tom sawyer is a 1917 american silent comedy-drama/adventure film starring jack pickford , robert gordon , and clara horton ; it is based on mark twain 's novel the adventures of tom sawyer .

directed by william desmond taylor , the film was released by paramount pictures .

tom sawyer ( 1917 film )

tom sawyer was filmed on location in st . petersburg and hannibal , missouri in september 1917 . [ 2 ]
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tom sawyer . hollywood : library of moving images , 2000 . 44 minutes . ( rerelease of 1917 silent film directed by william desmond taylor for paramount . ) price and isbn not yet available .
news item notes that culver city proclaimed a
tom sawyer day
in honor of this picture .
cast : jack pickford ( tom sawyer ) , clara horton ( becky thatcher ) , robert gordon ( huck finn ) , george hackathorne ( sid sawyer ) , edythe chapman ( aunt polly ) , alice marvin ( mary sawyer ) .
( 1917 ) is an early adaptation of mark twain ' s 1876 novel , which by 1917 had already grown into a widely - read and cherished classic .
jack pickford in mark twain ' s great american classic ' tom sawyer ' . by arrangement with mark twain company , copyright 1917 by oliver morosco photoplay company . directed by william desmond taylor .
rebecca of sunnybrook farm ( 1917 ) - - mary pickford , dir . by marshall neilan
finally we have a picture from an unidentified film . does anyone have any ideas where it might be from ? it would be from a film from 1917 or earlier .
, shortly after the film ' s release ,
i wanted simply to make tom live - - so people would say , ' there , that ' s the tom sawyer i learned to love in twain ' s pages . '
this was the fourth film adaptation of the twain novel , following versions released in 1907 , 1917 , and 1930 , and this is the first filmed in technicolor .
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mt wrote tom sawyer , detective along with tom sawyer abroad in the mid - 1890s , two decades after tom ' s first novel appeared . at the time he was more desperate for money than at any other point in his career , and seems mainly to have been trying to cash in on the established marketability of tom ' s name . presumbably adolph zukor had much the same motive when he produced this film for paramount at the same time that selznick was making his film . the cover of the film ' s publicity book ( left ) shows a young donald o ' connor , who actually played huck . huck and tom both appear in the two posters below . another poster | another poster
survival status : prints exist in the library of congress film archive ; and in the film holdings of film preservation associates ( blackhawk films collection ) .
cast : lewis sargent ( huckleberry finn ) , katherine griffith ( widow douglas ) , martha mattox ( miss watson ) , frank lanning ( huck ' s father ) , orral humphrey ( the duke ) , tom bates ( the king ) , gordon griffith ( tom sawyer ) .
. other cast members included gordon griffith as tom sawyer , a young esther ralston as mary jane wilks , katherine griffith as the widow douglas , george reed as jim , and martha mattox as miss watson .
when director william desmond taylor set out to adapt mark twain ' s beloved novel the adventures of mark twain to the still relatively new medium of film , he was not expressly setting out to break any artistic ground . by his own admission , he wanted to simply bring the tom sawyer of the novel to life , the character that
people would say , ' there , that ' s the tom sawyer i learned to love in twain ' s pages . '
thanks for including the link to the film . i will bookmark it and come back later to view . i like the philosophy they adopted when making this film , to create a tom sawyer that people would recognize from the book . many novels are hard to adapt to screen , but it seems they had the best approach .
tom sawyer , a young missouri lad , finds fun and adventure with his pals joe harper and huckleberry finn , running away to hide out on jackson ' s island and pretending to be mississippi river pirates . when tom is believed dead by his grieving aunt polly , he sneaks back to town to attend his own funeral .
like about 90 % of the early silent movies , this first film adaptation of the adventures of tom sawyer seems to be lost . the very brief entry on it in the internet movie data base contains only two names , under
writing credits
- - gene gauntier and mark twain .
it received a nomination for an academy award for best art direction , and the venice film festival mussolini cup for best film .
tom sawyer , a young missouri lad , finds fun and adventure with his pals joe harper and huckleberry finn , running away to hide out on jackson ' s island and pretending to be mississippi river . . . see full summary »
according to a news item , this film was shot in hannibal , missouri . in march 1918 , paramount released a sequel to this film ,
the film lost $ 302 , 000 at the box office . [ 14 ]
references : film credits , film viewing : afi - f1 n . f1 . 4513 ; everson - american p . 151 ; sinyard - silent p . 94 .
was considered a
lost
film for decades until it was restored by the george eastman house in 2006 , using a tinted , 35mm print that had been found in denmark in the 1960s . an extensive restoration , which involved recreating both tints and lost intertitle cards , was funded by the national film preservation foundation , making it the 1 , 000th film the nfpf has saved . the print recently made the rounds of film festivals , including the 2011 san francisco silent film festival .
singled out sargent and gordon griffith for praise ,
young lewis sargent , who plays the leading role of huck , is more than ' all - boy ' ; he is a natural - born actor . the same goes for gordon griffith , inimitable in his interpretation of tom sawyer . william d . taylor , who directed the previous paramount artcraft pictures ,
wow , these are great pictures ! i’m currently in the process of publishing a biography about jack – what a tragic yet incredible life he had . the last picture would be from anyone of these films : “seventeen” , “freckles” , “what money can’t buy” , “the varmint” , “ghost house” , or “jack and jill” . he starred in over 15 films with louise huff , those are the only ones released before and during 1917 . the picture of jack and olive was taken in 1916 . they were outside of their home , saying goodbye to each other while jack left to shoot tom sawyer . that picture was first published in photoplay magazine .
historical footnotes : jack pickford and robert gordon would reprise their roles in huck and tom ( 1918 ) . frank lanning would play injun joe . in 1920 frank lanning would play pap finn in huckleberry finn , the final installment of the trilogy in which huck was played by lewis sargent and tom by gordon griffith .
a year before he made gone with the wind , david o . selznick went back to ante bellum missouri with his version of the adventures of tom sawyer ( 1938 ) . directed by norman taurog , who had done huck finn for paramount in 1931 and who also directed boys town with mickey rooney and spencer tracy in 1938 , the film starred tommy kelly as tom , jackie moran as huck , ann gillis as becky thatcher , may robson as aunt polly , philip hurlic as
little jim
and gets memorable performances from walter brennan as muff potter and victor jory as injun joe . 18 publicity photos | grosset & dunlap photoplay edition
to the screen . in the estimation of silent film historian william k . everson ,
taylor ' s
a growing source of silent era film information . this listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett . copyright © 1999 - 2018 by carl bennett and the silent era company . all rights reserved .
take a look at one of my recent adverts for bertolli : this film was shot on location in south africa . we used some ‘in - camera’ fx in this film , with sets dressed to resemble rural italy .
in 1917 , the feature - length production was a relatively new invention , and few studios would allow films to last more than five reels ( approximately one hour ) . this made it necessary for taylor and screenwriter ivers to omit substantial portions of the original narrative . after the success of the film , the studio ( paramount ) encouraged the filmmakers to return to twain ' s novel . one year after
. new york : wid ' s films and film folk , inc . : 8 february 15 , 1938 .
was made in 1917 , in what might be termed the cinema ' s adolescence . it therefore contains a degree of narrative stiffness and caricature ( huck finn ' s straw - like hair and blacked - out teeth , for example ) that tends to distract some viewers . this ungainly style , however , nicely complements the story , serving as the visual equivalent of tom ' s own boyish awkwardness and enhancing the
aw shucks
essence of the missouri boys ' barefoot adventures .
review of the film ends with the reviewer stating :
. . . get busy [ mr . selznick ] on
. new york : wid ' s films and film folk , inc . february 14 , 1938 . p . 2 .
the film was released on dvd in 2000 by the library of moving images , and again in 2006 by unknown video .
this is without doubt one of the best music videos i have shot , it is truly iconic . the film was all shot electronically as opposed to film . this was before my days as a director and was directed by alex and martin from partisan
, took over the direction of the film , he discarded the footage that had already been shot ( in black and white ) , and began production on the film in technicolor . john weaver was assigned to refurbish the script to
meet color demands .
footloose and fancy free tom roams the neighborhood and spots clara horton as becky thatcher picking daisies in the front yard of her home . clara was in sore need of one of those cinematographers who specialized in glamor photography . she is filmed in harsh sunlight in a baby jane wig with braids and decked out in a wedding cake dress and full length pantalettes which make it hard to look demure . the whole effect is quite unflattering and you are left to wonder what charm this becky holds for tom . tom throws a few cartwheels and retrieves with his toes a daisy becky coquettishly dropped for him .
