Great Dramas: I Confess(1953).

I Confess(1953), is a drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, and Karl Malden . This was the only film Hitchcock made with these three actors. Biographers say he had trouble with "Method" actors such as Clift and Paul Newman, who worked with Hitchcock in Torn Curtain (1966).

Father Michael Logan is a priest in a church in Quebec City. He hires a caretaker, Otto Keller, and a housekeeper, Otto's wife Alma. Otto Keller, also works part-time as a gardener. Keller asks if Father Logan will hear his confession, there he confesses that he accidentally killed a rich lawyer Villette. Because of the binding secrecy of the confessional, Father Logan cannot tell the police anything he now knows about this crime.

At the time of the murder, two young girls saw someone leaving the house of the murdered man wearing a cassock. Evidence all points to Father Logan, who can not provide a alibi for the time of the murder. Logan, in his early life before he became a priest, was in love with Ruth.

In flashbacks: After Logan returns home from fighting in the war, Ruth and Logan ended up stranded over night on an island during a storm. In the morning, Villette finds them there and an argument breaks out and Logan learns that Ruth is married to a politician. Heartbroken, Logan leaves and does not see her for years. After which, Ruth is blackmailed by Villette. She meets Logan on the night of the murder to ask for help.

Ruth tells the police about her meeting with Father Logan to provide him an alibi. Police believes that Father Logan killed the blackmailer Villette to protect Ruth and himself. Otto Keller, takes advantage of the situation and lies to the police in order to keep suspicion from himself. Will Father Logan be convicted for the murder?

Guest in the House (1944).

Guest in the House (1944). Director: John Brahm. Cast: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon.

One summer day, the Proctor family is looking forward to seeing Dr. Dan Proctor and meeting his invalid fiancee, Evelyn Heath. Dan's brother Douglas and his wife Ann are very sympathetic toward Evelyn, who had a troubled childhood which left her physically and emotionally scarred. Evelyn soon goes up to her room to rest and plays melancholy music on the record player. Later, Evelyn faints when Lee shows her a pet bird. Douglas sketches her picture on the lampshade to calm her down. After he leaves her room, Evelyn writes in her diary about her desire for Douglas.

That Sunday, when the rest of the family goes to church, Miriam and Douglas decide to work in the studio. Wanting time alone with Douglas, Evelyn is about to join them when Dan returns unexpectedly home, she accuses him of being jealous of her. Then, Evelyn insists that he goes back to work, instead he packs his suitcase and leaves.
Evelyn next comes up with a plan to destroy Miriam's relationship with Douglas. Will she manage to connive, manipulate and destroy this family?

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The cinematography in the film, Guest in the House was wonderful and so is the performance of Ruth Warrick as the trusting wife. Absorbing and fun!

When All My Children debuted on January 5, 1970, Ruth Warrick, was among the contracted cast, playing Phoebe Tyler (the character's full name via her marriages would eventually be Phoebe English Tyler Wallingford Matthews Wallingford). The show was an instant hit and Phoebe became a popular daytime character. Warrick received Daytime Emmy Award nominations in 1975 and 1977. In 1985, she played Hannah Cord in the TV movie Return to Peyton Place.

Other Ruth Warrick performances:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Journey into Fear (1943)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Guest in the House (1944)
Song of the South (1946)
Swell Guy (1946)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
The Great Dan Patch (1949)
Let's Dance (1950)
One Too Many (1950)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)