Paul Panzer

The Perils of Pauline -- Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she 'opens' for a delayed Shakespeare play...

Mildred Pierce -- Whatever Veda wants, her mother, Mildred Pierce provides. Even if Mildred must end her marriage, climb atop the male-dominated business world and marry a wealthy man she doesn't love. 'I'll do anything,' Mildred says, but does anything include murder?

It's hard to say what creates more tension in Cry Wolf, the nerve-tingling atmosphere or the romance between Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn. Sandra, a recent widow who visits her husband's family for the first time, finds herself drawn to a man she knows she should fear: her husband's remote, controlling uncle (Flynn). He seems to know secrets about the eerie cries, the laboratory and why his nephew was buried in a closed coffin. Can Sandra uncover the truth before a second death occurs?

What Veda wants, her mother Mildred Pierce provides. Even if Mildred must end her middle-class marriage, climb atop the male-dominated business world and marry a wealthy man she doesn't love. "I'll do anything," Mildred says in explaining her love for her daughter. But does anything include murder?