A Double Life - 1947

I have noticed something over the past few years as I have watched a lot of movies from the 19400's, 50's and 60's. Hollywood likes to hand out the accolades for actors and actresses who can pull off something very difficult on screen- playing characters which have 2 or more personalities. The Three Faces of Even, Treasure of the Sierre Madre, and this film A Double Life are great examples. Ronald Colman's performance as Tony John in this show gave him an Oscar, the film was also nominated in 4 other categories but did not win any other Oscars. Tony is an aging actor who is in love with his ex-wife, as she is in love with him. A chance comes to play the lead in Shakespeare's "Othello". Tony is hesitant because he knows he has a hard time keeping his personal life separate from his stage life during productions like this. After running the show 300 times Tony loses a sense of reality. He starts acting out scenes from the show during his real life. The show is 1.5 stars for me. Yes Ronald Colman is great but I just didn't think the movie was that great.