…the Commie “honey trap” in The Woman on Pier 13 (a.k.a., I Married a Communist) had an (unremarked upon) Diego Rivera print on the wall of her apartment.
Most intriguing, however, was the presence of Diego Rivera’s painting, The Flower Carrier, 1935, the original of which measures almost four by four feet, that hung as a reproduction in several B-movies of the early Cold War period and apparently served as a trope for “evil” doings, such as sinister Communist Party machinations. A monitor carried segments of the films Bury Me Dead, 1947; Where There’s Life, 1947; I Married a Communist (also called The Woman on Pier 13 and Beautiful but Dangerous), 1949; In a Lonely Place, 1950; and The Prowler, 1951.
Although that symbolism may be accidental…
