tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post8156358188782756660..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: cinema obscura: two with june allysonjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-66652065754577149162018-10-15T21:36:42.998-04:002018-10-15T21:36:42.998-04:00William Hopper was the son of Hollywood columnist ...William Hopper was the son of Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopperrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625232180643052614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-26072174214520780722017-11-16T14:15:20.825-05:002017-11-16T14:15:20.825-05:00Joe, I immediately set to work after reading the A...Joe, I immediately set to work after reading the Allyson blog and I am obtaining the following films: INTERLUDE (Allyson); SERENADE; INTERLUDE (Barbara Ferris); the 1939 film (forget the name) from my video source. See what an effect the Allyson blog had on me? Four films are in the process of coming to me. Finally, regarding Allyson's "unusual" roles (like THE SHRIKE and INTERLUDE), you didn't mention one of her last films THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS. Of course, she had a minor role in that and I believe she played a lesbian in it(?). m.h.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-90901547776847955962017-11-12T12:49:32.034-05:002017-11-12T12:49:32.034-05:00Hi Kiki- William Hopper, a character actor who was...Hi Kiki- William Hopper, a character actor who was a regular on the “Perry Mason” TV series, played the father. -Jjoe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-53999579980667081902017-11-12T12:47:19.438-05:002017-11-12T12:47:19.438-05:00I saw both these movies when they came out and lat...I saw both these movies when they came out and later on TV and thought Allyson was terrific in the Shrike. I couldn't get my head around the other one because Rossano Brazzi was always such a turnoff. I mean, I am Italian and cannot imagine any woman going for someone like him. Must have been the Chianti. That aside, The Shrike was the best role of Allyson-s career and reminds me of another movie I think came out around the same time == The Bad Seed. I don't recall who played the father but I remember the little girl ending the movie with "you still have me, daddy." Terrifying. k.Kikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-13562902011188130972017-11-10T19:55:59.572-05:002017-11-10T19:55:59.572-05:00June Allyson was one of my mother's favorite a...<br />June Allyson was one of my mother's favorite actresses, so it was so nice to read about her again. What a lady. Not like today's actresses. Thanks for the memories.<br />Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-32477304866648424162017-11-10T17:43:25.162-05:002017-11-10T17:43:25.162-05:00The James M. Cain story that Bunuel refers to as t...The James M. Cain story that Bunuel refers to as the source for all these movies is titled "A Modern Cinderella."Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-55591772316511327402017-11-10T17:11:39.017-05:002017-11-10T17:11:39.017-05:00Bunuel! Thanks much for all the fascinating/compel...Bunuel! Thanks much for all the fascinating/compelling background. You've successfully whetted my appetite to revisit not only the two "Interludes," but also the two titles that you reference. And, of course, the film "Serenade" is Mann's. BTW, love your moniker. -Jjoe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-91853781599461107422017-11-10T17:02:00.886-05:002017-11-10T17:02:00.886-05:00INTERLUDE is actually one of those circuitous proj...INTERLUDE is actually one of those circuitous projects. It's actually a remake of WHEN TOMORROW COMES, which was a 1939 movie starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, directed by John Stahl. The script was handed to Sirk, but Sirk had no idea of its origins. He just knew it was a reworking of WHEN TOMORROW COMES and that the source was a story by James M. Cain. What Sirk discovered (after the fact) was that the actual "source" was SERENADE (which was also used as the source for an Anthony Mann directed movie - made in the same year!) and the remnant which ties INTERLUDE (and WHEN TOMORROW COMES) to the Cain source material is a scene where the hero and heroine seek refuge in a church.<br /><br />Of course, SERENADE is notorious because it's one of the nastiest of Cain's books: a man practically rapes a Mexican woman, and they go on the run, and it turns out one reason they're running is that he was an opera singer who is impresario who was his homosexual lover. (It's been decades since i've read the book, but that much i remember.) In SERENADE, the impresario is turned into a woman - Joan Fontaine. (The opera singer is played by Mario Lanza.) In INTERLUDE the man is made into a conductor....<br /><br />But Sirk didn't have time to investigate the script when he was handed it and given the schedule. But years later he said, if i knew the actual source, i would have tried to include more of the original story into the movie. (The book has a kick, which none of the film "versions" has.) <br />Bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-51273061357031117842017-11-10T16:58:00.733-05:002017-11-10T16:58:00.733-05:00Kevin- I can't remember the last time the film...Kevin- I can't remember the last time the film was televised, but years ago, I pruchased a VHS copy (presumably taped off TV), watched it a couple times and then passed it on to a friend who promised to pass it forward. -Jjoe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-22742885185296702072017-11-10T15:42:13.718-05:002017-11-10T15:42:13.718-05:00I saw The Shrike years ago on a NYC late night spe...I saw The Shrike years ago on a NYC late night special movie series called Schaefer Award Theatre (only 4 commercial interruptions!) and I have never seen it again. I remember that it had Saul Bass credits that were way too small to read on television.Kevin Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951372389921640120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-29676036271570298672017-11-10T15:39:00.563-05:002017-11-10T15:39:00.563-05:00Joe, you're movie madness continues. I've ...Joe, you're movie madness continues. I've been following your work for years and I can't think of anyone else who would write about these two films. I am sick of always reading about "the usual suspects." Continued luck with your web site. It's really good! Laura Randolphnoreply@blogger.com