what a woman ! also known as the beautiful cheat is a 1943 black-and-white romantic comedy movie starring rosalind russell and brian aherne .

aherne appeared with rosalind russell in four films : hired wife ( 1940 ) , my sister eileen ( 1942 ) , what a woman !

( 1943 ) and rosie ! ( 1967 ) .

the movie revolves around a literary agent carol ainsley 's trying to transform her star client , michael cobb , into the actor playing his most famous character .

after it becomes obvious that it 's impossible and he quits , henry pepper , a journalist writing a profile on the agent , calls him and convinces him that he 's in love with carol .

michael returns and the media embellishes their relationship constraining carol to lead him on .

what a woman !

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a queensland woman has been killed in bali after falling off the back of a scooter .
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warner bros . invited / film to their post - production facility in london , england for a story presentation ( as well as a preview of footage ) that laid out some new wonder woman plot details , explaining what the first act of the film will entail .
with wonder woman , jenkins became the record holder for highest grossing movie by a female director .
delaware city , del . ( wtxf ) - video of a woman verbally berating a veteran for having his service dog inside a local restaurant has gone viral .
a department of foreign affairs and trade spokeswoman confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the family of a woman who died in a traffic accident in bali and a man detained after the accident .
we did not hear any racial epithets in a video that ' s been viewed more than half a million times , but fox 29’s dave kinchen watched the video with her asking what she was thinking the whole time .
( cnn ) a woman who has been linked to actor kevin hart in an alleged extortion plot held a press conference wednesday to say that she , too , is a victim .
patty jenkins , a real - life wonder woman . ( photo by chris pizzello / invision / ap , file )
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inspector darren cloake from wagga police said it was through a public appeal that new information regarding the missing woman was identified .
the video starts with the woman screaming at a group of people after she was apparently upset by the presence of that veteran’s ptsd service dog , a great dane .
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wonder woman is one of the oldest and most influential superheroes of all - time , and she paved the way for a lot of the modern day superheroes . to deny her influence and to pettily attack the core of what makes the character special seems silly , especially if these trolls enjoy the history of other superheroes . for those who don ' t have a problem giving into the wonder woman phenomenon , the film is in theaters now , where it is enjoying a particularly lucrative second weekend .
the probable cause statement notes that , the day after the homicide , a woman matching sutton’s description used coleman’s credit card to buy a memory foam bed - topper and a package of duct tape from wal - mart .
earlier , nine news reported a 27 - year - old woman died in hospital early monday morning after being involved in a scooter crash in kuta in bali ' s south .
last month , jenkins hit back at james cameron’s criticism that wonder woman was an “objectified icon” and that the film was “a step backwards” .
i ' m not going to allow a person to have financial gain off of my mistakes , and in this particular situation that was what was attempted ,
he said .
i said i ' d rather fess up to my mistakes .
the staff at urltoken recently gathered some of the more interesting claims and read them off to the cast of the new film to get their thoughts on the comments . their reactions are about what you would expect :
wonder woman has been having amazing box office results — even setting records along the way — so a sequel is an obvious next step . in may , zack snyder revealed that one is in development , while dc head geoff johns wouldn’t confirm or deny snyder’s claim . wonder woman director patty jenkins was soon confirmed to be working with johns on an outline for the sequel . although jenkins hasn’t officially been announced as the director of wonder woman 2 , she recently said she’d like the sequel to be “contemporary” and set in america . now we know what time period is meant by “contemporary , ” why wonder woman would be in america , and very surprising news about a character planned to be in the sequel .
the director behind the universally praised and commercially successful wonder woman movie is “blown away” by fan reaction .
with the film expected to both vindicate female - led superhero movies and rescue the critically failing dc movie franchise , wonder woman had a lot to carry .
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it is a crime to secretly put a camera in a private place like a hotel room ,
bloom said .
montia is therefore the victim of multiple felonies under state and federal law .
our story begins on this lush island where the race of people known as the amazons live , isolated from the rest of the world . some of the concept art shown to us revealed a path of waterfalls that runs through parts of what you would consider the residential section of the island .
you can have auntie mame . . . i think this is roz ' s ' finest hour ' . this is a swift - moving , intelligent and witty film about a woman who ' s . . .
of course box office records are all by - the - by for wonder woman fans , especially the young girls who now have a kickarse female superhero to look up to . who wants to bet that’s going to be a popular halloween costume choice in a month’s time ?
this is certainly an interesting hypothesis , but something tells us diana doesn ' t have a lazy bone in her body . she is wonder woman , after all .
wonder woman director patty jenkins was well aware of the pressure on her shoulders when she embarked on the project .
denpasar traffic police chief rahmawati ismail said the woman had been killed in an
out of control
accident .
a texas woman is accused of shooting her boyfriend in the head while he was sleeping and then dismembering his body and tossing the remains in area dumpsters , people confirms .
the plot for a sequel to wonder woman has reportedly been revealed , and it sees gal gadot’s titular hero battling the forces of evil in yet another famous historical conflict .
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relatives of missing nsw woman allecha boyd have joined the search for the chef who vanished in the riverina last month .
a mooted release date is yet to be revealed for the sequel , but wonder woman will be next seen in dceu’s justice league , which is set for release in november .
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this makes sense , if you remember two things diana ' s mother said about her in the film :
she must never know the truth of what she is
and ,
the more she knows , the easier it will be for ares to find her .
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magazine , is assigned to write a profile on carol ainsley , who has been named the outstanding career woman of the year . carol , a super agent and star - maker , has just scooped her competition by selling the movie rights to the romance novel
before she was wonder woman she was diana , princess of the amazons , trained warrior . when a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world , she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars , discovering her full powers and true destiny .
a naive small - town girl comes to new york city to meet her husband , and discovers that he may be a murderer .
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wonder woman was released in the uk last month and is now the most successful film ever made by a female director , after it grossed an eye - watering $ 653 . 9 million ( £514 million ) .
“hopefully wonder woman will inspire people to be a hero , but your own kind of hero . you don’t have to be the toughest character in the world to change it — her greatest power is her love and goodness . that is where her physical strength really stems from — having the bravery to do it , alone and against all odds , despite not being sure you can succeed . that is a hero and that is wonder woman . ”
forensic doctor ida bagus putu alit said 27 - year - old australian woman sophia florella martini was taken to sanglah morgue at 2 . 30am on september 18 .
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police caught a break after they received a call from a tipster who told them that sutton had allegedly confessed to sutton’s brother’s girlfriend . the girlfriend told detectives that sutton showed up at their house in louisiana in early september after hurricane harvey .
wonder woman shot down fears it would be another downer alongside previous dc efforts such as batman v superman , where this iteration of the character first appeared on screen .
most surprisingly , however , is the reported return of chris pine as wonder woman’s ally steve trevor – despite seemingly sacrificing himself at the end of the first film .
it ' s safe to say that wonder woman is the queen of the film industry right now , but that doesn ' t keep it insulated from some of the drama that tends to arrise on the internet , particularly through social media . thankfully , the cast and crew of wonder woman don ' t have any time for that nonsense and responded to the claims of several
trolls
in a video interview .
a literary agent is pursued by the charming writer of a popular magazine while she attempts to sway one of her clients , a handsome but innocent college professor , to star in an upcoming movie based on his best - selling novel the whirlwind .
we meet diana in this paradise world when she’s eight years old . we’re fortunate enough to meet her at this age so we can be privy to a bedtime story that lets us know where diana and all the amazon people in temyscira came from . a storybook is being read to diana , and the pages come to life through animation ( similar in style to a movie michelangelo painting ) , revealing a time before time itself was a concept , a time when gods rules the earth .
seductive against the air of period . rosalind russell as axis of a nice comedy about success , a project and love in a mixture who respects classic rules of romantic comedy . that could be all . but it has a special dose of charm and that does it interesting in not ordinary manner . the strong woman , the charming , wise , sarcastic reporter and the innocent prince charming , the chaos and the silence , the feelings and the duty as ingredients of a story , like many others , about the metamorphose and real happiness . the mark of period , the brilliant russell , the splendid performance of brian aherne are pillars of a film who , far to be memorable is an inspired choice for remind the flavor of a lost time .
now , the woman at the center of it all says she and her family are being harassed and reached out to fox 29 to tell her side of the story .
note : police initially released a cctv image from a supermarket in wagga wagga of a person whom they believed was allecha boyd . police subsequently confirmed that the image is not of ms boyd and they don ' t believe she was in the supermarket .
