

The Bigamist

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Like visual Twitter in 1953, a man mistreats women and asks us to feel sorry for him.
This story of an incel reply guy (traveling salesman) who slides into a woman's DMS (flirts with her on a bus) because his wife wants to have a career isn't the tragedy the movie likes to think it is. Or maybe we have a lot more experience with assholes now than they did back then.
Even worse, while the directing is strong (Ida Lupino was not just a great female director of the age, she was a great director period) the way the man is made out to be the victim make it difficult for me to enjoy the film.