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it is , alas , a lost film . there seems to even be very few stills from it surviving – such a shame .
next day tom is assigned his whitewashing punishment . aunt polly ' s young slave jim , who is as big as tom , walks up with an empty bucket on his way to the pump and is waylaid and tempted by tom as a candidate to do the whitewashing . jim demurs until the unveiling of tom ' s sore toe proves to be more than he can resist and he bends over to survey this wonder . in a nice bit of staging we see polly come out of the house , size up the situation and put quite a bit of effort into removing one of her slippers . thus she telegraphs jim ' s fate - - polly has his rear end in her sites and follows through with style . after jim runs off , polly elaborately replaces the slipper on her foot and goes back inside .
that night tom makes his stealthy visit home but decides not to leave a message for his aunt when he learns of the memorial service planned for him and his companions . tom returns to the island and plots their auspicious return to the village . on the day of the funeral the congregation is properly broken up and the minister appropriately dumbfounded when the three drowned boys brazenly and unhesitatingly march down the aisle of the church to be reunited with their families . widow douglas hugs and kisses huck and he grimaces with distaste at this unwelcome attention . the choir sings ; becky reconciles with tom ; and huck , wiping the widow ' s kisses off his face , beats a skulks out of the church grinning like a feral animal . tom and becky hold the same hymnal and sing as we iris out . the end .
after tom ' s whitewashing triumph he walks back into polly ' s house , hides his treasure and finds his aunt just as twain described her sleeping in a chair with her cat in her lap . tom takes polly outside and she responds with a hands up
take
of shock and disbelief . she escorts him back into the kitchen and rewards him with an apple while tom clandestinely
hooks
two doughnuts . here ivers took twain ' s mention of polly ' s
happy scriptural flourish
and gives her the line ,
what you earn by honest effort and without sin has the best flavor .
during the encounter with alfred temple we are introduced to huckleberry finn ( robert gordon ) who sits nearby and witnesses the massacre . huck is the most overblown character in an otherwise fairly understated cast . dressed in an exaggerated ragged costume reminiscent of burlesque theater and grinning a gap - toothed daft smile , huck sits watching the fight , holding a watermelon under one arm . huck ' s hat has the remnants of a brim left ; mostly just a shabby crown . after alfred has been vanquished , the retreating boy hurls a rock at tom ' s back and tom chases him home where alfred torments him from inside the house while his mother remonstrates tom with ,
you ' re a bad , vicious child !
( or young hoodlum judging by his size and temperament . ) to celebrate tom ' s victory huck breaks his watermelon in half and splits it with the champion .
the first sound adaptation of mt ' s novel was made in 1930 by paramount , and featured jackie coogan ( whom chaplin had made a star at age 7 in the kid [ 1921 ] ) as tom . huck was played by junior durkin , becky by mitzi green , and sid by jackie searl . clara blandick , who would be better known for an auntie named em in the wizard of oz ( 1939 ) played aunt polly . in the second still photo below , charlie stevens is playing joe and tully marshall is muff potter ( the actor who played dr . robinson was uncredited ) : polly , tom & sid | in the graveyard | tom sees joe
for my recommendation of best mark twain film , i ' d have to go with 1985 ' s
the adventures of mark twain
. it ' s a wonderfully sensitive claymation film that offsets the problem of translating twain ' s clever turns of a phrase by just having him say them !
the film was released on dvd in 2000 by the library of moving images , [ 3 ] and again in 2006 by unknown video . [ 4 ]
this 1973 musical adaption was reader ' s digest ' s first venture into movie - making . it starred johnny whitaker as tom , jeff east as huck and jodie foster as becky . the score ( by richard sherman , robert sherman and john williams ) received both oscar and golden globe nominations . reader ' s digest used jeff east again when it brought out a musical version of huckleberry finn in 1974 , though tom ' s character doesn ' t appear in this sequel .
, will you , before we begin throwing tomatoes .
lyle wheeler was nominated for an academy award for best art decoration for his work on the film .
sunday finds tom being forced to wash up and don the same ridiculous apparel that his fellow sunday school students wear - - a tight waist length roundabout - - and crowned with a precious beribboned little straw hat . the fact that the actors are too old to be dressed this way underscores the absurdity . tom parlays his whitewashing booty to buy out the prize tickets that will earn him the coveted bible and squirms with embarrassment when he misidentifies david and goliath as the first two apostles in front of becky and her father judge thatcher . in a departure from the original text the widow douglas is introduced as tom ' s sunday school teacher in this sequence although she won ' t have anything else to do until she appears in the two sequels .
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monday morning tom tries to avoid going to school by claiming a toothache . straight from the book - - polly ties one end of a string to tom ' s tooth and the other end to the bed post . she ' s about to shove the flaming end of some firewood in his face to complete the procedure when there is an inexplicable cut to huck finn outside shooting at something off screen with his sling shot . in the following shot tom surveys his tooth dangling from the string . the set dressing in polly ' s home is unusual - - an elaborate cooking stove which probably post dates the civil war is a prominent fixture and polly ' s four poster ( in which cousin mary also sleeps ) is in the same room with the stove .
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the united artists release includes most of the sequences familiar to readers of the book , including the fence - whitewashing episode ; a wild raft ride down the mississippi river ; tom and huckleberry finn ' s attendance at their own funeral , after the boys , who were enjoying an adventure on a remote island , are presumed dead ; the murder trial of local drunkard muff potter ; and tom and becky thatcher ' s flight through a cave as they try to escape from injun joe , who is revealed to be the real killer .
study guide , some filming took place at malibu lake , ca , where a school for the twelve children who were featured in the film was run by fletcher clark . a
production chart lists a . w . sweatt , hugh chapman , jimmie swisher , and hollis jewell in the cast , but their appearance in the released film is doubtful . the same production chart included tommy bupp in the cast but , according to an interview with bupp , he was originally cast in the role of tom , but when the role of huck was given to jackie moran , bupp was replaced by tommy kelly because bupp was considered too tall .
vogel , michelle ( 2007 ) . olive thomas : the life and death of a silent film beauty . mcfarland . p . 157 . isbn 0 - 786 - 42908 - 9 .
vogel , michelle ( 2007 ) . olive thomas : the life and death of a silent film beauty . mcfarland . p . 157 . isbn 0 - 786 - 42908 - 9 .
a review in the 1918 moving picture review stated ,
jack pickford was simply beyond compare . to see him is to see the original tom with all his gay impishness brought back to life .
variety echoed this appraisal with ,
the fresh young kid to the life .
