play by Willis |
| Produced by | Frank Godwin J. Lee Thompson |
| Starring | Yvonne Mitchell Anthony Quayle Sylvia Syms Carole Lesley |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | Godwin-Willis Productions |
| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £450,000 (UK) £1 million (total)[1] |
Woman in a Dressing Gown is a 1957 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, and Carole Lesley.[2]
The screenplay was written by Ted Willis, based on his 1956 ITV Television Playhouse play of the same name. The producer was Frank Godwin.
The film concerns a man who is having an extramarital affair and considers divorce, and his wife's reaction to the affair. Scenes compare and contrast the man's relationship with his wife versus his relationship with his lover. These are not only very different in content, but very different in film style, shots with his lover being in extreme close-up and/or unusually framed shots. Shots of the wife are mainly in wide angle, encompassing the chaotic mess of her house.
The film is considered an example of British social realism, and a prototypical version of Kitchen sink realism.[citation needed] Modern criticism has noted that it was more progressive in the field of gender politics than the British New Wave.[citation needed]
- ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (29 July 2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198159346 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Woman in a Dressing Gown". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 November 2023.