Not Wanted

Not Wanted is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and Ida Lupino and starring Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle and Leo Penn.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles D. Hall. Shooting took place at the Universal Studios.

Synopsis[]

After abandoning her home town to follow a travelling musician, a young woman is abandoned by him and then finds herself pregnant.

Cast[]

• Sally Forrest as Sally Kelton
• Keefe Brasselle as Drew Baxter
• Leo Penn as Steve Ryan
• Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Aggie Kelton
• Wheaton Chambers as Mr. Kelton
• as Joan
• as Nancy
• as Jane
• Ruth Clifford as Mrs. Elizabeth Stone
• Ruthelma Stevens as Miss James
• as Mrs. Banning, Infant's mother
• Marie Harmon as Irene
• as Bill Aikens
• Gregg Barton as Patrolman
• Charles Seel as Dr. Williams
• Lawrence Dobkin as Assistant District Attorney
• as Reverend Culbertson

Critical reception[]

The film has been received positively by modern critics. It holds a 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews.^[2]

Richard Brody of The New Yorker in a glowing review lauded the film and Lupino's direction writing,

Lupino displays a documentary avidity for the details of work and play. She conveys Sally’s unworldly, impractical passion with tender, intimate closeups and an intense, effects-driven subjectivity—a hallucinatory sequence in a hospital is a masterpiece of low-budget Expressionism. An incongruous yet majestic chase scene, highlighting a photogenic array of Los Angeles locations, projects the intimate melodrama onto the world stage.^[3]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Daniel Bubbeo. The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each. McFarland, 2001.

External links[]

• Not Wanted at IMDb

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