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TomJH

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  1. Dargo, I've always regarded THE BIG COUNTRY as one of the most impressive westerns that I've seen. My main complaint about the film would be its excessive length. Wonderful cast, with Burl Ives a standout but terrific work, too, by Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston and a wonderful Chuck Connors, a far cry from the same character that he would play as The Rifleman on TV. AND The Big Country has one of the truly GREAT western film scores by Jerome Moross. Few westerns have had musical as epic or rousing as this one. However, western buffs simply don't talk about this William Wyler film the way they do about the Ford westerns or Magnificent Seven or Shane or countless others. And I think the reason for it may be twofold 1) the film doesn't have any big shoot 'em up scenes, and 2) fatal for a western, the film has a pacifist message. Macho heroics will trump an intelligent screenplay that advocates non-violence every time for most western film buffs. This is NOT the kind of material which would have been offered to John Wayne. As for the over-the-top Duel in the Sun, this film has too many virtues to be dismissed. The great cinematography as well as musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin, plus the performances of many of the members of its supporting cast, Lionel Barrymore, memerably hard and vindictive, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish and, my favourite, Walter Huston as the sinkiller gunslinging minister. I love that look of lust in Huston's eye even as he prays for poor Pearl Chavez, as well as those cowpokes that he thinks will need some consoling if Pearl isn't around for them. Even that over-the-top ending, in which the two lovers kill each other. I can understand the difficulty that people may have in taking it seriously. However, I have to appreciate, as well, the sheer audacity of filmmakers Selznick and King Vidor daring to have a climax that is so passionate even if it is ludicrous at the same time. However, as much as I like Gregory Peck in The Big Country (an ideal role for him, really), I find him to be miserably miscast in Duel in the Sun. Here's a link to that wonderful Jerome Moross score for the Big Country (skip the ad): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifxqOVt_YE8 And here's a link with Gregory Peck discussing the Big Country and problems that he has with the film:
  2. *YOU NEVER CAN TELL* (1951) A Universal-International comedy-fantasy about a german shepherd, who has inherited a fortune from a millionaire, being murdered and returning to Earth in the form of a human private detective in order to uncover his killer. Dick Powell plays detective Rex Shepherd and the actor is clearly having a good time in the role, poking a little fun at his own screen image as a gunshoe in Murder My Sweet. It's fun for the audience, too, with Powell frequently resorting to dog-like behaviour, such as playing with a rubber ball with his feet then crawling on all fours under a desk when the ball rolls there. The problem for this dog in human form is that he has to remember that he's not a dog when humans are around and, well, sure he's a bright dog, but it gets complicated, know what I mean? And I defy anyone to name another movie in which an actor ever busily chowed down on doggie kibble with quite the same nonchalance as Powell in this film. Powell is accompanied by Joyce Holden in his investigation. She use to be a horse, Golden Harvest, in a previous lifetime but now she's Goldie Harvey, human assistant to Rex Shepherd. Some think that Holden's funny performance actually steals scenes from Powell, which is really saying something. In a 2008 interview Holden said that it was Powell who really directed You Never Can Tell, though screen credit goes to Lew Breslow (this was two years before Powell's official directorial debut in Split Second). Holden also said that Powell was a generous actor, and if she stole scenes from him it was because he allowed her to. In any event, You Never Can Tell is highly recommended as a light hearted romp, inventive and quite original. Just watching Dick Powell starting to growl at those around him he doesn't like is worth the investment in your time. 