Dangerous (1935)

A successful architect (Franchot Tone) falls under the spell of a washed up alcoholic actress (Bette Davis in an Oscar winning performance). But her self destructive behavior may well be his downfall too. Based on HARD LUCK DAME by Laird Doyle and directed by Alfred E. Green. This rather hoary melodrama is bolstered by Davis's pull out all the stops performance and if she never quite turns a sow's ear into a silk purse, she takes yet another step in establishing herself as the screen's greatest actress. Poor Franchot Tone doesn't know what hit him! What her character sees in this dry piece of white bread is a mystery. Indeed, even Margaret Lindsay as Tone's fiancee seems no match for him. This is Davis's show all the way although I did like Alison Skipworth as Tone's housekeeper. But oh that schmaltzy ending! With Dick Foran and John Eldredge as Davis's creepily masochistic husband.