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amid reports that the extortion attempt centered around footage of hart and another woman , sabbag said wednesday
my name and my picture have been released and lies written about me .
the worldwide audience got their first glimpse of wonder woman ' s story in batman v superman , so the task of her origin film is to take us all back to the beginning - ideally , showing how the decision and tragedies of her past made her into the hardened warrior she is in the modern era of the dceu . the movie comes through , showing how wonder woman ' s story differs from batman or superman . and where those films planted seeds for the future of the movie universe , wonder woman is showing how it all began .
director patty jenkins is giving us wonder woman’s origin story . while comic book movie fans may be tired of finding out about how these superheroes began , wonder woman has never been given this treatment on the big screen before . it helps that she has one of the more unique origin stories in comic book lore , so this won’t feel like we’re treading familiar territory .
sabbag said she had nothing to do with a reported attempt to extort money from hart .
raised in a sheltered island and trained to become a warrior , amazon - princess diana prince discovers the end - less war going on in the outside world . she embarks on a journey to end the war of all wars - whilst discovering her true power as well .
“the greatest pressure was coming from myself to simply make the best wonder woman film that i possibly could , ” jenkins told news . com . au . “it had been so overdue and was a really special responsibility , so i wanted to make sure we gave it all we have .
a female literary agent tries to make her star client as adventures as his most famous character .
chief ismail said the driver has been named a suspect , but he had not been detained .
when a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world , diana , an amazonian warrior in training , leaves home to fight a war , discovering her full powers and true destiny .
hart posted a contrite video over the weekend on his instagram account apologizing to his pregnant wife , eniko parrish , and his children from his first marriage for
a bad error in judgment .
diana , princess of the amazons , trained to be an unconquerable warrior . raised on a sheltered island paradise , when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world , diana leaves her home , convinced she can stop the threat . fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars , diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny .
in a small , blue - collar town in pennsylvania , a 32 - year - old woman ' s teen daughter goes missing and she is left to raise her infant grandson alone . the story is told over the course of 11 years , from the time her daughter vanishes , through the the trials - and - tribulations of subsequent years looking for closure , leading up the long - awaited discovery of the truth .
but if diana defeats the god of war , why does a future turned away from humanity lie ahead ? and if the feud stretches back into ancient history , why only now has ares launched his final assault ? these questions and more are answered in our list of wonder woman : unanswered movie questions & dceu plot holes .
in the aftermath of the incident , she claims a staff member and others immediately made the situation racial .
dr ida said there was no official cause of death yet , with a full autopsy pending family approval .
ms boyd was last seen shopping at a supermarket in central wagga wagga on august 10 , police said .
the dog ' s body was about the same height as the table . basically , the butt was sitting in front of me at the table ,
ciara miller , the woman seen yelling in the video , explained .
wonder woman is coming to theaters this summer , with gal gadot starring in the dc comics superhero’s first solo outing after debuting in batman v superman : dawn of justice . with the exception of a photo revealing diana prince posing with some soldiers in world war i , her life remains shrouded in mystery in that film . but that’s about to change .
distressed friends and family members have made a number of appeals on social media for anyone with information to come forward .
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the cast and crew of wonder woman have also seen their film face some online controversy and trolling throughout the press tour . in particular , some factions of internet commenters have not been happy with theater chain alamo drafthouse hosting all - female screenings of the film to celebrate its release . the screenings subsequently sold out despite backlash from a few unhappy and unappeasable parties .
there ' s a request from the mother of the victim , that they both were in a relationship , so the mother asked her body to be returned to australia and will not seek further on the case ,
he said .
i ' m at a place in my life where i feel like i have a target on my back ,
hart said .
and because of that i should make smart decisions . and recently , i didn ' t .
steve trevor’s dubious “death” in ww was pretty obviously a way to hedge their bets about bringing him back in some way .
if diana took a bullet and found herself not affected by it , she ' d then start thinking , ' holy s - - t , am i a superhuman or a god or something ? will i not be hurt or killed by anything ? ' antiope was worried that if diana found this out , she ' d either just run into a battle with ares head on , or do something stupid that ares would find her more easily ,
goesoff _ on _ tangent writes .
when army pilot steve trevor crashes on the warriors ' secluded island paradise , disrupting the fictitious all - female sanctuary of themyscira created by the gods of olympus , princess diana of the immortal amazons aids for his rescue and wins the decisive right to escort him home , heading to an early 20th century london to stop the war she believes is influenced by the god ares . leaving behind the only life she ' s ever known and entering the cynical world of men for the first time , torn between a mission to promote peace and her own warrior upbringing , as a
wonder woman ,
diana must fight evil in a
war to end all wars ,
while hoping to unlock the potential of a humanity she doesn ' t always understand .
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ms boyd had lived in south australia and victoria before settling in wagga wagga in the riverina two years ago . she had recently started working as a chef in a local pub . most of ms boyd ' s extended family are based in victoria .
jenkins only had one feature film to her credit before wonder woman , 2003 indie hit monster , which netted charlize theron an oscar . she was attached to marvel’s thor sequel as the director favoured by star natalie portman but left after two months over creative differences .
i ' m not an extortionist , i ' m not a stripper ,
sabbag said .
i ' m a recording artist and an actress and i ' ve not broken any laws . i had nothing to do with these recordings .
on aug . 24 , police executed a search warrant on the couple’s one - bedroom apartment and found traces of blood on the floor next to the bed as well as on a bed sheet , on the bathroom floor and sink and in the kitchen .
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detective inspector cloake and ms boyd ' s two sisters will make a further public appeal for information about her disappearance on thursday afternoon .
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fox 29 contacted the restaurant for comment on the claim that staff members used racial slurs , and we were told
no comment
and referred to a statement they published on facebook . the restaurant also announced they would be organizing a fundraiser for veterans to raise awareness .
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last week , detectives seized a green and silver subaru outback they believe ms boyd may have been travelling in on the day of her disappearance .
police inquiries to date have identified the vehicle and are not in a position to give the registration of that vehicle ,
he said .
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they hit a no parking sign , sophia on the passenger seat was thrown away and died on the scene , it happened 1am ,
he said .
we did a preliminary examination , she had an open wound to her lower limbs and broken shin bones . there were cuts , especially around the face .
one of the most head - scratching moments in the new wonder woman film is when diana ' s aunt , antiope ( played by robin wright ) [ spoiler ] jumps in front of a german soldier who ' s about to shoot her niece . antiope knows good and well that diana is immortal ( and thus wouldn ' t die from a gunshot ) , so why would she jump in front of her ? you could chock this up to just familial instincts : perhaps antiope got caught up in the heat of battle and impulsively jumped in front of diana . in intense situations , logic almost always goes out the window . ( and it ' s also worth noting that at this point in the movie , the audience doesn ' t know diana is immortal either—it would have been a huge twist to reveal so early in the film . )
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“making the very best version of very mainstream movie for all ages was my objective from the start . i wanted wonder woman to be that kind of classic film , and i was able to get just the amount of subtle adult story beneath it that i wanted to get in there too , so the film really is the film i wanted to make . ”
the wonder woman movie introduces a brand new wave of superhero fans to diana ' s dc comic history - but some of the movie ' s twists and turns may need some explaining . especially since the amazon princess is learning the history of her people and their millennia - long feud with the gods of olympus . where dc ' s headlining heroine had her mother hippolyta ( connie nielsen ) and themyscira ' s fiercest warrior antiope ( robin wright ) to turn to for insights and explanations , fans of the film have only ourselves . and believe us , with a story this drenched in themes of war , corruption , and man ' s lust for power , some of the smaller details are easy to miss .
