Product Details

• Actors: Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke, Laurie Lind, Douglass Dumbrille
• Directors: Alfred Zeisler
• Writers: George Bricker, Lawrence Lipton, Royal K. Cole, Sherman L. Lowe
• Producers: Anthony Z. Landi, Constantin J. David
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2004
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00011D1FY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,276 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Alimony" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 01/27/2004

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Glad I kept my quality video of this, February 14, 2012

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Gael Shellenberger "tvsgael22" (Carlsbad, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alimony (DVD)

I once put this movie out in a high quality VHS, from a SVHS master of an original 16mm film transfer. The picture and sound were five stars. Glad I kept it, because who wants to settle for an Alpha video dupe from an inferior copy.

3.0 out of 5 stars Exposing the Alimony Racket, January 20, 2010

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Acute Observer (N. Jersey Shore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alimony (DVD)

Alimony, 1949 film

The film begins in a city where a Packard ambulance takes a passenger to a hospital. Kitty Travers, was just released from prison. There is a flashback to start the story. Dan Barker is a songwriter, he used to sell shoes. Kitty Travers is a new roomer. She can earn $250 by posing as "the other woman" in a divorce action. "Be practical." Dan and Kitty become friendly. Dan drops Linda. A car accident prevents a show, and Dan's success. Did Dan learn his lesson? Dan's song becomes a hit. Kitty acts to share in the success. Linda is in `the family way'. Kitty shows her singing talent. Dan spends a lot of money, then a lot of time writing songs. Kitty breaks up with Dan. Does he turn his life around?

Kitty becomes friendly with George Griswold, the builder. Her lawyer Burt Crail wants Kitty to file for divorce, so he can share from the settlement. Kitty has no choice. Will they set up George Griswold for a picture in a divorce suit? There is a surprise in a courtroom when the claims of Kitty's lawyer are refuted! "Marriage is a sacred institution." Alimony exists for the protection of women and children. The tables are turned, the schemers go to prison. Will Kitty find happiness back home?

This morality play tells about the alimony racket of that era. Does it still go on today? Are there still songwriters with one hit song?

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remember the ALIMONY, December 24, 2008

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alimony (DVD)

THE STORY:

A man from a small town arrives in NYC to search for his daughter. He meets a songwriter who knows the girl-- her adventures in the big city are told in flashback.

Kate has modeling aspirations. She changes her name to "Kitty" and settles at the same boarding house where the composer (Dan) lives with his girl (Linda). Kitty's friend (Helen) tells her how easy it is to make a living in the alimony racket, by abetting frame-ups as a co-respondent. When Kitty can't find work as a model, Helen introduces her to a divorce lawyer (Burt) and he manufactures evidence by having Kitty photographed with a married man.

After working for the attorney a while, Kitty hatches her own scheme: to hook up with Dan, who's right on the verge of success. Dan leaves Linda after falling for Kitty, and writes a song for her that becomes a hit. He later returns to his ex; Kitty coerces him into allowing her to sing "their song" on his national tour. Dan again abandons Linda for Kitty, but when the royalty checks dry up she dumps him. For a second time, Dan returns to the long-suffering Linda.

Kitty marries a millionaire and her attorney friend runs the usual scam on the man by photographing him with another woman. When the divorce case goes to trial, some surprise evidence is revealed.

ALPHA VIDEO is a provider of vintage movies, serials and TV programs, many of which aren't available elsewhere. Their prices are fair, but so is transfer quality of some of their offerings. None have undergone restoration, yet the market scarcity of their material and an honest price make these DVDs a worthwhile purchase.

A related ALPHA item:

In the light-hearted comedy MISBEHAVING HUSBANDS (1940), department store owner Harry Langdon tries to convince his divorce-minded wife that the blonde she saw him with was only a window mannequin.

Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.

(6.1) Alimony (1949) - Martha Vickers/John Beal/Hillary Brooke/Laurie Lind/Douglass Dumbrille/James Guilfoyle