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  3. *SILVER RIVER* (1948) A lavishly mounted western which died at the 1948 box office and has remained largely neglected in the years since, Silver River remains often compelling viewing due to its strong characterizations and the interplay of those main characters. It is also noteworthy for being one of only two screen occasions in which Errol Flynn played a disreputable character. The film really works more successfully as a character study than it does a convention western, though it does begin with an exciting Civil War action sequence, directed with the panache only to be expected of Raoul Walsh. Walsh was always interested in his characters, however, often bringing a greater sense of depth to the drama. While not one of the great Walsh films, Silver River has always been an underrated production. Playing Mike McComb, a Union officer unfairly cashiered from the army, who turns bitter and into an ambitious opportunist, eventually a corporate buccaneer in the silver mining business, Flynn is effectively understated and nuanced in his interpretation of the role. It remains, in fact, one of the actor's best performances. The Stephen Longstreet screenplay, based upon a novel of his, draws direct parallels to the Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba. Like David, Flynn is a man who desires another man's wife, enough to send that man into Indian territory in the hopes that he will be killed. Ann Sheridan gives a strong, gutsy performance as the woman, demonstrating considerable screen chemistry with Flynn, while Thomas Mitchell has a field day as the conscience of the film, judging Flynn's behaviour, in a colourful characterization as a drunken lawyer (clearly derivative of his Doc Boone performance in Ford's Stagecoach). Some of the best scenes in the film, in fact, are between an understated Flynn and the flamboyant Mitchell. Bruce Bennett, as Sheridan's husband, brings a sense of decency to the role (a real contrast to Flynn's character), and Tom D'Andrea, as Flynn's friend, adds a welcomed laid back humorous touch to a few scenes, as well. Raoul Walsh brought a sensitivity to one of the film's best scenes. It occurs towards the end, after Flynn's fiancial empire has (predictably) collapsed, and his palatial home is being cleared by all its possessions by contractors for his creditors. By this time in the film Sheridan, as his wife, has left Flynn, as well. The only possession in the home that Flynn doesn't want touched is a giant portrait of Sheridan that hangs on a wall. Flynn leans against a door jamb, a fornlorn figure reading a newspaper, trying to act nonchalant to the activity of his home being stripped all around him. He has a brief dialogue exchange with D'Andrea, his only friend, who then departs, leaving Flynn alone with the workmen. Flynn stops reading the paper and pushes himself away frm the door jamb. Behaving stoic about losing his possessions, he then starts to walk away. He stops for a moment, though, and, almost as if by irresistible impulse can't help but look to his side and then upward. Walsh's camera follows Flynn's gaze and it rests upon the giant portrait of Sheridan. With that one telling scene, Walsh and Flynn have etched a searing depiction of loneliness and vulnerability. With everything else that is currently being stripped from him, the one thought that most torments him is the loss of his wife. The empire building opportunist has finally received his comeuppance. Certainly Silver River is not without its flaws. It has a noticeably weak ending but that takes nothing away from the strong character interplay which had made the film so frequently compelling. This is the only Flynn western that is not available on DVD. Fortunately, TCM shows the film quite often, so viewers will have the opportunity to see that in the last of the seven features in which Errol Flynn was directed by old buddy, "Uncle" Raoul Walsh, that on screen magic between the two men was still there. 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  4. *THE FURIES* (1950) Director Anthony Mann really hit his stride in "A" productions with his three westerns of 1950. While Winchester 73 remains his most famous and best of this trio, this Freudian effort with a dominating central role for a woman should not be overlooked. The crux of this film, based on a novel by Niven Busch of Duel in the Sun fame, is of the love as well as competition that exists between a larger-than-life land baron who has become something of a legend within his own time and his strong willed daughter who, ultimately, seeks to out fox the old fox. The film is also to be remembered for two moments of stunning violence, one a hanging, the other involving a pair of scissors. Both acts of violence, in turn, taint the characters responsible for them though, by the film's end, there appears to have been a softening of attitude in order to find a sense of forgiveness for what were, in fact, heinous acts (though one, to be fair, was an impulsive act, while the other was purely cold blooded vengeance). The Furies, a name that refers to the New Mexico territory that the land baron owns, is also a film, like one of Mann's other 1950 westerns, Devil's Doorway, that provides a sympathetic portrait of racial minorities, in this case Mexicans. While the land baron would just as soon