“of course , right before it came out i started to really take on the pressure of hoping it did well on behalf of the whole dc universe as well . but i tried not to think about that part too much while making it . you can only make the best film you can , and just trying to live up to wonder woman is plenty . ”
six days after the slaying , police discovered the pelvis of a man — from mid - thigh to belly button — in a local landfill but are still waiting for dna results . “we don’t know definitely if it is our guy yet , ” baytown police lt . steve dorris tells people . “but it is safe to say it is our suspicion . ”
instead of taking the criticisms seriously , it ' s fun to see gadot and pine laugh them off , literally , with pine claiming he ' s actually the one that wrote the original armpit hit piece in question . the chemistry and camaraderie shown between pine and gadot in these videos is a great indication of one of the reasons the movie was such a success , and doubtless played a role into one of the movie ' s best scenes , which we now know took advantage of that chemistry with the two leads improvising the dialogue .
over the course of wonder woman ' s journey to the big screen , an odd number of specific criticisms have been levied in its direction , with a few attacks specifically targeting gal gadot . some fans , preferring the unrealistic proportions of some variations of the character , have criticized her for her own shape , particularly her bust size , while others took issue with her armpits , particularly their lack of hair . while these are some of the more odd attacks on the film , gadot and pine weren ' t afraid to address those topics head on .
the case came to light after sutton filed a missing persons report on aug . 18 , two days after the killing . sutton told police that she’d last seen coleman , an aspiring rapper , around 10 : 30 p . m . on aug . 16 , when he left home to find his daughter , according to a probable cause statement obtained by people .
the first film raked in $ 1 . 02 billion at the box office . it also inspired a collective sigh of relief as fans and critics embraced its optimistic , classic hero story .
with her attorney lisa bloom , montia sabbag faced cameras wednesday and said she was in an
intimate relationship
with the actor about a month ago and unknowingly photographed in the process .
bloom said her client is a crime victim as someone unknown to both sabbag and hart broke the law in secretly recording the two of them in his private hotel suite in las vegas .
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she is in custody , has waived extradition and is to be returned to harris county , texas , for prosecution . she has not entered a plea and it is unclear if she has retained an attorney .
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but reddit user goesoff _ on _ tangent has another idea . in a very convincing post , he / she theorizes that antiope sacrificed herself for diana so diana wouldn ' t find out she ' s immortal .
after months of negotiations , jenkins has just signed on to direct the sequel , with a pay cheque industry sources are putting in the $ us8 million range . she will write , direct and produce the second instalment .
we doubt that director patty jenkins , the producers , or studio would want fans to get caught up in the claim that zeus actually created all of humanity in the dceu , and it being presented as a legend or fable (
once upon a time . . .
) lends some creative license to hippolyta specifically , and the filmmakers generally . but it is a different creation myth than that of dc comics , where zeus was an unpredictable , often surly deity - leaving the spurned women among the gods to create the amazons . and it may tie into the larger mythology of the dc universe , with steppenwolf and darkseid coming to the movies soon enough .
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i liked the movie , but it had the same teal ct as every other movie these days . given the time period , they really dropped the ball not going with a darker , grayish , maybe sepia - tone color .
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homicide detectives have been called in to assist the investigation into the disappearance of the 27 - year - old , who is a cousin of afl player will hoskin - elliott , currently at collingwood and formerly with greater western sydney giants .
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“shortly after she reported him missing , we called her to do an interview and she didn’t show up for that and fell off the grid and wouldn’t call us back , ” says lt . dorris . “that was a red flag for us . ”
ares has a rage that cannot be contained , and he ends up convincing mankind to enslave the amazons . while enslaved , ares has killed all the remaining gods , leaving only zeus to stop him . in their battle , zeus lands a crushing blow to ares that wounds him severely . but zeus has been fatally injured as well , and in his dying breath , he creates the island of themyscira so the amazons have somewhere they can escape to , away from mankind , and safe from ares .
the video seems very much inspired by late - night talk show host jimmy kimmel ' s celebrities read mean tweets segment , where celebrities read aloud personal digs levied at them by anonymous keyboarders on twitter . instead of personal attacks on the actors , these trolls are attacking the wonder woman hero herself , criticizing things like her outfit , her weapons , her superpowers and her villains . the comments aren ' t very detailed or sophisticated , sometimes even resorting to grade school insults like
dumb
and
stupid
.
as someone who ' s family is still being affected by the disappearance of a loved one i know how terrible the uncertainty of not knowing someone ' s fate can be . if you have any information please don ' t hesitate to come forward .
the whirlwind , written by anthony street ( pen name only ) , is the best selling novel of the last ten years , its success largely attributed to agent carol ainsley - the daughter of an actress and a us senator - she who has already sold the movie rights further to capitalize on the success she ' s already generated . no one except street ' s publisher knows his real identity . henry pepper , associate editor of knickerbocker magazine , is assigned by his boss to write a multi - installment article on the success that is carol ainsley . carol is amenable to the idea until she learns that henry does not want to write a standard biography , but rather an in depth profile of her workings , she reluctant to make public many of her working secrets , especially anything that may place her or her company in a bad light . her next step , which she has the exclusive contract to do , is find the actor to play the hyper - masculine , romantic yet adventurous lead character of the whirlwind , the identity of that actor . . .
thornton sayre , a respected college professor , is plagued when his old movies are shown on tv and sets out with his daughter to stop it . however , his former co - star is the hostess of the tv show playing his films and she has other plans .
goesoff _ on _ tangent also thinks that if diana knew she was immortal , she ' d become a
lazy
warrior and not fight with the same
integrity
—so it ' s possible antiope jumped in front of her to prevent this from happening too .
after snatching up the lasso of hestia , the shield , and godkiller sword , diana pauses to gaze at the red , blue , and gold armor stored alongside them . so it remains something of a mystery , leaving fans to come up with their own theories . obviously , there ' s the presence of red ( a common color for hestia , the goddess of the home also responsible for the lasso ) and blue ( a color associated with the wisdom of athena ) , and the golden eagle imagery carried over from the comics - which may be the key . eagles in greek mythology have general and specific meaning , from suggesting the dominance , freedom , and ' higher rank ' of creatures that fly in the skies closer to the gods , to specifically representing the aetos dios , the
eagle of zeus .
sutton’s friends reportedly claimed to police that she confessed to shooting coleman in the head while he was sleeping in their baytown , texas , apartment after which she cut him up into pieces with a machete , wrapped up his body parts in sheets and duct tape and disposed of them .
they’ll screw it up . everyone screws the sequels up now . gotg 2 was a disappointment . deadpool 2 will almost definitely try way too hard . if they do the spiderman sequel and it doesn’t end up losing over half the charm of homecoming , i will actually be shocked .
