A movie post!
May. 6th, 2013 03:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valarltdI have watched 5 movies this weekend. I spent most of it off the computer.
But the time has come for me to clean out the DVR. So I started with the Errol Flynn folder.
I watched:
Green Light 1937--Early role. You can tell he's not the star he will become after Robin Hood in 38. This is a dull little drama about a doctor who takes the fall when a patient dies on the operating table. He does it to protect an older colleague from complete poverty. There are two women who love him as well, a surgery nurse, and the daughter of the dead woman. Sir Cedric Hardewick is Dean Harcourt, a local preacher and radio sermonizer, and he plays a major role. I can respect preaching, but this was extremely wishy-washy preaching that never mentions God at all.
Edge of Darkness 1943--Powerful war picture. He's at his peak in this, and it shows. But then, he was always at his easiest to work with doing movies for the war effort, since every branch of the service turned him down, repeatedly.
The Nazis are occupying the Norwegian fishing village of Trollness. Ann Sheridan is beautiful and icy as Karen, one of the leaders, and Walter Huston turns in a fine performance as her father, the town doctor. Judith Anderson (before she became a Dame) is heartbreaking as the village innkeeper who is in love with one of the Nazi soldiers.
Bit of trivia:
The Minister of St. Olav's Church for Norwegian Seamen, Hans Stesness acted as a a technical advisor to the production for the religious scenes, according to a press release for this movie held at the AMPAS Library. St Olav's Church is situated in the environs of the Los Angeles Harbor and is now known as the Norwegian Seamen's Church, San Pedro and it is part of the Norwegian Church Abroad. Richard Fraser portraying village Pastor Aalesen was personally lent a robe by Pastor Stessness for wearing in this film.
Never Say Good-bye 1946--Comedy. This is the movie Mrs. Doubtfire wants to grow up to be. Little girl works to get her divorced parents back together. This uses some of the classic cartoon gags, including the "Mistaking a Doorway for a Mirror" number. But again, you saw the livetweets. They also make him sing in this one.
Cry Wolf 1947--Gothic. Flynn's decline has set in. The bottle is clearly holding him, instead of the other way around. He sleepwalks through this Barbara Stanwyck vehicle as the sinister Uncle Mark, giving an inconsistent performance to her square-shouldered, square-jawed doctor of geology.
Annoying personal aside: I knew it was only a gothic/noir thriller. But I couldn't help thinking it would be better if they were all werewolves. I had a Wakko Warner moment, the one where he's checking the air sickness bag after being told it's a barf bag. "No fair. Mine's empty." "No fair, there weren't any (were)wolves at all." Geraldine Brooks would have made a terrific werewolf too...
I also caught A Princess of Mars with Traci Lords and Antonio Sabato Jr. It was surprisingly watchable. But you saw the Live Tweets.
But the time has come for me to clean out the DVR. So I started with the Errol Flynn folder.
I watched:
Green Light 1937--Early role. You can tell he's not the star he will become after Robin Hood in 38. This is a dull little drama about a doctor who takes the fall when a patient dies on the operating table. He does it to protect an older colleague from complete poverty. There are two women who love him as well, a surgery nurse, and the daughter of the dead woman. Sir Cedric Hardewick is Dean Harcourt, a local preacher and radio sermonizer, and he plays a major role. I can respect preaching, but this was extremely wishy-washy preaching that never mentions God at all.
Edge of Darkness 1943--Powerful war picture. He's at his peak in this, and it shows. But then, he was always at his easiest to work with doing movies for the war effort, since every branch of the service turned him down, repeatedly.
The Nazis are occupying the Norwegian fishing village of Trollness. Ann Sheridan is beautiful and icy as Karen, one of the leaders, and Walter Huston turns in a fine performance as her father, the town doctor. Judith Anderson (before she became a Dame) is heartbreaking as the village innkeeper who is in love with one of the Nazi soldiers.
Bit of trivia:
The Minister of St. Olav's Church for Norwegian Seamen, Hans Stesness acted as a a technical advisor to the production for the religious scenes, according to a press release for this movie held at the AMPAS Library. St Olav's Church is situated in the environs of the Los Angeles Harbor and is now known as the Norwegian Seamen's Church, San Pedro and it is part of the Norwegian Church Abroad. Richard Fraser portraying village Pastor Aalesen was personally lent a robe by Pastor Stessness for wearing in this film.
Never Say Good-bye 1946--Comedy. This is the movie Mrs. Doubtfire wants to grow up to be. Little girl works to get her divorced parents back together. This uses some of the classic cartoon gags, including the "Mistaking a Doorway for a Mirror" number. But again, you saw the livetweets. They also make him sing in this one.
Cry Wolf 1947--Gothic. Flynn's decline has set in. The bottle is clearly holding him, instead of the other way around. He sleepwalks through this Barbara Stanwyck vehicle as the sinister Uncle Mark, giving an inconsistent performance to her square-shouldered, square-jawed doctor of geology.
Annoying personal aside: I knew it was only a gothic/noir thriller. But I couldn't help thinking it would be better if they were all werewolves. I had a Wakko Warner moment, the one where he's checking the air sickness bag after being told it's a barf bag. "No fair. Mine's empty." "No fair, there weren't any (were)wolves at all." Geraldine Brooks would have made a terrific werewolf too...
I also caught A Princess of Mars with Traci Lords and Antonio Sabato Jr. It was surprisingly watchable. But you saw the Live Tweets.
