cricket30 Review of The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red (1935)

No one in their right mind could review this film without . . .

[6/10 · 21 August 2021]

. . . mentioning A-n-a S-a-g-e, the infamous "woman in red" (officially deemed a wench "of low moral character" by the U. S. government) who was deported to her native Romania for her role in the death of American shooting sports and Second Amendment icon John Dillinger on July 22, 1934. The USA's FBI immediately moved Sage to Detroit after this tragic debacle of betrayal (since director J. E. Hoover considered exile to the "Motor City" to be "a fate worse than death"). THE WOMAN IN RED (1935) was the first attempt by Tinsel Town to capitalize on Sage's sordid saga, but even BABY FACE could not salvage a script which glosses over the Real Life facts beyond recognition.