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as a result , he never put on a disguise to lead the war , or used his powers to amplify the effectiveness of attacks : he whispered in humanity ' s ear , giving them all the opportunities they needed to become the monsters he believed them to be . drawing that idea out , it ' s safe to assume that ares has been guiding humanity for centuries , if not millennia - all leading to the great war , when humans finally had the technology capable of killing entire populations . he showed us the way . . . but allowed us the time to destroy ourselves , as he knew we would .
the architecture reminded me of minas tirith from lord of the rings : return of the king if the structures were built into the landscape rather than just on the side of a mountain . structures are covered with greenery and have water flowing freely all around with much of the interiors exposed to the outside elements , not unlike the throne room seen above .
in order to stop ares , zeus creates the amazons , which includes hippolyta ( connie nielsen ) , the queen of the amazons and future mother of diana prince . there’s also robin wright as general antiope and lisa loven kongsli as lieutenant menalippe , both hippolyta’s sisters . they succeed in stopping ares from creating chaos , but only for a short time .
one of my favorite items in my new spring collection at walmart ( and i have approximately 9 , 000 things on that list , ha ) are these beautiful embossed storage jars . they have a great texture , and the lids are gorgeous and colorful , and varied according to the size of the jar . they’re sold in packs of four [ … ]
credit goes to gal gadot , chris pine , danny huston , connie nielsen , robin wright , and director patty jenkins for delivering the most measured responses as possible to the comments . they are for sure bewildered by some of these blunt criticisms , but they don ' t hurl many insults back , and they respond to the comments in a respectful way .
but a friend told police that she spoke to coleman on the day he disappeared and he’d said he was going to stop by her house — though he never showed up . the same friend said that coleman mentioned on numerous occasions that “if he was ever to go missing she needed to make sure the police looked into [ sutton ] as the cause , ” according to the probable cause statement .
zeus creates mankind to be companions to the gods , letting man and god coexist peacefully . but zeus’ son ares becomes jealous of the relationship that zeus has with mankind . ares manipulates the minds of mankind to corrupt them , turning them against each other . this thrusts makind into a series of wars , all the while ares decides to start killing off the other gods , stopping them from influencing mankind .
the superhero film achieved the huge sum in its forth week of release , beating the record set by phyllida lloyd’s big screen adaptation of mamma mia , which grossed $ 609 . 8 million ( £479 million ) in 2008 , as well as beating 2015’s fifty shades of grey , directed by sam taylor - johnson , for the biggest launch by a female director – after taking $ 85 . 2 million ( £66 million ) in its first weekend of release .
[ antiope ] trained her harder than anyone , personally made her the strongest amazonian , and if diana figured out that she was a god , she wouldn ' t have to work as hard anymore or even fight as toughly ,
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she ' d lose her moral compass . she could just walk into no man ' s land like no big deal or even decide not to fight at all since she ' s immortal , instead of fighting with honor and integrity .
the movie opens in modern day , after the events of batman v superman : dawn of justice . diana prince is working at the louvre in paris in the antiquities department . while at work , she receives a package from bruce wayne ( ben affleck ) containing the photo that she was trying to obtain from lex luthor in batman v superman . since this is diana’s first adventure away from her life with the rest of the amazonians , she begins to drift back to the memories of how she came to be involved with steve trevor and the war to end all wars .
that eagle was zeus ' s messenger and courier of thunderbolts , which adds new meaning to both diana ' s armor and that of her mother , queen hippolyta . since the queen literally carried the weapon of zeus , the eagle on her chest has both literal and figurative meaning to the immortal monarch . given that diana ' s blue and red armor is a perfect fit , and carries over the same designs of her mother ' s . . . perhaps it was always meant for her , whether she knew it or not . here ' s hoping we get some more clarification soon .
in the comics , the tale of gods and apocalypse summed up in norse mythology were actually real gods of the second world . when war erupted among them , ragnarok sent a wave of divine energy across the universe , creating the greek , egyptian , and other earthly gods . it then reached the edge of the universe , and bounced back , creating lesser demigods , or ' metahumans . ' we don ' t know if steppenwolf or other apokoliptian gods will reveal that same story to our heroes in justice league , but if so , it looks like zeus took all the credit for the second world ' s gift .


panama hattie is a 1942 american film produced by arthur freed and directed by norman z. mcleod .

substantial retakes were directed by roy del ruth with choreography by danny dare and musical numbers staged by vincente minnelli .

the film used only four of porter 's songs and substituted other songs .

the cast featured red skelton as red , ann sothern as hattie maloney , rags ragland as rags , ben blue as rowdy , marsha hunt as leila tree , virginia o'brien as flo foster , alan mowbray as jay jerkins , dan dailey as dick bulliard and lena horne as singer in phil 's place .

songs used in the film are as follows : " hattie from panama " ( roger edens ) - chorus " i 've still got my health " ( porter ) - ann sothern " berry me not " ( phil moore ) [ instrumental , danced by the berry brothers ] " just one of those things " ( porter ) - lena horne [ from jubilee ] " fresh as a daisy " ( porter ) - virginia o'brien " good neighbors " ( edens ) - red skelton , rags ragland , ben blue and chorus " let 's be buddies " ( porter ) - sothern with jackie horner , and o'brien with alan mowbray " hail , hail , the gang 's all here " ( arthur sullivan ; theodore f. morse ) [ instrumental ] " did i get stinkin ' at the savoy " ( e. y. harburg and walter donaldson ) - o'brien " the sping " ( moore and j. legon ) - horne [ danced by the berry brothers ] " the son of a gun who picks on uncle sam " ( harburg and burton lane ) - company

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a nightclub owner in panama takes on nazi spies in panama hattie ( 1942 ) , starring ann sothern , red skelton & lena horne .
a nightclub owner in panama takes on nazi spies in panama hattie ( 1942 ) , starring ann sothern , red skelton & lena horne . >
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the wartime musical / comedy panama hattie was a hit on broadway for songwriter cole porter and its star ethel merman .
the film was adapted from the broadway musical panama hattie , which opened at the 46th street theater in new york october 30 , 1940 and ran for 501 performances .
hattie maloney runs a saloon in panama where assorted characters congregate where they frequently sing and dance cole porter numbers . an upper class gentleman arrives and sparks fly between him and hattie . they try and overcome complications betweens songs .
with the headline : the screen ; ' panama hattie ' - - or what is left over of a musical comedy - - with ann sothern , opens at the capitol theatre .
hattie maloney runs a saloon in panama where assorted characters congregate where they frequently sing and dance cole porter numbers . an upper class gentleman arrives and sparks fly between . . . see full summary »
panama hattie
was finished last fall . at several sneak previews , it cast a great pall . metro revised it , with scissors and pen , but it couldn ' t put
panama hattie
together again . and the consequence is that the conversion of this musical comedy stage hit is just a jumble of songs and dull slapstick , as it finally reached the capitol yesterday . view full article in timesmachine »
opening scene with the chorus then ann sothern in the title role , with a cole porter tune ethel merman sang in the broadway production , red skelton , rags ragland and ben blue her admiring sailors , in mgms panama hattie , 1942 . >
this video is from the motion picture ' panama hattie ' ( 1942 ) . the clip is probably most famous because of the ' balcony scene ' . remember the berry brothers is the only dance act who could rival . . . the nicholas brothers ! enjoy !
. sequels were fairly uncommon in classical hollywood film . it is minnelli ' s last film in black and white .
turner classics movie ( the best cable channel around…or do you prefer bet ? ? ? ) has announced that they will devote their lineup on friday may 21st to films starring or featuring lena horne including the duke is tops the 1938 black “race” film which was her first film , cabin in the sky and panama hattie . unfortunately her most famous film stormy weather is not included because it was a 20th century fox film and therefore unavailable to tcm . still here’s a perfect opportunity to see the legend and why they just don’t make them like her anymore .
title character ann sothern with pal flo ( virginia obrien ) plans to impress gerry ( jackie horner ) , the snooty young visiting daughter of her canal zone - based soldier fiancè dick ( dan dailey ) , whos brought butler jerkins ( alan mowbray ) from philadelphia , in panama hattie , 1942 . >
is clearly designed to be a pro - black film . are the film ' s sometimes stereotyped characters simply a minor flaw ? or are they a serious problem , enough to condemn the film ?