see them, as squatters in his view, off his land (ready to resort to violence, if need be), his daughter sees them as human beings and has, in fact, a lifelong friendship, perhaps even relationship, with one of them. Personally, I think this could have been an even stronger film if it had explored the possibililty of that relationship but, perhaps, audiences in 1950 weren't quite prepared for that. Mann uses the landscape, in particular the ominousness of black mountains, at times beautifully photographed, well. This is not the picturesque beauty of a John Ford western here. Somehow the land itself seems, at times, as threatening as are the actions of some of its inhabitants. The Furies further benefits from some really superior performances from its cast. Barbara Stanwyck fans will have reason to rechoice her strong performance here as the daughter. She is passionate, strong, gutsy, just like her father. The latter role, that of the land baron, is played by Walter Huston in his last screen role, and it's a glorious career finale. Few actors have departed with a more impressive performance than Huston who is booming, larger than life, his character at times selfish and, on one occasion in the film, turning cold-bloodedly vindictive. Huston is a pure joy in this complex role. Also scoring well are Gilbert Roland, genuinely noble as the head of the Mexican family living, much to the aggravation of Huston, on his land, and Blanche Yurka. Yurka's part is small but her cackling performance is strong and her character plays a pivotal role in the story resolution. There is also a terrific performance by Judith Anderson as the woman Huston brings to his estate much to the frustration of Stanwyck. Then there's Wendill Corey. Ugh! A genuinely obnoxious character played with a smug smile by the charmless Corey which does not make him any more palatable. Oh, well, let us glorify instead in the scenes of love and conflict between Stanwyck and Huston, as well as those at-times ominous black-and-white images of the countryside, curtsy director Mann and cinematographer Victor Milner. And to cap if all off, a booming, dramatic musical score by Franz Waxman. 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  5. Thank you, TB. It's nice to get further confirmation that Come Next Spring is a winner. I would love to see this bucolic piece sometime. As a fan of Ann Sheridan, I find it frustrating that one of her best films is so hard to find.
  6. Crime Without Passion has an opening like no other than I have ever seen in a film. That's why I'm glad I found that YouTube Link for it. You don't have to take my word for it but instead see it to judge for yourself. But the entire film is a real treat, especially for Claude Rains fans. And that Hecht-MacArthur screenplay is really clever. But nothing is as wild in the film as its first three minutes. It is, to put it mildly, a real attention grabber. By the way, there are some websites that offer DVDs of Crime without Passion, though I have no idea about the quality of those images. For those intrigued by that opening I linked it might be worth a gamble. Here's an ebay link, for example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Crime-Without-Passion-1934-Claude-Rains-Margo-DVD-/300600937520
  7. Thanks, TB. I have found it very hard to come across most of the films that Ann Sheridan made in the '50s. I'm going to recommend one, though, sight unseen, because, according to any reviews that I've read, it's a wonderful little drama. *COME NEXT SPRING* (1956) is, apparently, a lovely slice-of-life of small town Americana, starring Steve Cochran as an alcoholic who returns to his wife (Sheridan) and family in their Arkansas town years after having deserted them. Cochran's task is to try to win back not only his family, who have been managing well on their own, but the community, as well, which regards him as a disgrace. Said Ann Sheridan in an interview with John Kobal not long before her death: I'd rather you remembered me for something else, like *Come Next Spring *(1956). That was a good little picture. It was a sleeper. If it had been sold properly, it could have done well. But, unfortunately, it was part of *Steve Cochran's *package for *Republic*, and *Herbert Yates *(the president of the studio) didn't care whether it sold or not. It was supposed to have A bookings all over the place. Well, it didn't. No point in crying over it, but it could have done well. But they had this personal feud going on between *Steve *and *Yates*, and the film paid for it. But I never got better word of mouth and reviews than for that. It was a sleeper that was never allowed to wake up. *Republic *was really a cowboy studio, you see. If anyone reading this has seen Come Next Spring, and would like to make a contribution about this rarely seen film, it would be much appreciated.