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what the film makers decided to film they did by the book and scenario writer ivers stuck very closely to the original narrative , editing and embroidering it where she saw fit but respecting the material . certain sequences of this new version were personally tinted by producer elaina b . archer . blue tinting is her favorite , but it is used sparingly . the bluish main titles over painted generic landscape cards proclaim :
in defining the look of the film and its characters , taylor drew from the illustrations of e . w . kemble , with whom many twain readers were certainly familiar . screenwriter julia crawford ivers told the
( 1918 ) , which allowed him to explore some of the subplots which he hadn ' t the time or resources to include in the first film . the following year , taylor and screenwriter ivers adapted
i am pleased to announce that a significantly extended rewrite of the piece that was available here is now published on the bright lights film journal . please head over there to read it . thank you .
( 1920 ) was the first film version of mark twain ' s classic novel about a backwoods boy ' s adventures along the mississippi . it is also one of the few complete films directed by taylor known to survive .
. george cukor also directed some retakes and added scenes . hundreds of boys were reportedly tested for the title role , which selznick ( according to a modern source printing of a memo he wrote on the subject ) wanted to cast with an orphan who was unknown to film audiences . selznick was unable to find a qualified orphan , but settled instead for the inexperienced tommy kelly , the son of an east bronx fireman . the film marked kelly ' s screen debut .
, shows himself an excellent twain specialist . julia crawford ivers has provided a fine scenario .
twain ' s daughter clara clemens , who was married to famed pianist ossip gabrilowitsch , was later given a private screening of the film in detroit .
b . r . crisler of the new york times wrote that tommy kelly was
a miracle of casting
and called the film
one of the better pictures of the year
on the strength of the source material alone , but also criticized the film for including scenes of
cheap and obvious
slapstick involving such things as tomatoes and cake icing . crisler told producer david o . selznick to
get busy on ' gone with the wind ' , will you , before we begin throwing tomatoes .
[ 8 ] variety wrote that selznick had
pulled no financial punches
in mounting the production and that while the film was generally faithful to the book , an
excellent job
had been done on the new dialogue written for the screen . [ 9 ] film daily called it
a triumph for all concerned .
[ 10 ] john mosher of the new yorker praised kelly and gillis as
altogether very much the twain children
and called weaver ' s screenplay
excellent
. [ 11 ]
, wrote in 1929 that in seeing the film , he realized that taylor
took a copy of the original edition and made his characters fit my drawings . i had not seen the book in years , and as my characters appeared on the screen , resembling my types so faithfully , even as to pose , my mind ran back to the lanky boy who posed for me and the pride i had felt in doing my first book .
a 1923 edition of the book published by harper & co . used stills from the film as illustrations .
thanks so much for joining in with your review of this interesting ( if flawed ) film . you ' re quite right about the clever phrases not translating well to the screen . i know that silent cyrano de bergerac ' s ( gorgeous though they are ) all have the same problem .
news item , selznick international made a separate print of the film for release in great britain . william hamilton burnside , an english sales consultant , helped the studio eliminate
american colloquialisms , dialogue and situations in the missouri boy story that might not be understood by a british audience .
the
i have also published articles on the reception of boris karloff and bela lugosi ( with mark jancovich ) , the silent film star jack pickford , the first african - american director oscar micheaux , the teen tv series kyle xy , and representations of bipolar disorder in the tv series rookie blue .
some exterior scenes were filmed at big bear lake , lake malibu , paramount ranch in agoura , california , and rko ' s encino movie ranch . other scenes were filmed on recycled sets left over from a star is born ( 1937 ) , such as the boldgett family home interior ( kitchen , living room , & bedroom ) , and a silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon . mississippi river long shots from tom saywer would later be reused in mgm s 1951 musical showboat .
contemporary sources note that an exhibit called
the making of a contemporary film ,
sponsored by the museum of modern art in new york , featured material that attested to the exhaustive research efforts that went into making the picture . for example , the studio ' s research department was said to have consulted over one hundred sources in order to insure the authenticity of the setting and the characters in the film . among the many experts who were consulted were bernard de voto , h . l . mencken and albert bigelow paine . late 19th century american school books and missouri newspapers were also used for research purposes , as was mark twain ' s book ,
time out london called the film
extraordinarily handsome to look at , with exquisite technicolor camerawork by wong howe and some imaginative designs . . . [ it ] has its longueurs , but it does capture the sense of a lazy mississippi summer and much of the spirit of the book , with jory making a superbly villainous injun joe .
[ 12 ]
. william d . taylor , the director of both films , conceived of the second story at the same time as the first , but decided there was too much material for one production . where the characters overlapped , the same actors were used in both films . among the many other film adaptations of twain ' s novel are : paramount - publix ' s 1930 production
opens and closes with an actor portraying mark twain , and famous players - lasky used an illustration of twain in its advertisements for the film to give it an air of legitimacy . twain , who had died in 1910 , is shown lying in bed with a portable writing desk ( as he was known to do ) , surrounded by the characters from the book . the ad reads ,
jesse l . lasky presents : a new mark twain - paramount artcraft picture
tommy kelly , a bronx fireman ' s son , was selected for the title role through a national campaign waged by producer david o . selznick , who later would conduct a similar search for an actress to portray scarlett o ' hara in gone with the wind . according to a 1937 memo he sent to story editor katharine brown , he originally hoped to cast an orphan as tom , feeling such a stunt would receive
tremendous attention and arouse such a warm public feeling that it would add enormously to the gross of the picture .
[ 4 ] kelly failed to achieve the star status of fellow child actor freddie bartholomew , and after an inconsequential career he retired and later became a school teacher . [ 5 ]
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news items , producer david o . selznick made two unsuccessful attempts to film this picture before production commenced for the third and final time on july 18 , 1937 . the first round of filming , which began on march 27 , 1937 , was suspended and then begun again on 24 jun , only to be halted for a second time shortly thereafter . h . c . potter directed the first two production attempts , and although it is not clear why the first two rounds of filming did not succeed , a modern source claims that potter walked off the picture because of
selznickian interference .
after reading the comment cards completed by an audience at a sneak preview of the film , selznick sent director taurog a memo expressing concern about the climactic scene in the cave , which many viewers had described as
too horrible for children .
he advised taurog
this worried me , because we certainly want the picture to be for a family audience ,
and as a result he was cutting a close - up of becky , in which her hysteria was
perhaps a shade too much that of a very ill woman , rather than that of a little girl ,
with regrets .
[ 6 ]
director william desmond taylor was shot to death on february 1 , 1922 in his los angeles bungalow . no person was ever convicted of the crime . in 1967 film director king vidor conducted a personal investigation of the crime . vidor concluded that a woman named charlotte shelby was probably the guilty party . shelby was opposed to the relationship taylor had with her daughter , actress mary miles minter . charlotte shelby died in 1957 and the crime is still officially unsolved . an extensive account of the taylor mystery and vidor ' s investigation is given in sidney d . fitzpatrick ' s a cast of killers , e . p . dutton , ny 1986 .
director taylor ' s life also ended prematurely , in one of the most intriguing mysteries ever to occur within the walls of hollywood babylon . found dead of a gunshot wound in his home on february 2 , 1922 , taylor was believed to be romantically linked to actresses mabel normand and mary miles minter , though neither was charged with the murder . theories of the taylor murder abound and to this day it continues to be a source of debate among film history and true crime aficionados . because it occurred shortly after the roscoe
fatty
arbuckle scandal ( in which he was charged in the death of actress virginia rappe ) , the taylor murder was held up by moral reformers as further evidence of hollywood debauchery and one more reason why the industry should be subjected to tighter censorship . the hays office was established that very year .
