Patricia knight in shockproof 1949 patricia knight and cornel wilde in shockproof 1949 charles. In sirks opinion the changes ruined the film and its impossible not to agree with. A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a french star. Sony digs deep into the columbia vaults to survey the work of writerdirector samuel fuller. Shockproof includes noir features like mirrors and staircases shockproof anticipates some later sirk films. Sam fuller at columbia 19371961 import deepdiscount. It happened in hollywood 1937, adventure in sahara 1938, power of the press 1943, shockproof 1949, scandal sheet 1952, the. Syno the daring and provocative films of maverick american filmmaker samuel fuller 19121997 were some of the most hardhitting, outspoken, politically progressive and visually audacious of the hollywood studio era. This schizophrenia is due to the fact that the cowriter is sam fuller and the director is douglas sirk, better known for technicolor weepies like magnificent obsession and all that heaven. Rent shockproof 1949 starring cornel wilde and patricia knight on dvd and bluray. The samuel fuller film collection it happened in hollywood adventure in sahara power of the press the crimson kimono shockproof scandal sheet underworld u.
Original columbia pictures half sheet poster 22x28 for the douglas sirk filmnoir, shockproof 1949 starring cornel wilde, patricia knight, john baragrey, and esther minciotti. Released 1949, shockproof stars cornel wilde, patricia knight, john baragrey, esther minciotti the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 19 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Shockproof is a 1949 american film noir directed by douglas sirk and starring cornel wilde and patricia knight. It was directed by douglas sirk from a screenplay cowritten by samuel fuller. Shockproof directed by douglas sirk, though one of his early efforts, shows hints of the distinctive style he would later. Shockproof 1949 movie clip put that in your test tube. At turns, shockproof cant make up its mind on whether its a melodrama or a film noir. Director douglas sirk genres crime, drama, filmnoir rating 6. Ironically, the very day james garner passed away last weekend, my husband had stumbled across the shows most famous episode, season 2s shady deal at sunny acres, airing on tv. Well, the answer comes about 34s of the way through the film, sadly, after wilde and a terrific patricia knight go on the run, as sirk apparently signed on because he liked fullers script, downbeat ending and all, of a parole officer who gives up his position in society for the love of. Decent noir that moves quite well, although the ending is a complete and utter cop out, with a perplexing choice to just give up made by the antagonist. Shockproof 1949 jenny marsh patricia knight is a hardluck dame whos just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. More than shockproof, the 1949 film fuller cowrote for douglas sirk, the naked kiss intuits a sirkian female melodramaat least a sirkian female melodrama as recast by russ meyer and rainer werner fassbinder into a minimalistic, noirish fairy tale. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members.
The studio didnt like the ending and got producer helen deutsch to rewrite. When the 21st academy awards were held on march 24, 1949, it marked the first time a nonhollywood production won best picture. Fullers screenplay for the lovers was the film sirk signed on to make, but it. Wilde and knight were husband and wife during filming. Shockproof is the only collaboration between sirk and fuller. Blog archive 2020 17 2020 17 january 17 2019 214 december 14 november 9 october 17 september 25 august 11 july 17 june 21 may 23 april 20. Fullers screenplay was originally called the lovers, and it told the story of a man and woman doomed by their love for each other. Shockproof 1949 shockproof was directed by douglas sirk from a screenplay by samuel fuller. Is the full movie of shockproof 1949 available on you tube. Pssst, want to check out shockproof in our new look. Sirk was enamored by the original screenplay by samuel fuller he called it gutty, only to be later reworkedand lobotomizedby helen deutsch of national velvet and.
Released from prison after five years for killing a man to protect her gambling lover harry baragrey, jenny knight is assigned to parole officer griff wilde. Patricia knight and cornel wilde in shockproof another griff fuller loved that moniker shows up in shockproof 1949, a fascinating instance of two auteurs on one movie. Cliff robertson, dolores dorn, victoria shaw, glenn corbett, james shigeta, broderick crawford, donna reed, phil karlson, samuel fuller. After having served 5 years in prison, for killing a man while defending her disreputable lover, harry john baragrey, jenny marsh patricia knight torrent magnet yts. The shockproof film festival stands for all forms of lowbrow, bad taste, trash and fun outside of the realm of runofthemill. Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united states, 1949. The script was the first that fuller sold after returning from his duty in world war ii, and it exhibits more of his recognizable traits than any of his previously filmed scripts.
Also soon to be released from vci is bury me dead 1947 an eagle lions film possibly as a double feature with the chase 1946 presently i believe, only available from alpha great film but a dreadful presentation. Shockproof isnt a great film, but it feels like an important early film for both fuller and sirk. Shockproof 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Shockproof 1949 is a good minor noir starring the husband and wife team of cornel wilde and patricia knight. Shockproof directed by douglas sirk, though one of his early efforts, shows hints of the distinctive style he would later employ with great success in his later career. Wilde, has just seen one of her peers commit suicide, sends her to a doctor ann shoemaker who isnt just a physician, douglas sirk directing the eavesdropping, early in shockproof, 1949. Parole officer griff cornel wilde who, with parolee jenny patricia knight, also mrs. Shockproof sirk continued to direct crime films with shockproof 1949. Two legendary auteurs, meeting here early in their careers, before the films for which they would later become known and maybe even for which theyd be a little pigeonholed. The sam fuller collection it happened in hollywood, adventure in sahara, the power of the press, shockproof, scandal sheet, the crimson kimono, underworld u.
A parole officer falls inlove with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and hes determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend. Established on march 19th, 2012 and pioneered by film fanatic michael j. Thats what a parole officer, griff marat cornel wilde, tells a curvy, bottleblond parolee, jenny marsh patricia knight, at the start of the 1949. Shockproof 1949 4907 movieart original film posters.
Ive always liked cornell wild and this was a good movie. A few more titles have been added to the list including releases of the great flamarion released by vci as a dvdr. Road house 1948 ida lupino, cornel wilde, richard widmark, celeste holm duration. One doesnt quite know at first what to make of 1949s frazzled noir shockproof. Douglas sirk, cornel wilde, patricia knight, crime, murder, detectiive, thrllers. The good, the bad and the critic will analyze classic and contemporary films from all corners of the globe. With cornel wilde, patricia knight, john baragrey, esther minciotti. Rent shockproof 1949 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In shockproof, knight plays a woman named jenny marsh who has been paroled after a fiveyear stint in. The unlikely teaming of writer samuel fuller and director douglas sirk yielded this terrific film noir about a parole officer cornel wilde whose latest charge. Since it isnt labor day a calendar later in the film tells us as much, this. All the kings men won the academy award for best picture.
Instead of a woman walking into a private investigators office looking for revenge on an unfaithful lover, and instead of a woman who dyes her hair one minute after the opening credits showing up to a casting office. Cornel wilde full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Cornel wilde plays a parole officer who falls for convicted. However, shockproof veers in unexpected directions. Each year we present a fine selection of the most impressive, ludicrous, overlooked and bizarre in horror, extreme, action, gore, camp, b, c and even xrated movies. The samuel fuller film collection dvd, 2009, collectors. This title references sergei leones influential spaghetti western the good, the bad and the ugly.
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