Weird Woman (1944)

Weird Woman: Directed by Reginald Le Borg. With Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan. While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn’t know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some kind of supernatural being.

“Professor Lon Chaney Jnr (Norman) returns from the jungle with his new wife Anne Gwynne (Paula). He slips back into life at the college but his wife has brought with her a multitude of voodoo trinkets. Two other women at the college, Elizabeth Russell (Evelyn) and Evelyn Ankers (Ilona), donu0026#39;t take kindly to Paula and her jungle ways. Two deaths follow and the guilty party must be brought to justice. Will superstition win the day and dish out some justice? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a well-paced film that has good performances from all, especially Elizabeth Russell. She is both funny and scary and has a very direct, no-nonsense approach which gives her the best lines. Evelyn Ankers is also good as Ilona. We know who the guilty party is as the film unfolds but this does not take any mystery away from the proceedings as we are never quite sure what to expect next. There is something lacking with the lead female role, though.”