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pickford ' s career is generally overlooked in the shadow of his sister ' s , but he appeared in numerous films before his premature death at age 37 . a lifelong bon vivant , pickford married not one , not two , but
ziegfeld showgirls in a span of fifteen years ( olive thomas , marilyn miller and mary mulhern ) and was reportedly involved with another ( lillian lorraine ) when he was only fifteen . pickford ' s health began to fail in 1930 and the actor eventually passed away in 1933 . but to paraphrase someone else ' s epitaph ,
while alive , he lived .
in the words of writer anita loos ,
you couldn ' t help loving jack . he was the only lush i ever knew who was good company .
pickford ' s niece gwynne pickford attributed his death to
too much of all the right things : women , drink and riotous living .
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i have to watch this one . i can ' t remember seeing a good silent adaption of a mark twain story . i have heard a connecticut yankee in king arthur ' s court was good , but it is lost .
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following taurog ' s assignment as director of the picture , ted limes was replaced by jackie moran as
huckleberry finn ,
and beulah bondi supplanted elizabeth patterson as
aunt polly .
bondi was later replaced by may robson . a june 28 , 1937
, directed by william d . taylor and starring jack pickford and george hackathorne ( see
a wilderness comedy starring clara bow , preserved by the library of congress and presented on the treasures 5 : the west dvd set .
of the four features in the treasures iii dvd set , the soul of youth is the most completely forgotten—and the most undeservedly so . its director , william desmond taylor , is now remembered largely for his murder—a february 1922 crime still unsolved . this 1920 feature stands as a testament that hollywood lost a distinctive talent in his prime . the soul of youth takes on a series of social issues through one boy’s story , beginning with unwanted newborns and going on to loveless orphanages and homeless street youths before finding a solution through the relatively new juvenile court movement .
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lewis sargent continued in films for another fifteen years , mostly in bit parts , before becoming a parole officer for the state of california . he died in 1970 at the age of 63 . following
. and incidentally , the picture , i was told , grossed three and a half million dollars . so when paramount offered me this time $ 40 a week to do the picture [
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kid galahad is a 1937 boxing film starring edward g. robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart and , in the title role , rising newcomer wayne morris .

it was scripted by seton i. miller and directed by michael curtiz .

it was remade in 1941 , this time in a circus setting , as the wagons roll at night , also with bogart , and in 1962 as an elvis presley musical .

the original version was re-titled the battling bellhop for television distribution in order to avoid confusion with the presley remake .

kid galahad ( 1937 film )

( rare ! ) kid galahad ( 1937 ) - humphrey bogart - edward g . robinson
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humphrey bogart , dressed for his role as turkey morgan , reaches for his gun in a scene from the 1937 film kid galahad .
kid galahad ( 1937 ) humphrey bogart , a michael curtiz film . | 30 ' s classics ( screenshots ) | pinterest | humphrey bogart
humphrey bogart appears in kid galahad and san quentin . champion ( 1949 ) . humphrey bogart and bette davis appear in kid galahad and marked woman . humphrey bogart appears in kid galahad and the harder they fall . bette davis appears in kid galahad and the cabin in the cotton .
a clip from the 1937 film
kid galahad ,
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kid galahad [ region 2 ] [ 1937 ] starring edward g . robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart ( dvd by edward g . robinson
' kid galahad ' - ( october 26 - 27 1961 . 27 tracks , 76 mins )
1937 film starring edward g . robinson , bette davis and humphrey bogart . ( to be distinguished from the 1962 elvis presley boxing musical film . )
when i played with her in kid galahad , i did not admire bette davis ; i admire her now .
kid galahad is a 1937 boxing film starring edward g . robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart and , in the title role , rising newcomer wayne morris . it was scripted by seton i . miller and directed by michael curtiz .
kid galahad is a 1937 boxing film starring edward g . robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart and , in the title role , rising newcomer wayne morris . it was scripted by seton i . miller and directed by michael curtiz .
…film of the year was kid galahad ( also released as the battling bellhop ) , a boxing film with edward g . robinson in the role of a promoter and wayne morris as a prizefighter .
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denmark ; dir . jytte rex ; norsk film production and the danish film institute .
kid galahad 1937 - official wb region 2 pal , english audio & subtitles : urltoken edward g . robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart , wayne morris , jane bryan , harry carey , michael curtis : dvd & blu - ray
19 september 1991 : arts and film 86 ; 20 september 1991 : arts and film 37 .
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( 1962 ) which had been a box office winner for warner brothers in 1937 . it was based on a
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states : film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .
crew : ( b & w ) available on vhs . extract of a review from 1937 . running time : 100 min .
kid galahad ( 1937 ) - official wb region 2 pal , english audio & subtitles : official warner bros . spanish region 2 pal dvd release as pictured . full audio options : english , german , italian , spanish . full subtitle options : english hoh , german hoh , italian hoh ; italian , spanish . runtime 97 mins . bonus features : commentary by historians art simon and robert sklar ; warner ' s night at the movies 1937 : newsreel , short ' alibi mark ' , short ' postal union ' , animated shorts ' egghead rides again ' , ' i wanna be a sailor ' and ' porky ' s super service ' , trailers for 1937 movies ' kid galahad ' & ' it ' s love i ' m after ' .
when a bellhop knocks out fighter chuck mcgraw , promoter nick donati realizes he ' s a potential champ .
kid galahad
justifies nick ' s confidence , but nick ' s mistress falls for the kid while the kid falls for nick ' s young sister . now overprotective nick turns against his new fighter , leading to a near - disastrous title fight and a murderous confrontation .
as it turns out , i own kid galahad , as part of a warner bros . set , but haven’t yet seen it . now i’m wondering what’s taking me so long to watch it… !
under curtiz ' direction , robinson ' s performance as the oddly obsessed manager is tart , but for once he doesn ' t quite dominate a film . as the kind - hearted mistress who falls for the kid , and who smothers her feelings in honour of young love , bette plays with a warmth that claims the movie as hers . kid galahad was designed as a robinson movie , but it turns out instead to be an uncharacteristic davis film .
columnists had predicted davis would turn down the part of fluff in kid galahad , fight - manager robinson ' s mistress , who falls for the kid but loses him to a younger girl ( jane bryan ) and walks off into the fog alone . davis surprised them by stating ,
kid galahad , while not giving me much of a role in the artistic sense , has such a lot of good robust fight stuff in it that it is bound to appeal to a totally different cinema audience , an audience with which i nevertheless need to be kept in touch .
kid galahad ( 1937 ) - official wb region 2 pal , english audio & subtitles : official warner bros . spanish region 2 pal dvd release as pictured . full audio options : english , german , italian , spanish . full subtitle options : english hoh , german hoh , italian hoh ; italian , spanish . runtime 97 mins . bonus features : commentary by historians art simon and robert sklar ; warner & apos ; s night at the movies 1937 : newsreel , short & apos ; alibi mark & apos ; , short & apos ; postal union & apos ; , animated shorts & apos ; egghead rides again & apos ; , & apos ; i wanna be a sailor & apos ; and & apos ; porky & apos ; s super service & apos ; , trailers for 1937 movies & apos ; kid galahad & apos ; & & apos ; it & apos ; s love i & apos ; m after & apos ; .