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a stand - alone scene featuring no other cast members , so that theater owners in the south could remove it if they chose , lena horne as herself happens to appear at the club in the canal zone , with a cole porter tune , her first scene in her first mgm picture , from panama hattie , 1942 . >
( 1943 ) is a musical film in black - and - white - the last musical vincente minnelli would make that is not in color . most of this film is not very good . minnelli thought it was his worst film .
. the resemblance is discussed in more detail in the article on that film .
. and the narration is like the narration of that film . the killer in
( 1964 ) is a comedy . perhaps vincente minnelli ' s worst film ,
( and tracy ' s nightmare of sinking into the floor in that film ) .
of other minnelli films return here , also playing a kinetic role in the film .
. both men are film directors , just as van gogh and gauguin are painters .
hattie maloney ( ann sothern ) is a gaudy , good - hearted nightclub singer who tends to love above her station . this time , it ' s pedigreed officer dick bulliet ( dan dailey , jr . ) , and it ' s for real . but there ' s one little problem : he ' s got a small daughter so ladylike she makes emily post look like tugboat annie - - and she ' s not impressed with hattie ' s bangles and bows . and hattie ' s got a trio of protectors , three goofball gobs who think that maybe hattie ' s too good for dick . this world war ii musical sparkles with cole porter numbers like
just one of those things ,
classic buffoonery from red skelton , ben blue and rags ragland as hattie ' s spy - hunting sailor pals and - - last but not least - - the screen debut of miss lena horne . can a salt - of - the - earth gal capture a society guy ? of course she can - - and getting there is half the fun !
( 1945 ) is a strange , whimsical film musical . it shows plenty of talent , and some superb visual stylings from director vincente minnelli , but the film also has problems .
. it suggests and affinity between his family , and the one in the earlier film .
also ophulsian : the way one gets a servants ' view through much of the film .
- but it does have the brilliant red decor of the garage in that earlier film .
it is hard to think of parallels to this film in today ' s american cinema .
. the first shots of the film , show bulbs being planted in round flower pots .
she died tonight at a hospital in manhattan where she lived . she was 92 . the modern - day world knew her best as a singer . but lena horne was the first black performer signed to a long - term contract by a major hollywood studio - - in 1942 she appeared in panama hattie for mgm where she languished in mostly musicals , her film career thwarted by the color of her skin . she started in the chorus at the cotton club , graduated to broadway and then the movies . her last film was 1978 ' s the wiz . she came back to broadway to win a tony award for [ . . . ]
wallace beery rides armored mobile forts in a scene from the film ' the bugle . . .
, about the dutch painter van gogh , and his work in france . the whole film of
. they also bear candelabra , as in the previous film . they are more explicitly men in
on broadway , and who would go on to star in minnelli ' s film . in both
in all of these things , illegitimate children resemble gay people . the film never makes such parallels explicit . but so many similarities are developed in the film , that it is hard not to see such a resemblance . one suspects that it is intended as a subtext of the film .
proverbial for the collision between rich and poor . the symbolism was perhaps extended in the liberal film
american actress rita hayworth ( 1918 - 1987 ) in a publicity still for the film . . .
frank morgan holding dice in a scene from the film ' any number can play ' , 1949 .
although this film is a musical , it also has strong elements of mystery . in this it resembles
, he expressed huge reservations about the cultural tradition embodied by burton ' s character in the film .
. it is far from the standard armor worn by european knights , at least in old movies ! minnelli armor is decorative and complex . it varies from film to film , and seems utterly distinctive .
( follow the link ) . this discussion will concentrate on some additional aspects of this rich film .
. he cuts forwards and backwards far more often than he did in the earlier film . and while
these shows all began as movies that eventually became broadway musicals that were adapted once again for film .
against all this must be set the largely positive racial portrayals of most of the film . it was a major step up in 1943 hollywood , to have a film featuring blacks in richly developed lead roles .
wallace beery rides armored mobile forts in a scene from the film ' the bugle sounds ' , 1942 .
, in which great care was taken to make the film ' s uniforms be as varied as possible .
they are one of the few scenes in film history since the early silent days to criticize child labor .
heroes who start out with goals at the beginning of a film , and a film whose story ends with success or failure at that goal , constitute what bordwell defines as the standard paradigm of classical hollywood storytelling .
in comic books and film . they are often worn by refined young men from upper middle class families .
. but she is perhaps an unsympathetic character - and the hero dismisses her ideas . the film also seems to object to
working women
, in a way atypical of minnelli . however , because of the film ' s wavering and vague viewpoints , it is hard to tell what the film is really saying .
gets inspired by the producer , as do to a lesser degree the director and writer in that film .
otherwise poor musical has some good dance numbers directed by vincente minnelli , as an apprentice starting hollywood film making .
patricia neal and gary cooper looking at blueprints in publicity portrait for the film ' the fountainhead ' , 1949 .
a group of dogs that take turns playing the role of lassie in a scene from the film . . .
. the eye - popping visuals of a minnelli film can in fact make them resemble a dream or reverie .
. that film was a musical ; this is a drama . that film was shot on the backlot of metro in hollywood , this one is shot on location in france . the film seems completely personal for minnelli . yet at the same time , it seems to use different techniques from many earlier minnelli films . the sets look different .
i lean towards an approach that tries to recognize this film ' s many positive accomplishments - but which does not try to obscure its failings . on the whole , i think the film ' s positives greatly outweigh its negatives .
taylor makes his first appearance in the film , when doors are opened , and he is seen in the background .
is correctly called a
biographical film
, its thorough grounding in a technical subject should be highlighted as well .
libby flashes light from a mirror onto theron in the study . this is the best light art in the film .
. here these are the flames of war , and have a much more sinister meaning than in the earlier film .
other changes in the play and film reflect the treatment of gayness . the word homosexual could not be used in the movies , nor could gays be shown , according to the production code . the film sticks to these restrictions . i am not trying to defend these censorship rules , which were clearly designed to belittle gay people . but the pro - gay film
american actress rita hayworth ( 1918 - 1987 ) in a publicity still for the film ' cover girl ' , 1944 .
discussions of this film all state that the colors here are influenced by vincent van gogh . unfortunately , i just don ' t see this in the film itself . van gogh rarely painted such glamorous urban scenes as those found in this sequence .
. it ' s a film i ' ve never been able to like , and am baffled by its enthusiastic reception .
