context: The film is based on the eponymous bestselling novel by Ben Ames Williams, first published in 1941. The film takes place in the 1840s in Bangor, Maine, "a lustful and scandalous city in the throes of growing problems." The young strong-willed woman Jenny Hager (Hedi Lamarr), thanks to her attractiveness, immorality and ability to manipulate people, “using men for personal pleasure and as a stepping stone to wealth”, makes her way from the bottom to the public and business elite of the city [1].
question: In what year does the movie "The Strange Woman" take place?
answers.text: 1840s