The Razor's Edge
US (1946): Drama
Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power), breaks off his engagement to Isabel (Gene Tierney) and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray (John Payne), and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot (Clifton Webb). During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie (Anne Baxter), a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who has tried in vain to reignite Larry's interest in her. George Cukor, a friend of novelist W. Somerset Maugham, was set to direct, but disagreed over the adaptation with Twentieth Century-Fox production chief Darryl F. Zanuck and was replaced by Edmund Goulding. Supporting cast includes Herbert Marshall, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore and Elsa Lanchester. (IMDb)
4 nominations, 1 Award
· Best Supporting Actress 1946: Anne Baxter
· Best Picture 1946: Darryl F. Zanuck, producer (20th Century-Fox)
· Supporting Actor 1946: Clifton Webb
· Interior Decoration (Black and White) 1946: Richard Day & Nathan Juran - Art Direction, Thomas Little & Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration