tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post7851866074647048057..comments2024-03-07T13:03:54.082+00:00Comments on Back to Golden Days: Order in the Court! The Classic Courtroom Movie Blogathon: «The Postman Always Rings Twice» (1946)Back to Golden Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10611559846549739163noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-79731759480314502912016-06-15T17:32:23.797+01:002016-06-15T17:32:23.797+01:00Hi Molly! Thanks for reading. :)Hi Molly! Thanks for reading. :)Back to Golden Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611559846549739163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-69180873995175172802016-06-15T17:31:28.241+01:002016-06-15T17:31:28.241+01:00Hi Lesley! Thank you for reading.
I agree with you...Hi Lesley! Thank you for reading.<br />I agree with you on John Garfield. He might not have been as handsome as Gregory Peck - who was also considered for the role - but he was still a very captivating man.<br /><br />Thanks for hosting.Back to Golden Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611559846549739163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-18980670369121567882016-06-14T06:43:00.683+01:002016-06-14T06:43:00.683+01:00Enjoyed this piece. It's always great to get b...Enjoyed this piece. It's always great to get background on my favorite films and this is certainly one of them. It would never have occurred to me that Garfield might be considered unattractive by Lana or in Hollywood. His steamy charisma plays off her own attractiveness from their very first scene together. <br /><br />Molly - dreaming in the balconyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-6627208642762402492016-06-14T03:07:48.744+01:002016-06-14T03:07:48.744+01:00A fine review of a movie I confess to not loving (...A fine review of a movie I confess to not loving (and feeling like maybe I'm missing something)—I won't give up on it though; maybe all the background I got from you will open the film to me. I read a lot about the Code and its diplomacy and discontents, so all that back-and-forth between Breen and MGM, the eventual rehabilitation of Cain as adaptable for Breen-Office-approved feature material via Wilder and Chandler's adaptation of Double Indemnity...fascinating. Here's one thing I totally do not get: Everybody seems to have taken it for granted that Garfield wasn't sexy. What's up with that? He might not have been a pretty boy, but from his first entrance in Four Daughters, Damn! he was electric. <br /><br />Thank you for your excellent contribution to our blogathon! <br /><br />Lesley / Second Sight Cinema misospecialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746740239194445506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-72270982765036361122016-06-14T00:57:04.085+01:002016-06-14T00:57:04.085+01:00Thank you for reading. This is one of my favorite ...Thank you for reading. This is one of my favorite films too, and it was fascinating learning about all the drama that went into making it. That Cronyn line is brilliant!Back to Golden Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611559846549739163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-17286938988107087162016-06-14T00:07:08.229+01:002016-06-14T00:07:08.229+01:00Loved your informative write-up of one of my favor...Loved your informative write-up of one of my favorite films from the 1940's. Now, having just seen Visconti's "Ossessione" a few weeks ago, I see this Hollywood version is pretty cleaned up. But for whatever Hollywood does, it does well and there's no denying Garfield and Lana's chemistry. Lana in white...my gosh, she's blinding; and held her own opposite the New York Method actor. But I've got to tell you who are my favorite favorites: Lawyers Leon Ames and Hume Cronyn. I wait for the whole movie to hear Cronyn say: "When I say I'm handling it, I'm handling it!" Whew!!! ( And this the same guy who played the nerdy next door neighbor in Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt"!!! ) Thank you Cátia for joining our blogathon.CineMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537655613351292342noreply@blogger.com