  8. CRIME WITHOUT PASSION (1934) Produced, directed and written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, this fascinating production has an eye opening, jaw dropping opening montage sequence that will have any viewer riveted to the screen. It depicts the three vengeful Furies of Greek mythology created from the blood of murder victims, flying high over the skyscrapers of a major metropolis in diaphanous gowns, almost naked underneath, looking like the wives of Dracula, as they smash windows and laugh manically while observing moments of passion between these wee weak mortals. It's a stunning combination of Lee Garmes photography and the economical but still impressive visual effects of Slavko Vorkapich. While nothing in the rest of the film is quite so audacious as this opening (how could it be?), Crime Without Passion stills remains a witty and highly inventive production. Aside from the cleverness of its screenplay, much of the strength of the fim lies in the perfect casting of Claude Rains as a highly successful defense attorney who specializes in using every trick of the law in order to get clients of dubious innocence off scott free. Buoyed by the self-satisfaction of his own legal brilliance, Rains is openly contemptuous of the police and opposing attorneys. Aside from that, however, Rains has women trouble, and the film deals with this cunning attorney's unintentional involvement in a crime and his attempt to cover his own tracks. This was, in fact, Rains' first completely visible performance, following his Invisible Man screen debut, and he's a joy to watch, smooth, contemptuous, a manipulator used to playing with the courts and the lives of others. Now he is using that brilliant legal mind of his to try to extricate himself from a jamb. It's apparent from the film's opening, however, that the Furies are watching. Appearing as the two women in Rains' life are Margo as a passionate night club dancer of whom the attorney has tired, and Whitney Bourne as the contrasting icy society lady with whom he is now obsessed. Rumour has it that cinematographer Lee Garmes actually directed most of this independent production, released by Paramount. The film also benefits from its dramatic, at times Latin sounding musical score by Frank Tours. Keep your eyes open and in a brief hotel lobby scene you will see a brief wordless cameo by Mrs.Charles MacArthur, a young Helen Hayes. The climax of the film, set in a night club, is suitably ironic and delicious. Crime without Passion is a little seen gem that is, unfortunately, hard to find. However, for those interested, here is a link to a YouTube showing of that knockout bizarre opening sequence. Hold onto your seats, folks: 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  9. Lupino got a bit of a raw deal from Warners. Even though she had shown that she was capable of great dramatic stuff in her early films for the studio, Warners stopped giving her really strong material after The Hard Way. The one later exception to that I will now include on this thread: THE MAN I LOVE (1947) Raoul Walsh, of all people, directed this sensitive portrait of relationships in the big city, much of the film set in night clubs. The film opens with a great sequence inside a jazz bar with Ida Lupino lip synching a wonderful heart-felt rendition of Gershwin's title tune. Walsh allows a number of the individual musicians, the sax player, the drummer, the coronet player, to all have their brief closeup moment in this sequence. Lupino's chemistry with these musicians is apparent as she strolls amongst them, a cigarette in her hand, at one moment in mid-song leaning to light the pianist's cigarette with her own. The feeling of the sequence is romantic, nostalgic and decidedly moody. "One day he'll come along," Lupino sings, "the man I love, And he'll be big and strong, the man I love . . ." And those lyrics give a strong clue as to what this film about lonely people in the big city, searching for the right relationship, is all about. Yes, there are myriad characters introduced early in the film which threaten briefly to overwhelm the story. Fortunately, though the story comes back to rest where it should - upon Lupino, stung from a sour relationship. She encounters sleazy saloon owner Robert Alda, on the make for any woman he can get, as well as Bruce Bennett, another loser in the love wars but with Bennett Lupino and the audience can detect a sense of decency. But he's a guy was has been hurt by a woman and he's afraid to commit. Raoul Walsh, who usually cared about his characters, unlike some other directors known for action films, seduces the audience with the milieu captured in the jazz clubs, as well as the persuasive performances of the leads - Lupino, Bennett (one of the best performances of this actor's career, he carries a quiet anguish about him), as well as Alda, who is fairly odious. The film also has, in a sub plot, a fine turn by Dolores Moran as a bored trollop who is only trouble for those around her. The Man I Love has, in my own opinion, a memerable bittersweet ending which does not compromise its story. It's the film's opening scene, however, when Lupino and those musicians do their tribute to Gershwin that is probably the film's finest sequence. That alone makes this film worth several viewings, in my opinion, which is possible, since TCM does broadcast THE MAN I LOVE on occasion.
