Tag: Eleanor Parker
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Interrupted Melody is an interesting example of economic storytelling. The film covers about ten years, has a number of strong character relationships, but moves gently through all of it. It’s got moments where there isn’t any dialogue, just the look between characters, it’s got a great love story–and, even better, a great struggling marriage. Director…
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Entertaining comedy-Western has Clark Gable trying to find some hidden treasure. Only thing is he’s got to convince, seduce, or steal from the original thieves’ widows. Adding to the trouble, besides there not being enough Gable to go around, is their very protective mother-in-law, Jo Van Fleet. Too thin but nice stuff with Gable, Van…
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Slow-moving (but nothing compared to the W. Somerset Maugham source novel) and quite good adaptation about existentially miserable Paul Henreid, who–despite becoming a medical doctor–can’t get over his club foot, which sets him on a course of self-destruction involving a common waitress, played by Eleanor Parker. Phenomenal performance from Parker, good one from Henreid, great…
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A little too long but good enough adaptation of Sutton Vane’s play, OUTWARD BOUND, updated to a World War II setting. A group of Warner Bros. contract players end up on the same mysterious ship without any memory of how they go there. Even in this new environment, their existential baggage overwhelms them. Paul Henreid’s…
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Outstanding Civil War Western with William Holden as the hard-ass Union prison camp captain who falls for visiting Eleanor Parker. Only her ex is Confederate captain John Forsythe, who breaks out while she’s there and she lambs it out with him. So Holden goes after them only for an Indian tribe to ambush them. Great…
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