, caeserini ' s film still suffers from a problem common to many early filmed operas , the inability to synchronize the film itself with the musical accompaniment .
elvis ' 10th movie was still being filmed as ' blue hawaii ' opened to packed theatres across the states . this would be elvis ' last film made before the
travelogue formula
became the routine . even then , kid galahad , a remake of the edward g . robinson 1937 film , still had the feeling of a meaningful drama with six songs randomly dropped into the plot . the seriousness of the film however was shown by the fact that former world - champion boxer , mushy callahan , was brought in to help coach elvis . despite this , the lacklustre script , elvis ' worry about his increased weight and his mutual dislike of co - star charles bronson stopped the film from being particularly memorable .
kid galahad
is bland on nearly every single level from its direction to its cinematography and editing and score and screenplay and even in its performances - aside from bette davis , who does manage some decent work in an underdeveloped role .
the characters are generic and the boxing sequences are rather dull . the romances between davis / edwardgrobinson / kid galahad / robinson’scharacter’ssister are poorly written on all sides and the humphrey bogart’s threat isnt threatening in the slightest regard . there is no depth , no drama , no real stakes . no emotional core . you need that in a quality boxing movie . you need a reason to root on the hero and kid galahad is just so uninteresting and one dimensional that you dont care .
in 1941 and gave it a circus backdrop with humphrey bogart once again taking a leading role . in 1962 paramount bought the rights and fine - tuned the premise for an elvis film while warner brothers changed the title of their original 1937 version to
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the use of arthurian legend in hollywood film from connecticut yankees to fisher kings .
the use of arthurian legend in hollywood film from connecticut yankees to fisher kings .
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london : rank film distributors , [ 1963 ] . [ press book . ]
kid galahad trains for the climactic big fight during the middle of summer , independence day to labor day , yet when you see all the orange and yellow leaves on the trees and on the ground it is obvious that these scenes were filmed in autumn .
according to his new york times obituary of december 3 , 1975 , the playwright and screenwriter lawrence riley , famous for his broadway hit personal appearance ( basis of mae wests go west , young man ) , contributed to kid galahad s screenplay , although uncredited .
there can definitely be a similarity between some of these dramas – like kid galahad and bullets and ballots…which both end the same way , so i see what you mean . partly , i think i like this one because i really love the actors involved . 🙂
the ' kid galahad ' e . p only made number 30 in the us charts . in the uk , released one month after ' return to sender ' was # 1 , it got to # 23 and became elvis ' highest charting uk extended play .
presents probably the most faithful film version of the medieval legend of tristan and isolde .
when a bellhop knocks out fighter chuck mcgraw , promoter nick donati realizes he ' s a potential champ .
kid galahad
justifies nick ' s confidence , but nick ' s mistress fluff falls for him ; in turn , the kid falls for nick ' s young sister . now overprotective brother nick turns against his new fighter , leading to a near - disastrous title fight and a murderous confrontation .
fight promoter nick donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ , but has second thoughts when the ' kid ' falls for his sister .
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kid galahad is just an okay boxing movie when you consider the talent involved . edward g . robinson seems to be just kind of . . . there and humphrey bogart merely turns in a canned murderer ' s row performance . bette davis plays a forgettable role but considering she ' s never looked better , i didn ' t mind . kid galahad definitely doesn ' t fall into the essential viewing category but if you ' re on an edward g or bogie kick that just won ' t die , its not a bad way to chase the dragon . . .
in kid galahad , a boxing film made about a decade before hollywood learnt how to do them properly - exploring the fighter ' s psyche in classics like body and soul , the set - up , and champion - she injects middling , even hokey material with both a wit and an enrapturing sincerity , as a conflicted , selfless moll knocked out by the hand of fate .
for me , the best film ever made about corruption in boxing is humphrey bogart ' s last film
the harder they fall .
it ' s the true story . . .
proceedings of the purdue university fifth annual conference on film october 30 - november 1 , 1980 .
germany - great britain - ireland - united states ; dir . anthony hickox ; constantin film .
every michael curtiz directed feature film i ' ve seen , ranked from my favorite to least favorite .
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king arthur on film .
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as their source , but the film ' s real debt is to the american movie western and the classics illustrated series . the film ' s significance lies in its being the first mgm film in cinemascope , not in any new light it sheds on the legend of arthur and the knights of the round table .
: narrative time and space in medieval literature and film .
in maud s . walther , ed .
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bruce baillie and the lyrical film .
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( plot spoiler ) the end of the film involves a shootout and bette davis gets the last scene , as she sadly walks away down the street…on to better things , one presumes , like an academy award for jezebel the following year . it would take a few more years for humphrey bogart to move on to better things . but kid galahad makes a nice send - off for bette davis . you just know you will be seeing her again .
, this film has had few neutral critics , most of whom responded negatively to it . the charges leveled against the film are generally that the lead roles were miscast , that the direction was ponderous , and that , at nearly three hours , the film was too long . the film did , nonetheless , win academy awards for art and set direction , costume , and best musical scoring . it was also nominated for best cinematography and sound .
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une ' figure obligé ' du film de chevalerie : le tournoi .
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the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , feature films , 1911 - 1920 .
de la brétèque , françois .
une ' figure oblige ' du film de chevalrie : le tournoi .
in the reviews , davis got singled out occasionally , but usually found herself congratulated en masse with robinson , morris and the others . the new york times nailed down kid galahad aptly enough with the words :
a good little picture - lively , suspenseful and positively echoing with the bone - bruising thud of right hooks to the jaw .
in its retelling of scenes selected from the thirteenth century french prose vulgate cycle , this film presents the stories of arthur and guinevere , of morgan and her jealousy , of merlin and his enchantment by vivien , and of the fisher king bron , his daughter , and her son , galahad .
france ; dir . ugo falena ; il film d ' arte italiana , s . a . p . f .
is also notable as the film debut of edward asner and for its location filming in idyllwild , california , a popular resort ninety miles east of los angeles , which is an effective stand - in for the catskill town in the film .
i guess i would be drawn and quartered if i passed kid galahad without telling you that its leading lady was bette davis . in any case , i may , of course , be drawn and quartered for what i ' m about to say of her . let me assure you , early on , that it is not what i had to say about miriam hopkins .
kid galahad feels like an ensemble film rather than a showcase for any particular actor . however , bette davis does use the opportunity to make an impression . as donati’s knowing girlfriend , who is grateful for his kindness towards her and keeps him out of trouble , she gets to play a person who definitely has an air of experience , but is still young and fresh enough not to feel jaded . though her large and expressive eyes belie the happiness she professes to feel at the beginning of the story .
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 .
thompson , raymond h .
the ironic tradition in arthurian film since 1960 .
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two racketeers stop at nothing in winning fights ; nick donati takes up a bellboy when he knocks out boxing champion chuck mcgraw in a tussle at the hotel and sends him off to be trained , calling him
kid galahad
. he falls in love with nick ' s sister marie , and also has fluff , nick ' s girl making a play for him . in revenge nick arranges a fight with mcgraw before nick is really ready and he and gangster morgan , who manages mcgraw , make a betting deal together on the basis that
kid
will lose the fight . however , in spite of a punishing boxing match , the
kid
wins and morgan confronts nick over being double - crossed . the two shoot it out and both end up being shot and killed .
