This Was a Woman
Fri, Nov 20, 2026at 7:00 PM
24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Price not available
This screening presents Tim Whelan’s 1948 British drama *This Was a Woman*, a black-and-white film about a toxic matriarch whose manipulative behavior devastates her family, including her daughter and husband. The film is described as a British variation on *Craig’s Wife* (1936), escalating into a story of perverse control and murderous fury.
When: November 20, 2026
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Venue: Harvard Film Archive
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Sonia Dresdel, Barbara White, and Walter Fitzgerald
Run time: 102 minutes
Format: DCP presentation in black and white
DCP source: Park Circus
Series: Part of *Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema, 1945–1960*
Tickets: Price not available