Ep 52: Fay Wray in Ann Carver's Profession (1933)

Best known for being fancied by a gigantic ape, in real life, Fay Wray contended with a beast far worse--her first husband, screenwriter John Monk Saunders. She gave strong performances even when her home life was less than desirable. In Ann Carver's Profession, she plays a hot-shot attorney who routinely lands on the front page. As her career progresses, her on-screen husband (played by Gene Raymond) suffers untold misery because she forgets that he doesn't take sugar in his coffee. I close the episode with a brief passage from Fay Wray's memoir, On the Other Hand: A Life Story.