Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by beach cruiser (A) on March 13, 2019 at 18:43:32

In Reply to: RE: I remember it well, but would not mind seeing again posted by Victor Khomenko on March 13, 2019 at 06:49:37

robert risken was the name of the writer I couldn't remember. he and capra were quite a team, with raskin getting his oscar for" it happened one night ", also directed by capra.


I hope netflix has a good copy , the thing is getting old, but in this age of populism, fake news, and trumpism, it is pretty strong. the copy I saw was very good, the ucla library is tops, they can show nitrate films, even old hand cranked stuff with variable speeds.

I never paid much attention to stanwick before. I was young, still big on cartoons, the old ones were pretty good, and she was just another lead in the old black and white movies I saw as a child when old movies cut up with commercials were a main go to for TV programing,

Then I saw her as the featured lead on an old TV western show I never watched, "The big valley". I thought there was something weird about her, so I developed a negative opinion, and it wasn't just here speech that didn't fit the old west or that the show was a wanna be boanza'

Looking back, it was probably because her face didn't move when she talked. In her meet john doe turn, she mostly spends the entire movie dressed in exensive high fashion, and doesn't have many bad sides photogenically,,,,, to put it mildly.

She ends the show ponding on coopers chest, crying for her love to be recognized, before Cooper picks her up and strides off, bride over the threshold style.

Some call the capra corn, but it sold tickets back in the thirties.

As for cooper, as was written in the song, Cooper duper. He also does a high style leading man star turn.

Walter brennen is as good as always as the side kick , this time surprisingly young. He does a bit with an exit door that can't be topped, made me laugh, and I had seen it many times before. also interesting to me were how women, smoking and drinking were considered back then.