  10. Not quite, James. It was the success of Lupino's performance in The Light That Failed that lead to her getting a Warners contract.
  11. THE LIGHT THAT FAILED (1939) Paramount's handsomely mounted adaption of the Kipling novel about an artist who is slowly going blind. Ronald Colman is fine in the lead role but it's Ida Lupino in her breakthrough role as the scheming Cockney street girl hired by the artist as a model who steals the show. Lupino asks for no audience sympathy in her portrait of a bitter, manipulative, needy survivor. She makes the viewer understand her, however, as an illustration of what can happen to a human being who hasn't had many breaks in life. The most memerable scene for Lupino is probably that in which artist Colman browbeats her into laughing. Lupino is reluctant to do so at first, but Colman continues to shout at her until she suddenly has a huge outburst of prolonged hysterical laughter. Lupino's character seems to lose all control in this sequence, which may well have lead to her being cast the following year in They Drive By Night in which, in the final courtroom scene, Lupino again has a similar moment. And, just as in The Light That Failed, Lupino pretty well stole all her scenes in that film, as well. The ending of the The Light That Failed can best be described as Kiplingesque.
  12. *FRedCDobbs wrote:Do you really think a big professional gang of bank robbers would go to some marina and hire the first down-on-his-luck boat owner to use in their escape with hundreds of thousands of dollars in loot?* Except that the bank robbers didn't do that. Being crooks, they sought the advice of another crook, or semi-crook, the sleazy little operator who had a finger in every pie, played by Wallace Ford. And it was Ford that recommended Garfield to them because he knew that Garfield might go for it because he was desperate for money. The crooks then interviewed Garfield to see what he was like before commiting themselves to him, probably intending to kill him once they were done with his services anyway. They weren't going to take any chances on Garfield doing something to lead to their capture. Besides, The Breaking Point is not about the crooks. It is about Garfield, and it deals with the fact that, unlike Bogart who helps out the Free French because, beneath his cynical fascade, he's a true patriot after all (hello, didn't we already see that in Casablanca?), Garfield's Harry Morgan is ready to endanger his life by dealing with gun totting criminals because he is DESPERATE to put food on his family's table. That kind of desperation to survive shown in THE BREAKING POINT is one of the reasons, I think, that so many people can probably identify with Garfield's character. And that would still apply today in this time of high unemployment. Bogart is a hero in his version doing what heroes do and that's fine, if that's what you're looking for. Everyone can enjoy the escapism of a film like To Have and Have Not. And the film works well on that superficial level, augmented by the chemistry between Bogie and Bacall. The Breaking Point, however, is rooted more in everyday reality. That doesn't make it dull, in my opinion, as you said earlier. That makes it more gripping, especially with the excitement that a director like Mike Curtiz could bring to the action scenes and the strong character development which pulls an audience into the story, making it care what will happen to those people. That's why, to me, The Breaking Point is far more emotionally compelling than watching Bogart just do another variation on Casablanca, this one with a Martinique setting. You made reference to Walter Brennan as Bogie's barfly sidekick. Brennan gives an enjoyable performance in the film (as does the great Hoagy Carmichael, I might add). However, the relationship between Garfield and his shipmate Juano Hernandez has far more depth of feeling, I think. And Garfield's actions will, ironically, lead to the death of that shipmate, leading, in turn, to one of the most poignant final images in a film that I've ever seen - the little boy alone on a dock looking for his father, not knowing that he is dead. I'm not knocking To Have and Have Not which is a slickly produced entertainment, a wartime combination of romance and propaganda. The Breaking Point, for me, however, has far more emotional resonance for the reasons stated. Harry Morgan also remains for me the role by which I most identify John Garfield because the desperation of his character, the "a man alone ain't got no chance" theme of the film which he keeps repeating toward the end, would soon echo the actor's own situation in his personal life. Unlike his Harry Morgan character, however, John Garfield would not survive. I'm glad, at least, that in his second last film role Garfield had the opportunity to deliver one of the great performances of his career.
