#john farrow

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Director John Farrow and Alan Ladd during filming of BEYOND GLORY (1948)

#john farrow #alan ladd #behind the scenes #old hollywood

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Rest easy, Tisa 💔

Theresa Magdalena Farrow

July 22, 1951 - January 10, 2024

#tisa farrow #zombie #anthropophagus #lucio fulci #joe d'amato #mia farrow #maureen o'sullivan #john farrow #scream queens #vintage photography #black and white photography

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The Big Clock (1948) John Farrow

January 13th 2024

#the big clock #1948 #john farrow #ray milland #charles laughton #maureen o'sullivan #george macready #rita johnson #elsa lanchester #dan tobin #harry morgan #lloyd corrigan #theresa harris #ruth roman

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William Holden-Jean Wallace "Cuatro hermanos la querían" (Blaze of noon) 1947, de John Farrow.

#Jean Wallace #William Holden #John Farrow

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Strange wall paintings in Alias Nick Beal (1949) - John Farrow

#film noir #john farrow #ray milland

[eclecticpjf]

Now watching:

#the big clock #John Farrow #ray milland #charles laughton #maureen o'sullivan #george macready

[ennaih]

Every Film I Watch In 2023:

80. Plunder Of The Sun (1953)

#plunder of the sun #plunder of the sun (1953) #glenn ford #diana lynn #john farrow #2023filmgifs #my gifs #i know this gifset #makes it look like the movie #is entirely about Glenn Ford and Diana Lynn #it isn't #but oh how i wish it was #and that it was a romcom with them snarking at each other #and falling in love #but noooo i can't have nice things can I?

[byneddiedingo]

The Big Clock (John Farrow, 1948) Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lanchester, Harold Vermilyea, Dan Tobin, Harry Morgan. Screenplay: Jonathan Latimer, based on a novel by Kenneth Fearing. Cinematography: Daniel L. Fapp, John F. Seitz. Art direction: Roland Anderson, Hans Dreier, Albert Nozaki. Film editing: LeRoy Stone. Music: Victor Young. The Big Clock is a satisfying blend of suspense and comedy of the kind often called "Hitchcockian," which usually means it would probably have been even better if Hitchcock had directed it. But since he didn't, it's worth admiring what director John Farrow and screenwriter Jonathan Latimer did with the material provided them by Kenneth Fearing's novel. Fearing had worked at Time magazine when Henry Luce was head of that publishing empire, so it's clear that he had Luce in mind when he created the imperious Earl Janoth, played with mustache-stroking glee by Charles Laughton in the film. So there's a substratum of satire on publishing moguls like Luce -- a breed that still exists in our day, embodied by Rupert Murdoch. (And still attracts satire, viz., HBO's Succession.)  The plot centers on another Hitchcockian trope, the Wrong Man. In this case, the object of suspicion is George Stroud, editor of one of Janoth's properties, a true crime magazine called Crimeways. Ray Milland plays Stroud, a hard-charging journalist who feels trapped in Janoth's empire. Eventually, through a well-set-up series of coincidences, Stroud finds himself investigating a murder in which he becomes the chief suspect, even though it was actually committed by no less than Janoth. There are domestic complications, too, involving Stroud's wife, a thankless role nicely played by Maureen O'Sullivan. The victim is Janoth's mistress, with whom Stroud has become involved because she suggests she has dirt on Janoth that Stroud can use to his advantage. The film handles all of these plot snarls with finesse, one of the rare instances in which knowing whodunit from the outset doesn't detract from the suspense. Censorship blunts some of the edges: In the novel, Stroud's marriage was less happy and his involvement with the victim more intimate. Janoth's bisexuality was also more explicit in the source -- in the film it's suggested when we see Janoth receiving a massage from his bodyguard, played silently by Harry Morgan, who remains a brooding presence in the background of other scenes. The film is enlivened by a gallery of mostly comic secondary characters, including Elsa Lanchester as a giddy artist whose works Stroud for some reason collects.

#The Big Clock #John Farrow #Ray Milland #Charles Laughton #Maureen O'Sullivan #Elsa Lanchester

[movie-titlecards]

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

My rating: 4/10

Well, neither Jules Verne nor the average 50s filmmaker has ever met a broad ethnic stereotype they didn't like, so of course it's quite racist (plus there's the whole "incredibly white people playing characters of color" thing), and it's probably the most travelogue-y of all the 80 Days adaptations, with long, long stretches of Scenic Location Footage, but apart from that it's not bad, I guess? Ridiculously star-studded supporting cast, too, for whatever that's worth.

#Around the World in 80 Days #Michael Anderson #John Farrow #James Poe #S.J. Perelman #David Niven #Cantinflas #Finlay Currie #Youtube

[tourneurs]

“You don’t trust women one bit, do you?”

Calcutta (1947) dir. John Farrow

#calcutta #1947 #john farrow #alan ladd #gail russell #june deprez #noirvember #noir #1940s #screencaps #november 2023

[innermachinationsofmymind]

I love books 📚

#globglogabgalab #I’m full of shwibbly liber-kind #why am I like this #please get this meme reference #I’m so behind on trends #i think i’m funny #i think i’m fucking hilarious #books & libraries #book aesthetic #cold kills nothing stays buried #P.J Tracy #the way of all flesh #Ambrose Parry #john farrow #the storm murders

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John Farrow (February 10, 1904 – January 27, 1963), pictured with William Holden and Sterling Hayden on set of BLAZE OF NOON (1947)

#john farrow #william holden #sterling hayden #behind the scenes #old hollywood

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Red Hot and Blue (Red, Hot and Blue) (1949) John Farrow

May 7th 2023

#red hot and blue #1949 #john farrow #betty hutton #victor mature #william demarest #june havoc #william talman #jane nigh #frank loesser #art smith #restless angel #the broadway story

[gatutor]

Betty Hutton-Victor Mature "Red, hot and blue" 1949, de John Farrow.

#Betty Hutton #Victor Mature #John Farrow

[pygartheangel]

#rosemary's baby #mia farrow #john cassavetes #ruth gordon #roman polanski

[eclecticpjf]

Now watching:

#where danger lives #john farrow #robert mitchum #faith domergue #claude rains #noir