( 1965 ) is one of vincente minnelli ' s most underrated films . the film deals with many familiar minnelli subjects .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
red skelton ( red ) ann sothern ( hattie maloney ) rags ragland ( rags ) ben blue ( rowdy ) marsha hunt ( leila tree ) virginia o ' brien ( flo foster ) alan mowbray ( jay jerkins ) dan dailey , jr . ( dick bulliet ) jackie horner ( geraldine bulliet )
on broadway june allyson was seen in sing out the news , very warm for may , higher and higher , panama hattie , best foot forward and forty carats . her numerous film credits include
good news ,
till the clouds roll by ,
girl crazy ,
best foot forward ,
all girl revue ,
the prisoner of swing ,
sing for sweetie ,
dime a dance ,
ups and downs ,
the stratton story ,
the glenn miller story ,
strategic air command ,
little women
and
the shrike .
ms . allyson died july 8 at her home in ojai , california . she was 88 .
several of the guests are dressed in costumes based on objects . a somewhat similar approach is in a non - minnelli film ,
the film is often fascinating in its visual style , however . much of it is highly inventive , in its visual techniques .
the film has a series of sympathetic supporting characters , such as the dentist and the actor . these anticipate similar supporting characters in
lacks any obvious political commentary . the presence in the film of the liberal in real life katherine hepburn and the conservative robert taylor does not align with any political orientation in the film . the washington setting of part of the tale , and the political prominence of taylor ' s character suggests that some political commentary is about to emerge , but it never materializes . the film also resembles somewhat
is an example of a non - noir film , that thus employs tactics familiar in film noir , such as a narrator . flaubert ' s narration has something of the same effect as a flashback - although it is not strictly speaking a flashback at all .
other minnelli imagery runs through the film : statues , fancy uniformed soldiers , candelabra , flowers . there is a car wreck , anticipating
employs techniques most often used in film noir . it has a narrator , and a flashback structure . there is a dream sequence .
( 1976 ) is the last film directed by vincente minnelli . he reportedly experienced much interference during its production , from the studio .
the word
gay
is one of minnelli ' s favorite words . it recurs in film after film , in which a character will state that being gay is the goal towards which they are striving . it is ambiguous : it can mean either joyful or queer .
a group of dogs that take turns playing the role of lassie in a scene from the film ' sun comes up ' , 1949 .
after the wedding - film sequence , the dispersing crowd includes a technician who is holding some sort of machine that generates a small flame .
. it is the first of vincente minnelli ' s non - musical comedies to be shot in color . the film is stylistically remarkable .
however , there are other color schemes in the film , as well . these tend to be subdued . i could find no trace in
we see a glass - walled building lit up at night , at the studio , while they are taking out the film cans for the preview . probably it is some sort of sound stage or photographic facility , maybe like the early , greenhouse - like film stage buildings seen in
are a mixture of minnelli enthusiasts , who regard the film as a highbrow example of cinematic art , and starstruck fans of the rat pack : frank sinatra and dean martin . this gives the film an unusually broad constituency . this delightful film can be enjoyed on both of these levels , and others too . it is a product of an era when filmmakers tried to use their creativity to give audiences pleasure in multiple ways .
flaubert ( james mason ) serves as narrator . and the main film unrolls as his telling the story of his novel on the witness stand .
, british actors or scenes of any sort are largely missing in his films . when he did finally make a film with richard burton , in
. but a few women in each film are in very pales shades of some color , such as a very light blue . the women in
later in the film , the hotel switchboard operator gets involved in a second deception . a switchboard will later play a role in the mystery in
hunting is also ambiguous . partly pure macho fun in a traditional culture - partly destruction rather than creation . the film sees it as both .
the contessa is another vincente minnelli character who disappears near a film ' s end , prompting a search by the other characters . the search in
( 1955 ) is a drama set in a high - toned psychiatric asylum . the film is overwhelmingly grim , and cannot really be recommended to casual viewers looking for light entertainment . still , the visual style and dramatic events are impressive , and the film is a key vincente minnelli work .
: the sexism of the society the film depicts . this society would be enough to cause anyone intense anxiety in their attempts to cope with it .
. he reportedly also did the many tall ornamental finials and wands carried by people in the film . they do not resemble much of anything else in film history . the way they can be carried and moved around reminds one a bit of the kinetic art aspects of minnelli ' s other films .
the orange in the film is sometimes provided by actual orange clothes : in the finale , there are people with orange shirts moving in the crowd .
however , some passages in the film regard the contessa more sympathetically than madame bovary ever was . emma bovary gets condemned , the contessa gets celebrated .
( 1945 ) , another serious dramatic film in which katherine hepburn marries a politically prominent man with country estates , and in which mysterious situations abound . cukor ' s film is as political as minnelli ' s is apolitical . the tone of the two films seems similar ; the political content does not .
( 1945 ) is a non - musical romance film , set in new york city during world war ii . robert walker plays a serviceman with 48 hours leave , who meets secretary judy garland . the film tells of their romance , and little adventures while they explore the city . it is vincente minnelli ' s first non - musical film , and the first set against a fairly
realistic
background , as opposed to his richly stylized musical films .
this is part of the emerald city section of the film , which is entirely designed in bright green , anticipating minnelli ' s lavish use of color .
, ordinary people think in terms of high technology communication . when taylor disappears in the middle of the film , tracy conducts the search via telephone . such
. that film also showed men as obsessed with standards , and doing everything they could to condemn and hurt others that do not live up to them .
is full of stars that have strong appeal to men , frank sinatra and dean martin , and many of the issues explored in the film are about men ' s lives . the film also mixes serious drama with glamorous settings , photography and clothes , another example of the broad mix of genres and approaches here .
principal cast : ann sothern ( hattie maloney ) , dan dailey ( dick bulliet ) , red skelton ( red ) , marsha hunt ( leila tree ) , virginia o ' brien ( flo foster ) , rags ragland ( rags ) , alan mowbray ( jay jerkins ) , ben blue ( rowdy ) , lena horne ( herself ) , joe yule ( waiter ) .
what would have been defeat at any other studio , however , was just the signal to get back to work at mgm . freed got studio head louis b . mayer to give him another $ 300 , 000 to fix the film . then , while discussing changes with sothern on the set of her next film ,
the two actors who play john and lon also look alike . both also look much like john kerr , who starred in minnelli ' s much later film ,
lon has the relationship with john that esther wants . lon does everything he can to help her . the film shows the two relationships as equivalent and parallel .
mitchum ' s disappearance is handled differently . his vanishing stretches out over many years of story time , and over much of the run time of the film .
the characters repeatedly move down stairs , while minnelli ' s camera follows them . late in the film , the camera also follows taylor partly up the stairs .
confetti is thrown indoors , and rice outside , during the wedding . the opening of the film shows the set covered with confetti , making fascinating visual patterns .
in film and comic books . al is seated next to a spray of lilacs on the table , whose pale purple echoes the deep purple of his sweater .
. the fog roiling through sulfur bottom is also a version of the colored smoke minnelli loves . in this film too , it is associated only with death .
towards the beginning of the film , there is a long sequence showing the hero and heroine falling it love . it recalls a similar and much celebrated sequence in
the dance at the barbecue , at the film ' s start , is a traditional dance , in which men dance with other men . such dances also permeated
in film and comic books . the hero is also booted : something not too common in minnelli , outside of military uniforms , or the fox hunting garb in
who is tootie ? what is she like as a person ? what is the film trying to tell us , by including her ? these are not easy questions .
many of these locales are places of high dramatic tension . they are also places of public encounters . they do not include any of the film ' s bedrooms .
is overwhelmingly designed in
red and green
, a favorite minnelli combination . at least fifteen locales in the film are in this color pattern . many walls in
. the film opens with a boom shot , traveling over the astonishing recreation of penn station built for the film . then a moving camera shot on the ground picks up walker , moving through the crowds . the first person walker meets is played by the film ' s producer , the legendary arthur freed . freed was in charge of the freed unit that made the famous mgm musicals of the 1940 ' s and 1950 ' s , including minnelli ' s . freed offers walker a book of matches . it seems symbolically important that freed will open the series of encounters that walker has in the film . he stands at the entrance of this complex studio - created world of
the first jewelry lesson ( right after the lunch ) is then in pink , green and gold . this color combination had just been used by minnelli in his previous film
( 1963 ) is usually described as a comedy . actually , it is often an extremely grim film , about the aftermath of the death of a wife and mother .