, a hybrid gangster - boxing film in 1937 . although far from the types of vehicles that would make her the studio ' s top box office star in a few years , it served both her and the studio well . warner ' s got her name on the marquee to draw her growing legions of female fans to an otherwise male - oriented film , while she got the chance to appeal to a more masculine audience than usual . the result was a hit for her that would remain a classic boxing flick for decades .
edward g . robinson and humphrey bogart actually appeared in five movies together , always ending with one or the other killing each other… . or sometimes both at the same time . in fact , many actors in kid galahad appeared in many different roles with each other throughout their careers at warner bros . bette davis appeared in at least four movies with jane bryan , once as her mother ( the old maid ) , twice as her sister ( marked woman , the sisters ) , and once as romantic rival ( in kid galahad ) . jane bryan also once played edward g . robinson’s daughter , as well as his sister . not to mention the four movies bette davis and humphrey bogart appeared in ( though never after humphrey bogart hit the big time ) . the studios could be very flexible about these things .
my new picture was kid galahad . it was a story about prizefighters and a good one . mr . curtiz was again my director and i will never forget wayne ` s knocking out a fighter in a take .
fake fight ! retake ! fake fight - awful !
curtiz screamed - but it was difficult to redo because wayne ' s opponent was unconscious . he had knocked him out cold .
blanch , robert j . , and julian n . wasserman .
gawain on film .
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romero ' s film is nonetheless undervalued . it represents one of the better attempts to link the story of arthur with the american dream .
made for german television , this film of the story of parsifal is unusual in its use of wolfram rather than wagner as a source .
rod steiger and humphrey bogart talking in front of boxing ring in a scene from the film ' the harder they fall ' , 1956 .
with a killer cast of classic hollywood legends including : edward g . robinson , bette davis , and humphrey bogart , what would have been an overplayed introspective of boxing ' s criminal underbelly was elevated by the masterful direction of michael curtiz . robinson brought his definitive charisma as the hard headed boxing promoter , while davis used her vintage allure to supply nuance as his caring yet sardonic girlfriend . since this was one of bogie ' s earlier works , his role as the villainous gangster was nothing more than effective .
kid galahad
himself , played by wayne morris , was surprisingly wonderful to watch as the handsome , clean cut , farmer turned boxer , akin to the country boy charm of clark kent . kid galahad is certainly an underrated classic , and a must watch for those interested in the early works of davis and bogart before their ascension into hollywood royalty .
: galahad was what they call a knight of the round table , howie . he was also something of a square . i can ' t state this as a positive fact , but he probably died very young .
the interview cause snickers among those in the know , because it was obvious that davis had developed a genuine temperature over handsome , muscular 23 year old wayne morris , who became a star after the release of kid galahad . morris was perfect for the role , for he was a clean , decent kid off - screen who later became a wwii hero as a navy aviator , earning four distinguished flying crosses and two air medals . discharged as a lieutenant commander , he went back to films but never recovered his initial flush of fame . in 1959 , when he was just 45 , he died of a heart attack while watching aerial manoeuvres from a carrier .
absolutelyy love this film ! it’s one of my go - to films when i can’t choose something to watch . and as you point out – this is a fun film to watch . a classic warner bros combination of gangsters , romance and great characterisations . thanks for a great piece !
mayberry ' s film - - despite the license it takes with plot - - may be truest to the humor found in the original novel .
for her next 1937
post reconciliation
picture , davis found herself co - starring for the first time with edward g . robinson . they were hardly a mutual admiration society , and their relations during kid galahad were professionally correct but cool . in his autobiography , robinson indicated that he found davis callow , overly dependent on mannerisms , and insufficiently trained in technique and projection . davis in her autobiography made fun of robinson , calling him a kind of male prima donna who protested to the director , during his final death scene , that davis was doing too much weeping as she hovered over him . according to her , that was precisely the way the character would have behaved ; according to him , she was overacting all over the place .
it is worth noting just how much elvis achieved in 1961 . four films were completed ; wild in the country , blue hawaii , follow that dream and kid galahad . as well as the movie soundtrack material , elvis recorded the ' something for everybody ' lp along with 3 classic number one singles . in concert elvis performed the pearl harbour benefit concert in hawaii , plus the ellis auditorium , memphis charity show . it was an extraordinary year .
the arrangement of films here is alphabetical for both main and alternate titles . each main entry includes the film ' s title and date of release , the film ' s country of origin , the director , the production company , any alternate title ( s ) , and the cast . in the case of some silent films , surviving records do not always provide all of this information . i then briefly discuss each film and offer a short critical assessment , which admittedly at times betrays my own biases . finally , i provide an exhaustive a list of reviews and additional discussions of each film .
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medievalism in film : the matter of arthur , a filmography .
in jürgen kühnel et al . , eds .
( 1859 ) , this film was critically well received because of its effective use of pageantry and the skill with which it told a love story .
levinson ' s film lacks the ironic tone of its original and changes the novel ' s ending . clearly , this film was meant as a star - vehicle for redford more than as a faithful adaptation of a literary source , and the arthurian dimensions of the novel are obscured in the process .
for the actor , but they went to columbia , instead , where the 1939 film made william holden a star . ultimately , the studio would fail to come up with suitable follow - ups for the young actor , who would fade into supporting roles . the film became a minor triumph for davis when , along with
even though bette davis got second billing in this film , it’s her performance that i will remember . you can see she’s a star in the making here .
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parzival 1980 - - auf der bühne , im fernsehem und im film .
in jürgen kühnel et al , eds .
lagrange filmed this visually striking if not always coherent retelling of the legend of tristan in iceland . the director characterized his film as a
visual opera .
principal cast : edward g . robinson ( nick donati ) , bette davis ( louise
fluff
phillips ) , humphrey bogart ( turkey morgan ) , wayne morris ( kid galahad / ward guisenberry ) , jane bryan ( marie donati ) , joseph crehan ( editor brady ) , veda ann borg ( redhead at party ) , frank faylen ( barney ) , joyce compton ( drunken girl on phone ) , horace mcmahon ( reporter ) , mary doran ( operator ) , don defore ( reporter ) .
, boorman ' s film is a dark brooding meditation on the arthurian legend in which arthur becomes the grail king . the film has not , however , aged well . it seems now too much a product of its times , dominated by a heavy musical score that is designed to cue audience reactions to scenes sometimes before they occur .
humphrey bogart and rod steiger discuss plans for a phony buildup for a giant heavyweight boxing prospect in a scene from the film ' the harder they fall ' , 1956 .
this was certainly not the most original movie made by warner brothers , but it was an excellent showcase for the talents of edward g . robinson and cast . it ' s a perfect example of the type of film this company made so well in the 1930s - - a simple and predictable story combined with excellent dialog and acting and breezy direction . while this story will not change the world , it is well worth the watching . by the way , this story has been remade several times - - - such as the wagons roll at midnight ( with humphrey bogart taking on the edward g . robineson part and eddie albert playing a lion tamer instead of a boxer ) and kid galahad ( with elvis ) . none of these films are quite as satisfying as this film . so my advice is , if you only want to see one , watch this one .
but in 1937 wayne was at the top of the movie heap with galahad and had his pick of eager young ladies , on and off the studio lot .
bette really fell for him ,
her friend jerry asher remembered .
she was living her unrequited love off as well as on screen ; it imparted a particular poignancy to her performance . jack warner always said bette played love scenes best when she was actually in love , and she was overwhelmed by wayne .
two things saved her , because he was obviously unaware of her feelings . first , she was 29 to his 23 , and wayne , as was well known , liked girls in their late teens or early 20s . second , she was technically still a married woman ( to first husband ham nelson ) , and fooling with other men ' s wives went against the young wayne ' s code . another factor was also a saving grace ; when shooting was over they went on to other films .
and then the fact that she didn ' t have one kiss , not one clinch with him throughout kid galahad gave her no memories of what she was potentially missing ,
jerry asher laughed .