  13. Jake, have you ever noticed that Raoul Walsh's Distant Drums is largely a western remake of the same director's Objective Burma?
  14. HELL ON FRISCO BAY (1955) A '50s throwback to the gangster sagas of the 1930s, Hell on Frisco Bay (largely shot on location in Frisco), was produced by star Alan Ladd's own company, Jaguar, and released through Warner Brothers. It was directed by Frank Tuttle, the same man who had guided Ladd to stardom in This Gun for Hire, 13 years earlier. A tale of revenge, it features Ladd as an ex-cop just released from prison out to find the hoods behind the murder for which he was unjustly convicted. Essentially a programmer, this crime drama is still of interest largely because of an above average cast, including beautiful Joanne Dru as Ladd's ex-wife, Paul Stewart as a sympathetic gangster and Fay Wray in one of her last film roles as a former movie star. Above all, though, the film boasts the powerful scene stealing performance of Edward G. Robinson as a waterfront gang boss. Robinson dominates his every scene with the same force of personality that had made him a star over two decades earlier. And, just as he had done when given a "supporting" role as Johnny Rocco in John Huston's Key Largo, Robinson essentially makes this film belong to him. Robinson's Vic Amato is a bully and sadist, contemptuous of anyone who dares to oppose him and deriving pleasure from tormenting those in a position of powerlessness. This is particularly the case with his own henchman, well played by Paul Stewart. Stewart's character has a nervous facial twitch, one that brings great pleasure to Robinson who makes frequent derisive comments about it. Hell on Frisco Bay, once a regular staple viewing on television, has, unfortunately, become a genuinely difficult film to find for many years now. Ladd,[/i]JackWarner,EdwardG.Robinson+(1955).jpg] Jack Warner on the set with the two stars
  15. 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She was very attractive but never really got much beyond being used for cheesecake purposes in the movies, unfortunately.
  16. James, since Treasure wanted to have a happy ending for Curtain it seems kind of appropriate to me that he visit Cody's widow. After all, he had talked earlier in the film of his happier days when harvesting fruit, he was clearly aimless at the film's end after having lost the gold, and perhaps wise old Howard, who cared about his young friend, thought that he might wind up with a bit of matchmaking going on between the widow and Curtain. Okay, maybe that part's a bit of a stretch. Fortunately, Cody's family wouldn't know anything about the fact that the three gold prospectors, including Curtain, would have knocked off the head of their family if the bandidos hadn't beaten them to it. Curtain was a nice guy, generally speaking, and it's nice to think that things might work out for him there. I think that Treasure very nicely wrapped up all its loose strings at the end, including that fact that neither Curtain nor Howard held any malice towards poor greedy mad Dobbsie
  17. *{font:arial, helvetica, sans-serif}It's no mean trick to alter a Hemmingway story to make it better. If HE thinks {font}{font:arial, helvetica, sans-serif}The Breaking Point{font}*{font:arial, helvetica, sans-serif} *is the best adaptation of HIS story, it only means it appealed to his WAY over-bloated EGO! (which STILL wasn't as bloated as his LIVER!)* And it could also mean that Hemingway actually saw a GOOD film based on a work on his. I haven't seen any other film adaptions of his works as impressive as THE BREAKING POINT, though The Macomber Affair deserves an honourable mention.{font}
  18. Thanks, bob39. I guess old Iron Eyes spent most of his life fooling everyone that he was a real Cherokee-Cree. (I sure bet he fooled DeMille). Apparently he lived his life like a Native American, though, including marrying an Indian, and investing himself in Indian causes. And, of course, he is also remembered for the "crying Indian" environmental commercials done for the Keep America Clean campaigns. 