. much of the earlier film revolves around ugly issues of money : finding a well - to - do husband , spending vast sums on an ostentatious wedding . by contrast ,
? this is a tricky question , and i will argue that the film is ambiguous on this issue . one might note that well - known critics disagree : serge daney thought
, and also in the telephone call in that film . both of these scenes were associated with romance . many of the overhead shots here also have elements of romance and adventure .
mitchum is introduced wearing a leather jacket . it too looks as if it might be brown , although it is hard to tell in a black - and - white film . in
betty hutton : annie get your gun and dancing with fred astaire ( photo : betty hutton in annie get your gun ) [ see previous post :
betty hutton movies : ' it had to be you . '
] betty hutton ’s career would reach its peak in 1950 : top billed , she danced with fred astaire in norman z . mcleod ’s aptly titled let’s dance . though not a great movie , the pairing with astaire signaled prestige ; the rko - turned - mgm star was certainly more well - regarded than the likes of sonny tufts , john lund , don defore , or macdonald carey . that same year , betty hutton replaced a problematic judy garland in mgm’s george sidney - directed film version of irving berlin ’s annie get your gun . of note : on broadway , the role of annie oakley had been played by none other than hutton’s panama hattie nemesis , ethel merman . annie get your gun was to be one of mgm’s biggest productions of the year . hutton was even featured on the cover of time magazine ,
the wife becomes a missing person . there is some dialogue about this , at the start of the film - but we don ' t actually see a search . this is unlike other minnelli films with disappearing characters - the search is usually extensive , and the climax of the film . the disappearance here , and reconciliation afterwards , are in the rain - as in
this film is more
realistic
than most other films , in recording a major social event that was occurring , but which was taboo to mention . it echoes other such notices in minnelli . minnelli is often ( correctly ) thought of as an aesthete . yet , minnelli is one of the few film makers to record to ugly reality of child labor , in
these three sections are not explicitly marked in the movie - i . e . there are no title cards , chapter marks or intermissions separating them . but the film seems strongly structured along these lines . for example , as soon as theron enter the film , we move from a prologue centering on the parents and rafe , to a story strongly centered on theron .
( 1989 ) , minnelli came up with the basic idea of this number - but did not create the version in the film , and disliked what had been done with his ideas .
men in the film often wear blue suits , or red ties ; these contribute towards the color scheme . gray suits are also common ; these are part of the neutral background colors .
the italian film producer , is set against a background of a blue striped couch . his blue and grey clothes make a color harmony with this background , a familiar effect in minnelli .
( 1955 ) , another celebrated film photographed by alton . but while that film noir was in black and white , this ballet sequence is in color - and how ! alton does astonishing things , apparently with colored lights and filters , to make this scene full of non - naturalistic colors and lighting effects . the smoke here also recalls the fiery pirate number in minnelli ' s
started life as a 1953 broadway play , a major hit . the play was extensively reworked for the screen , in part to meet the strict film censorship restrictions of the time . ever since , it has been a cliché to suggest that the movie is simply a watered down , bowdlerized version of the play . a comparison of the play and film suggests a drastically different conclusion .
( 1954 ) , and systematically by such contemporary film makers as pedro almodóvar , danny boyle and gus van sant . minnelli will use this color scheme in other films as well , such as
the army trucks , with their thin pillars on their sides , also recall the moving pavilions of that film . and the leaf camouflage on the pillars recalls the garlanding in earlier minnelli films .
at her screen test , a camera follows the heroine from back stage , while she moves through a corridor full of film lights . this recalls judy garland ' s procession from back stage in
is it a crime ?
is a modest musical number . it is a pleasant song , but not as good as the first - rate numbers that remain in the film . its simple staging is also pleasant - but - not - notable . one is glad it survives , and can be seen today . but the filmmakers were perhaps right to cut it from the film .
the servicemen throughout the film are also of a certain type . they tend to be good looking , romantic leading men types . like most of the extras in the film , they seem refined and well mannered , in a sophisticated new york mode . few if any are the sort of macho roughnecks one often sees in uniform in hollywood films , such as robert mitchum in edward dmytryk ' s
. in a _ film _ by , both brad stevens and joe mcelhaney discuss
rumors
that vincente minnelli directed the finale of this thriller . brad stevens says that it resembles the finale of
contains a mystery of identity . the heroine has to figure out who her husband ' s first girlfriend was . she does this by piecing together a number of clues , throughout the film . like
minnelli sometimes places his camera at a slightly bigger angle to a wall of a room . when he does this , oftentimes there is a piece of furniture in the shot that is exactly parallel to the frame of the film . for example , in the brother ' s office , the green chair is in exact alignment with the film frame , while the wall is somewhat at an angle .
by todd garbarini robert z . leonard ’s 1940 film pride and predjudice , which stars lawrence olivier , edmund gwenn , marsha hunt , greer garson , and maureen o’sullivan , will be screened at the the royale laemmle theater in los angeles . based upon the novel by jane austen , the 118 - minute film will be screened on tuesday , december 8th , 2015 at 7 : 00 pm . actress marsha hunt , who played mary bennet in the film , is scheduled to appear in - person to discuss the film and answer audience questions . from the press release : this lush , oscar - winning film from the heyday of mgm is the most entertaining of the many screen adaptations of jane austen ’s best - loved novel . laurence olivier plays mr . darcy , greer garson is elizabeth bennet , and they give definitive performances as the archetypal battling lovers who set the model for almost every rom - com of the future . the supporting cast includes edmund gwenn , mary boland , edna may oliver ,
later , they eat a green salad , also as in the long , long trailer . the dialogue calls the salad
green
: unfortunately the film itself is in black - and - white .
the number is in red , a gray - that - approaches - blue , and white . this links it to the red - blue - and - white
by strauss
earlier in the film .
. as in that film , these colors are mixed in with neutral backgrounds , such as whites and off - whites , as well as an occasional cool , refreshing green . as discussed in the article on
the climax of the film has montand performing a psychic search for the heroine in new york city . this is shown in the song
come back to me
, and gets an ingeniously stylized treatment .
. a sequence is set in venice . after all the glowing references to venetian art in earlier minnelli films , it is great to see the director at last getting a chance to make a film there .
) . in these scenes , the costume is modified right on the actress . the costume designer is working in three dimensions , with the costume worn exactly as it will be used in the film to come .
. the set even has the repeated arched doorways of the previous film . the contrasting colors of green and purple keep showing up throughout the whole ballet , as they did in the early part of the finale of
there are brilliant red objects scattered throughout the film . these tend to be small , fiery and highly conspicuous ; they concentrate an extreme of the red - orange part of the color scheme into a small space .
is a film in which people stand around and talk about their relationships . today , such films , when they are made at all , are aimed at an exclusively female audience :
chick flicks
. yet
this is the only time vincente minnelli was able to direct his daughter liza minnelli in a film . also , unlike his mgm period where vincente minnelli often directed the same actors repeatedly , most of the cast of
says that it depicts an idealized america . in some ways this is certainly true : the peaceful life shown in the film must have seemed intensely nostalgic to war time audiences . but in other ways , the society in
there is a queer interpretation : we are seeing expressions of gay or bisexual behavior . cross - dressing will recur in minnelli ' s gay lib film tea and sympathy , as well as the ballet in the bandwagon .
( 1948 ) also opens with the heroine looking at a series of paintings that tell the back - story of the film , and there is a similar suggestion that one is involved in a world described by painting .
- although the film goes out of its way to establish that she is not a
floozy
, and that she was good at school . this makes her far more respectable and educated , than the heroine of
right before the dancing tobins ought to film a new production , his wife tells freddy tobin that she ' s pregnant . so the producer desperately has to seek a replacement and starts a . . . see full summary »
is related , but different . it has two people searching for each other , rather than one missing person being looked for by lots of people . and it occurs in the film ' s middle , not the end .