robinson is once again edged out at the end ; he ' s killed in a locker - room shoot - out with a nasty rival manager ( humphrey bogart ) . as in barbary coast , his removal clears the way for romance . with the sour , disapproving robinson character out of the way , the young lovers are freed . but robinson did not think of nick as one of his anti - romantic roles . in an interview with regina crewe for new york american on may 23 , 1937 robinson said :
it has softer moments , the romantic element is strongly stressed . there is an odd sort of romance between nick and fluff but it is warm and sincere , nevertheless .
it ' s true that he and fluff have a mature understanding , but their real passion is directed elsewhere - robinson ' s , toward protecting his sister ' s virginity , davis ' , toward the unattainable kid galahad .
no doubt about it : michael curtiz can direct a movie . as tyrannical as the man may have been to his cast and crew , he has the uncanny ability to tell stories in a purely visual way . kid galahad doesn ' t reinvent the wheel for sports movies or love triangles , but the film succeeds based on the wonderful cast and curtiz ' s assured direction . wayne morris is wooden but his weak performance is more than compensated by the presence of davis , bogart , and robinson putting in good work in their respective roles . davis is hot as hell , bogart is entertainingly devious in another villainous role , and robinson plays his always - likeable rogue whose diminutive size belies the passionate intensity within ( though he also gets…
yes , i think the cast really makes this film an entertaining one ! it’s just so fun to see these particular actors . 🙂 hope you get a chance to see it !
the treatment is sophisticated and production deluxe . also more than the usual amount of romance for a slugfest . this allows room for bette davis to moon over the clean kid from the farm , and for the fight manager’s convent - bred sister to also fall in love with him .
but essentially it’s the story of the kid’s manager ( edward g . robinson ) who maneuvers to match the bellhop - pugilist ( wayne morris ) in order to pay off the grudge he holds for a felonious fellow - manager ( humphrey bogart ) whose methods are always on the muscle side .
ward , rechristened
kid galahad
, wins a string of fights by knockout . he tells fluff that his goal is to earn enough to buy a farm . fluff falls for him , and is crushed when he confides to her that he is in love with marie . she hides her disappointment , and with her encouragement , he drives up to tell marie . it turns out that she is just as much in love with him . fluff leaves nick , confessing to him that she loves ward and cannot bear to be around the young man . she gets a job singing in a nightclub .
despite bogie , edward g and bette davis , the film is just ok . the usual boxing cliches . . . anyway it ' s gotta be better than the musical remake with elvis : p
i haven’t watched this film yet , but there is certainly danger of combustion if bette , ed g and bogie are together ! thanks for the review and for the kind comment . kisses ! le
burns , e . jane .
nostalgia isn ' t what it used to be : the middle ages in literature and film .
in george slusser and eric s . rabkin , eds .
forget the film , watch the titles from the submarinechannel . on submarinechannel , we love a good main title . that’s why we started this online collection in 1997 of the most stunning and original film title sequences . some are engaging and wildly entertaining , some are funny , exhilarating or simply deadly beautiful . some are oozing with visual treats , while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style .
arthur sees his kingdom dissolve in squabbles among his knights over the innocence or guilt of guinevere . this made - for - television film of the last two books of sir thomas malory ' s fifteenth century
calvin plays baseball for the reseda knights . the film ' s only bright spot is that it counters the largely misogynic arthurian tradition by having princess sarah disguised as the black knight help calvin save the day .
needs to be read against the politics of the 1950s . against such a backdrop , the film can be
seen as an allegory for the triumph of american values over a communist threat
( 38 ) .
the world title bout at the end of this film includes a cameo appearance by well - known manager and referee george blake as the third man in the ring , and may have been filmed in the olympic auditorium .
check out the list of new film studies books and dvds acquired at temple libraries in march . some highlights : the paley reference collection is now home to harrison’s reports and film reviews . this 15 volume set reprints the film reviews and some editorials originally published by p . s . harrison in harrison’s reports , 1919 - 1962 , with some corrections . harrison’s reports was a weekly sent out to independent exhibitors . the reviews and editorials were directed toward independent theater owners to assist them with booking . articles in harrison’s take positions on a variety of the concerns of cinema distributors and exhibitors ranging from topics such as censorship to the advent of 3d . a large number of scripts now appear in the library catalog now that we’ve uploaded records for the scripts that are available in the full text online database american film scripts online . there are currently 823 scripts in the database , ranging from 1903 to 2006 .
when bette was rushed into another gangster picture , she quailed when she heard curtiz would direct it but there was nothing she could do . she was consoled by a tight , fast - moving script and by the cast - not by bogey again , but by robinson and her beloved jane bryan ( who played her kid sister in marked woman ) .
thank you ! yes , it a really fun film – so glad to know you really enjoys it , too ! warner bros . really knew how to make those kinds of movies , didn’t they ? and a great cast !
wealthy young martin cavendish wants to marry his mother ' s secretary rather than a snooty titled woman his mother has chosen for his bride . one night while reading a book about chivalry , cavendish is knocked unconscious by a burglar , and , in a dream , he finds himself in in camelot in the sixthcentury . thereafter , the film follows the general outline of the events in twain ' s novel with abundant contemporaneous touches added to the screenplay . douglas fairbanks was originally offered the title role in this film , but he turned it down . as with the other screen adaptations of twain ' s novel , this film eschews any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of comedy .
while everyone else is in a slightly superior gangster movie ; davis ' s film is timeless , an arresting , heart - wrenching tale of mutual reliance cast to the wind , crippling self - sacrifice and unrequited passion . the scene in…
baillie presents a modern day reinterpretation of the legend of parsifal set against the backdrop of the sierra nevadas . the director has commented that his film is a tribute to the hero , who never appears , and to wagner ' s opera .
- - this film relies on the predictable to advance its plot . ackland ' s arthur is a doddering fool , and moody returns to the screen as merlin a second time , having played the role with a more sinister twist in 1979 in
in this silly remake , conan the barbarian meets foster ' s comic strip characters . missing here are the hollywood touches that at least made the 1954 film visually interesting . in its more interesting scenes , hickox ' s film fades to panels from the original strip , but there is little else to recommend it , except perhaps joanna lumley ' s over - the - top portrayal of morgan in full - length black leather gown and chain - mail headdress . edward fox plays an aging arthur ( cf .
the celtic warrior arthur fights saxons , picts and jutes , as well as king mark of cornwall , to protect his people and the integrity of his homeland . never commercially released , this film is really just a cobbled together videotape version of three episodes of
but it is one thing to borrow , and another thing to know how to use what has been borrowed . weeks manages here to reduce great literature to silly cinema . not content to leave bad enough alone , weeks remade the film in 1983 under the title
in kid galahad , robinson ' s nick donati has a problem with his sister ( jane bryan ) . when a young fighter ( wayne morris ) whose career he ' s managing falls for his sister , robinson bitterly turns against his protégé . until the last moment , when he has a characteristic change of heart , he threatens to fix the big fight against his man . nick ' s reaction is extreme ; he ' s overly protective , having moved his mother and sister to the country in order to shield them from big city corruption . he thinks of women as being either virgins or whores , either pure ( and therefore unable to contend with the world ) or tough ( like his mistress fluff who can handle herself in a harsh , competitive man ' s world like the fight game ) .
already , in this second picture after her return ( warners had sued her for breach of contract ) , bette had begun to assert a formidable degree of power . irving rapper , who later became director of two of her most famous pictures , now , voyager and deception , recalls that kid galahad , on which he was dialogue director , offered his first chance to meet her . he says ,
i asked the script girl , ' what ' s bette davis like ? ' and the girl rolled her eyes toward heaven .