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  19. ALIAS NICK BEAL (1949) Yet another of the Paramount films in the Universal vaults that remain hidden from view, Alias Nick Beal was a modernized 1940s varation on the Faust tale. Visually it's decidedly film noirish in appearance, not only with its foggy exterior shots but with its moody dark black-and-white interior photography, as well. Thomas Mitchell plays an honest district attorney crusading against the crime elements of the city who encounters a mysterious stranger, the Nick Beal of the title, who helps him by producing ledgers that result in a major crime conviction, making Mitchell toast of the town and a leading candidate for state governor. Mitchell compromises his integrity, however, by acquiring the ledgers illegally, without a search warrant, just the first in a series of shady dealings that the mysterious Beal makes for him. Beal first emerges in the film by literally stepping out of the fog and he remains a character that makes sudden appearances when least expected. Two people will be in what they consider to be a private conversation only to then have Beal suddenly appear in a corner of the room and join their talk. Doors do not seem to be really necessary for him. He is just suddenly appears in a room. The most interesting casting of the film is that of suave, debonair Ray Milland as Beal. Displaying a surface charm and attractiveness, Milland plays the role with the smug conviction of someone in control and a cold implacability. At one point he passes a Salvation Army gathering on a dark foggy street and overhears a former sinner proclaim how he had beaten the Devil and pinned his shoulders to the mat. Milland comments, "I wonder of he knows it's two falls out of three." Audrey Totter also scores well in the role of a bar trollop that Milland seduces with a beautiful apartment and fur coat into assisting him in his corruption of Mitchell. In one effective sequence Milland feeds the lines of dialogue to Totter that he wants her to use in an upcoming conversation she will have with Mitchell. In this conversation with Totter Milland also supplies Mitchell's dialogue. Totter is leery of him but also cynical. "Brother, how corny can we get?" "Never mind that," Milland says, "just remember your lines." "Yeh," Totter snaps back, "but will he remember his? You must be out of your head because he is not going to say any of those things or even a part." Milland's reply is a smug smile. Minutes later Mitchell is in the room talking to Totter, with Milland peering around the corner. Totter begins what she thinks is a charade with the lines fed to her but, much to her shock, Mitchell responds to her with the exact lines of dialogue Milland had just spouted. Totter becomes frightened and suddenly ends the conversation, trying to force Mitchell from the room. Even as he is pushed out the door, however, Mitchell is still repeating the exact lines of dialogue that Milland had mouthed. One of the reasons, I feel, that Alias Nick Beal works as well as it does is that the Faustian theme, while obviously there, is never overstated. The film adapts a reasonably subtle approach to the "buying a man's soul" material. It is only towards the end of the film that a friend of Mitchell's, a minister (played by George Macready), begins to speculate that Beal could be Lucifer. Mitchell, of course, laughs off his suggestion. "We're in the 20th Century. Nobody's believed in such things since the Salem witch burnings," Mitchell says. "Aren't there a few things missing?" he adds, "Where's the tail and horns? Where's the smell of sulfur and brimstone? And where's the contract signed in blood and talking about the delivery of one slightly used soul?" There is a slow closeup on Macready's face as he provides an eerie response, "Maybe the Devil knows it's the 20th Century, too." This '40s Faust, with film noir visuals, remains an intriguing handsomely mounted production well worth a viewing.
  20. One of the great beauties, in her prime during the 1960s. Years ago I was walking with a friend who suddenly commented that she thought she looked like Sophia Loren. My friend was very attractive, high cheek bones, large eyes, but never for a moment did I think of Loren when I looked at her. Incredibly, when we then walked into a store a cashier, out of the blue, made the comment that my friend looked like, yes, Sophia Loren. I was stunned by the coincidence of the timing, especially since we had never been in that store before. There are times, though, since then, when I see a picture of Loren's face in repose, or pouting a little, when I can see a certain superficial resemblance, such as in the picture of the actress that I'm posting here. That was a long time ago, and we've both changed since then. She no longer looks like Sophia (sort of) and I no longer look like a guy lucky to be walking with someone who looks (sort of) like Sophia Loren.
