Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is based on Jill Lepore’s book The Secret History of Wonder Woman (you can read my review of Lepore’s book here). Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and Radcliffe, William Moulton Marston created Wonder Woman and the comic book that became a sensation back in the 1940s. As if creating the most popular female superhero of all time wasn’t enough, Marston also maintained a love triangle with his wife and a student.
If you’ve read the early Wonder Woman comics, you’ll notice a thread of sadomasochism running through those issues. Marston, his wife Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall), and the student (Bella Heathecote) get into some kinky S&M. And we learn where Wonder Woman’s sexy costume originated. If you’re looking for something outside the mainstream, I recommend Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. GRADE: B+
What a fantastic story – Marston also invented the lie detector!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Marston_and_the_Wonder_Women
Hadn’t known about him at all.
George, your blog is a neverending source of wonders …
Wolf, I try to entertain and enlighten those who visit my blog. Thank you for your kind words!
I liked this quite a bit. It has been poorly marketed and is almost gone from here.
Patti, same here. PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN opened and closed here in a week. It deserved a bigger audience.
I think it opened when we were in Toronto. I don’t remember seeing any promotion here at all.
Jeff, PROFESSOR MASTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN is worth seeing. I haven’t seen any ads for it, either.
When I was catching up on my papers that accumulated while I was out of town, I noticed this was the only movie that got a 4 star review, most were 2-2 1/2 and yet it disappeared.
Maggie, as Patti and Jeff pointed out there was ZERO promotion for this movie. It’s well worth seeing.
D+
Rick, you’re a hard grader!
Absolutely no interest in the subject, the film, the players. It is only fair to mention I did not see the thing.
Rick, perhaps a more appropriate grade might be an “I” for INCOMPLETE.