. two similar long tall window panels are to the right , also like the windows in the house in the earlier film . the repeated men in their red coats also form strong repeated verticals , like the standing soldiers in
dancing in the dark
opens with that minnelli favorite , a ride in an open carriage . here it is not in a historical film , but in a modern day setting , new york ' s central park .
the white collar husband encounters a lot of working class men throughout the film . these relationships are always polite - but they usually involve the husband paying out cash to the men , for services rendered for the trailer . in
in minnelli . it also has a moving wheel on top . the huge swinging gates of the mine yard are also kinetic art . later on in the film , the weavers ' looms will also be kinetic art objects .
the film was directed by norman z . mcleod , roy del ruth , and starring red skelton , ann sothern , rags ragland among others , with special features by james , warren and nyas berry of the berry brothers .
the director is the only character in the film to develop a successful family life , with marriage and children . his dining room has an ellipse - shaped mirror on the wall , like a similar mirror in the dining room in
some critics have seen buchanan ' s character to be a satire on vincente minnelli himself , with his various highbrow aspirations in american film . the red smoke that fills buchanan ' s faust sequences seems like a minnelli signature , after
. the film begins with sung narration , first by an unseen chorus , then joined by an unseen soloist . minnelli films often experiment with different methods of narration . this is one of the most unusual and avant - garde .
the kitchen , seen early in the film , also has reddish decor and green food . ( later , during the big revelation between theron and his mother , the kitchen is stripped bare of all but its pinkish wood . )
, something condemned by that film . if it ' s bad for gigi to learn how to extract presents of jewelry from wealthy men - and i agree that it is - shouldn ' t it be bad for the heroine of
has perhaps used them to advantage , somewhat paradoxically . the play had two characters who represented evil adult homosexuals . this has been removed from the movie version . because of this , while the play depicted gayness as evil , the movie does not . by any standards , this is a big step up , morally and politically . the change is particularly striking in the treatment of the coach , an obnoxious villain in both play and film . in the play , he is a repressed gay . the revelation about these yearnings at the play ' s end is treated as a big , guilty secret , showing how evil and rotten he is . all of this has been toned down , perhaps eliminated in the film . the coach in the film seems to be heterosexual . he is still rotten to the core . but the film traces his viciousness to his rigid adherence to macho norms . in the film , these norms are seen as a sick part of mainstream heterosexual culture . the coach is seen as representing heterosexuals at their worst . he is a person who spends much of his time enforcing macho norms , and persecuting anyone who falls outside of them .
there are two long take sequences at the party . the first occurs during the musical number
skip to my lou
. it starts when esther enters the shot carrying a tray of drinks , and eventually ends much later when john sings
lost my partner , skip to my lou
. this sequence is immensely complicated . the camera movements are all coordinated with the dance numbers in the film . the camera sometimes soars over the dancers ' heads . it can move rapidly and forcefully , or make small adjustments . the most intricate dancing in the film takes place here , an ensemble piece that also contains many individual brief numbers for small groups of dancers . i cannot imagine how hard this was to rehearse . it is unclear whether this moving camera sequence in the work of minnelli , or of charles walters , the film ' s choreographer . walters would soon go on to be a director himself . his first film ,
. startling plot revelations follow immediately after the bildungsroman ends , and theron comes home after his first sexual encounter . the whole focus of the film changes . there are no longer any goals : the story keeps moving in unexpected directions .
( 1956 ) is a biography of the painter vincent van gogh . the film is an example of vincente minnelli trying to bring high culture to a mass audience . it also shows his love of france , as a center of art .
the beat actor ( frank gorshin ) gets spoofed for his casual clothes . but the film seems to respect his talent as an actor . he is also presented as a person with sincere feelings . minnelli will return to a bohemian milieu in
is also minnelli ' s first film of religion - based fantasy . this is a genre to which minnelli would return throughout his career . many of minnelli ' s realistic , non - fantasy films , will also include the christian imagery prevalent in
( 1944 ) is a romantic comedy , mainly directed by and credited to alexander hall . hall had to leave to start another film a few weeks before this one finished . vincente minnelli was reportedly brought in to direct the last few weeks of
is that i wanted to make them more
visible
to viewers . these comments might seem
obvious
to anyone who watches the film . but it is clear that many people are ignoring or not seeing this aspect of the movie .
is full of mirrors , and scenes are often staged in front of them . mirrors are one of the main motifs in film noir , so perhaps these mirrors reflect the genre . they also recall minnelli ' s other films with mirror sequences .
. the fathers in that film are frighteningly efficient . they take one look at a situation , size it up accurately , and make a non - negotiable demand on their sons to take some macho - driven course of action . the father in
. this song is a musical version , of the sort of frantic hunt for a missing person that often forms a climax in minnelli . it takes place at night and around water , anticipating the desperate search in minnelli ' s next film ,
guétary is always dressed to the teeth . throughout the film he is dressed in a series of beautifully tailored double - breasted suits . he is a
dandy
, a man who takes great pleasure in being dressed well . the film suggests that this gives great pleasure to everyone around him , too . the dandy has a long tradition in both life and art . he is clearly a figure whom minnelli celebrates . many of minnelli ' s young men are also dandies , such as those in
the garage late in the film where the husband discusses alternate routes , is filled with red color harmonies . light orange brick and light pink brick walls , are behind bright red machinery . the husband ' s blue jacket forms the sole contrasting touch .
both heroines in the film are in orange clothes on their introduction . martha hyer is in a refined , glamorous evening gown whose color is a soft , restrained orange - pink , while shirley maclaine shows up in a blinding red - orange outfit .
the skyscraper building where montand sings
come back to me
, has some sort of polygonal shaped roof . ( it is hard to tell exactly from the view in the film , whether it is a hexagon , an octagon , etc . )
, though it is less elongated than those in previous minnelli . instead of being elongated , it is close to being a circle . the contessa has a long elliptical mirror on a dressing table , one more used in the bulk of the film .
( 1956 ) is vincente minnelli ' s look at men who do not fit into gender norms . the hero is a male prep school student who is deeply female like . it shows his ferocious persecution by adult authority figures in the school , his male classmates , and by his own father . the film constitutes a detailed record of the war on gays that was fought from the 1930 ' s through the 1970 ' s in the united states . this war was fought in media silence - the media of the time were not supposed to notice it was going on , or record any of it . so the fact that a film like this was made at the time is fairly amazing , and one wonders how it ever got by film censorship .
the black and white ball towards the end of the film is one of minnelli ' s richest scenes . the screen is so overloaded with detail , that even with the stop motion capabilities of today ' s film machines , that it is virtually impossible to take in all the detail . walter plunckett created a huge variety of costumes here , his only contribution to the film . these are rich , sensuous and complex . they have the flattering quality of his finest work . one wonders what it would be like to wear such wonderful clothes in real life . the clothes of both guétary and kelly have a look evoking adventure films , a genre in which plunckett specialized . minnelli had previously included the black and white costumed dance number of
la traviata
in
there is a beautiful still life of breakfast , at the start of the film . minnelli loves such still lifes of food . many of the plates on the table are geometric . once again in minnelli , the food is soft : grapefruit and poached eggs .
sandra dee ' s young english girlfriend has a crush on one of the soldiers at buckingham palace . minnelli includes the
changing of the guard
ritual in the film . he ties in with the other glamorized men in uniform in minnelli , in films like
some of the movements in the boar hunt show first the boar , and later the hero , moving towards the camera . at the film ' s end , the hero disappears by moving away from the camera , in a reverse echo of the earlier hunt .