  21. The Breaking Point, in my opinion, is a great, far truer, version of the Hemingway novel than Hawks' To Have and Have Not. Hemingway himself called this film the best screen adaption of any of his works. The Hawks-Bogart version works well on the level of screen charisma and the chemistry between Bogie and Baby. There isn't much suspense in the film - all real concentration is upon the film's two stars and they're famous "If you want anything - just whistle" dialogue exchange. It's a slickly mounted production that works on old-fashioned star power. The Breaking Point works on a deeper, more complex level, I feel. It benefits from superior characterizations by all the cast, none more so than John Garfield in the lead. Garfield's character is a vulnerable flawed anti-hero uncertain of his ability to succeed, as opposed to Bogart in Super Hero mold who, the audience knows all along, will emerge a Super Hero Winner. Therefore, the Garfield version is both more suspenseful and emotionally involving. Viewers want to be a straight forward take-no-bull hero like Bogart but are far more likely to connect with the human failings and doubts shown by Garfield. The Hawks version really doesn't care all that much about the story while the Mike Curtiz-Garfield version immerses its strong characterizations into a gripping story line of a man desperate to support his family who resorts to illegal means to do so, with the dire results that are produced, some of which the protagonist clearly doesn't envision. I like the Bogart version well enough but I think the Garfield version is an outstanding film, too long neglected. While everyone was oohing and awing over Bogie and Baby in the more famous version that wouldn't have all that much going for it if its stars didn't sparkle together the way they do, the Curtiz-Garfield version disappeared from sight for many years. We are fortunate that Breaking Point is now available, to compare to the Bogart version, if you like, but even more so to appreciate what a maturing, more nuanced performer Garfield was becoming just before his film career crashed because of the political climate of the time. For those who like Michael Curtiz films, Breaking Point was the last time that the director was in truly great form.
  22. THE HANGING TREE (1959) A low key, intelligent "adult" western, set in a rough Montana mining camp, dealing with the relationship between an attractive new Swiss arrival, blinded as a result of a stagecoach robbery, and the gunslinging doctor with a mysterious past who tends to her injuries. Delmer Daves directs a strong cast, all of whom rise to the occasion to provide this intriguing drama with superior characterizations and great character interplay. Gary Cooper was experimenting with his screen image in a number of his later film roles. Doc Joe Frail in The Hanging Tree is by far the most successful of his attempts to play mysterious individuals, a considerable contrast to the open faced innocents that had been the actor's bread and butter roles in the past. Just look at his Jess Birdwell performance in Friendly Persuasion from three years before to see a polar opposite role for the actor. In support of Cooper, Maria Schell gives an intelligent and sensitive performance as the soft spoken new arrival who turns out to have more fire in her belly than is first apparent. Karl Malden has a field day in a colourful role as Frenchie, a loud, lecherous low life pretty much capable of just about anything that his conniving little mind can think up, while George C. Scott, in his film debut, makes a very strong impression as a camp religious zealot who despises Doc Frail for reasons that are never quite explained. Malden, by the way, also took over the directorial chores of the film for a few days after Daves fell ill. There were a lot of '50s westerns that had ballad song accompaniments, but The Hanging Tree has one of the best, created by Mack David and Jerry Livingstone, with great lyrics sung by Marty Robbins. As if that wasn't enough, the film further benefits from the expressive background musical accompaniment by the great Max Steiner. The Hanging Tree, beautifully filmed in Washington state, has a terrific climax, both genuinely suspenseful and satisfactory. Cooper, whose facial features had become increasingly craggy in his later years, has his aging appearance work well for him in this role. His Doc Frail is tough, surly, manipulative, a noted fast gun capable of gunning a man down if sufficiently aroused but at times unexpectedly sensitive and caring. He is also a man tortured by something from his past. This would turn out to be the last really good role and film of the actor's long career. The Hanging Tree has been broadcast on TCM a few times now. Hopefully it will be again, for those looking for a western of intelligence, with strong characterizations. hanging[/i]tree+2.jpg]
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