oh , god , don ' t ask me ! ' she replied .
now rapper asked michael curtiz for his comment .
son of a bitch , don ' t ask me ,
he also said .
you ' ll see her when she comes in .
rob hobbs , an aging baseball player , returns at the invitation of pop fisher to play for the new york knights , but his past , which the film explores in terms of the arthurian legend , comes to haunt him . based on bernard malamud ' s novel ,
in fifth - century spain as the barbarians invade , parsifal seeks and eventually finds the holy grail , bringing peace to his troubled homeland . this little - known film version of the grail story blends elements from wagner ' s opera with elements from medieval legend and literature .
was getting to train with former world welterweight champion mushy callahan and his assistant al silvani , who was a trainer for floyd patterson and rocky graziano . a young undefeated welterweight boxer named orlando de la fuente was also cast in the film as elvis ' opponent , sugarboy romero .
griffith had hoped to make a film based on edwin austin abbey ' s famous series of grail frescos in the boston public library . the project was temporarily shelved in 1915 , but an attempt to revive it after the first world war also failed , and the project remained unrealized .
after assassinating king arthur , edmund of cornwall seizes the throne and kidnaps arthur ' s daughter katherine in the hopes of forcing her to marry him to legitimize his claim to the throne . the outlaw robert marshall intervenes , rescues katherine , and , with the aid of merlin , overthrows edmund and the saxons . katherine is crowned queen and takes robert as her consort . this unorthodox film version of the legend of arthur incorporates elements of the legend of robin hood into its plot , but the end result is still a flatly - directed and only moderately interesting adventure film .
john , a poor blacksmith , learns that the viking attacks on england are really the handiwork of sir palamides , a knight of the round table , and his ally , king mark , both intend to overthrow arthur and supplant christianity in england with paganism . john becomes a knight and saves the kingdom from palamides and mark , while also winning the hand of his lady love , the fair linet . when it was originally released , most critics dismissed this film as unintentionally funny . more recently , however , alan lupack has advanced an alternate reading of the film arguing convincingly that
using a highly exaggerated style of acting , interspersed with trick camera effects , a group of actors present the following scenes from wagner ' s opera : parsifal ascends the throne , ruins of a magic garden , exterior of klingson ' s castle , magic garden , interior of the temple , scene outside the temple , return of parsifal , and in the woods . with this film , edison had hoped to capitalize on the success of the 1903 stage production of the opera in new york , but the film ' s run had to be shortened when the owner of the copyright successfully sued edison for using the script without permission .
when he completes his military service walter gulick returns to his birthplace , cream valley , new york . he was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to return to where he was from . he hopes to be a mechanic but soon after his arrival finds himself working as a sparring partner at a boxing camp . having lost all of his money in a crap game , walter is happy to take any kind of work but a devastating right hook sends him down a different path . willy grogan thinks he has a winner in walter who , after helping a lady out , is dubbed kid galahad . willy is a likable man but gambles too much and may have been a witness to a mobster ' s conversation that would best be forgotten . as walter gains more success , and falls in love with willy ' s sister rose , willy grogan finds himself coming under pressure from mobsters to make walter takes a dive at his next big fight .
the film contains crime and boxing , gambling and gangsters , murder , romantic triangles , and nightclubs . the boxing sequences are also quite well done and exciting on their own and in the context of the plot . it has that 1930s warner bro . crime drama feel that is always entertaining . as is the cast .
california businessman pendragon is actually a medieval tyrant intent upon seizing excalibur from merlin ' s equally ageless disciple loong tao . pendragon hopes to use the sword to make time stand still and plunge the world into chaos on october 32nd . his plans are thwarted by christy lake , a reporter who is the reincarnation of merlin ' s daughter , the lady of the lake , and geologist john pope who is her eternal protector . this perfectly silly film , which understandably was dumped directly to american video in 1994 , owes a debt to a variety of film traditions , including the kung - fu action yarn and the western . less clear is its debt to anything recognizably arthurian .
temple university cinematheque presents pier paolo pasolini birthday tribute thursday , march 5 , 5 : 30 pm tuttleman learning center room 101 teorema 1968 , 98 min , color , italian with english subtitles a seductive stranger insinuates himself into the life of a bourgeois family in this mysterious allegoric tale adapted from pasolini’s own novel . starring terence stamp ( billy budd , the collector , the limey ) and silvana mangano ( winner 1968 venice film festival ) . with music by ennio morricone . preceded by a brief introduction to the life and work of the writer - director who would have been 87 years old this thursday . * * this film will be a dvd projected onto a big screen .
originally , studio head jack warner had considered casting newcomer sarah jane fulks in the female lead , but with davis now back at the studio and in a more pliable mood , he couldn ' t resist adding her star power to the film . ms . fulks would have to wait a few more years for stardom - - as jane wyman .
truer to the details of its source than either the 1921 or the 1931 films , this third screen version of twain ' s novel is , nonetheless , in many ways the least successful of the three . the novel has been turned into a musical vehicle - - not based for reasons of copyright on the 1927 rodgers and hart broadway musical - - for crosby , and the plot advances by a mix of song and silly dialogue . twain ' s novel was an example of comic genius ; this film is anything but an example of such genius . as with the other screen adaptations of twain ' s novel , this film also eschews any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of at times clumsy musical comedy .
as usual , davis was right . although her part was subordinate to the others , and the film concentrated on some unusually brutal boxing scenes , she gave her role such warmth and humor that she appeared to hold the story together . her conciliatory scenes with the temperamental robinson , her muted expressions of love for morris , gave the character more depth than it deserved .
hank martin , a radio repairman , is knocked unconscious by an armored figure while trying to fix a radio for a slightly crazed customer who believes he is listening in on discussions from arthur ' s round table . in a dream , martin finds himself in england in the year 528 , where he amazes arthur ' s court with his cigarette lighter , motorcycles , automobiles , machine guns , sawed - off shotguns , tanks , and airplanes . all these modern additions to life in camelot only serve to reinforce a plot designed to unite two lovers . like the other adaptations of twain ' s famous 1889 novel , this film takes some license with details from its source . rogers ' yankee is wry and unassuming ; loy ' s morgan is drawn from the long tradition of the cinematic vamp . in a wonderful would - be seduction scene , loy forces rogers to blush bright red - - an effect achieved in this black and white film by progressively tinting each frame for the scene a darker shade of pink . as with the other adaptations of twain ' s novel , the makers of this film eschew any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of comedy .
a group of children , whose leader , alex , is an arthurian enthusiast , are terrorized by three bullies . alex stumbles upon excalibur while running through the woods to escape the bullies and meets merlin . warned to use the power of excalibur only for good , alex summons its power to defeat a new boy in town , luke , with whom alex ' s girlfriend , jenny , has fallen in love . alex looses excalibur and merlin ' s counsel , but finds both restored when he single - handedly captures three armed bank robbers who hold his friends hostage . this film attempts to trade on the image of the return of arthur , but the acting is terrible ; the plot drags . even children , the intended audience here , are likely to find the film boring .
arthur , king of the britons , rules uneasily . as he journeys throughout his kingdom on his trusty steed patsy , he encounters peasants who yell marxist socio - economic theory at him , the black knight , whom he defeats ( eventually ) , and the knights who say
ni ,
whom he placates with a shrubbery . meanwhile , arthur ' s knights are having their own difficulties . lancelot cannot seem to find anyone genuinely in need of rescue , and sir robin and sir galahad seem a bit reluctant to join arthur in the quest for the grail . perhaps the funniest movie set in medieval times ,