Shockproof 1949 film complete

Douglas sirk, cornel wilde, patricia knight, crime, murder, detectiive, thrllers. A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a french star. The shockproof film festival stands for all forms of lowbrow, bad taste, trash and fun outside of the realm of runofthemill. The samuel fuller film collection it happened in hollywood adventure in sahara power of the press the crimson kimono shockproof scandal sheet underworld u. 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. Shockproof 1949 shockproof was directed by douglas sirk from a screenplay by samuel fuller.

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. Patricia knight in shockproof 1949 patricia knight and cornel wilde in shockproof 1949 charles. 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. In shockproof, knight plays a woman named jenny marsh who has been paroled after a fiveyear stint in. In sirks opinion the changes ruined the film and its impossible not to agree with. The samuel fuller film collection dvd, 2009, collectors. Shockproof 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Shockproof isnt a great film, but it feels like an important early film for both fuller and sirk. 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.

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. Shockproof is a 1949 american film noir directed by douglas sirk and starring cornel wilde and patricia knight. The good, the bad and the critic will analyze classic and contemporary films from all corners of the globe. Cornel wilde plays a parole officer who falls for convicted. Director douglas sirk genres crime, drama, filmnoir rating 6. However, shockproof veers in unexpected directions. 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.

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. It happened in hollywood 1937, adventure in sahara 1938, power of the press 1943, shockproof 1949, scandal sheet 1952, the. Shockproof 1949 is a good minor noir starring the husband and wife team of cornel wilde and patricia knight. Shockproof 1949 4907 movieart original film posters. 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. 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. The studio didnt like the ending and got producer helen deutsch to rewrite. Established on march 19th, 2012 and pioneered by film fanatic michael j.

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. Fullers screenplay for the lovers was the film sirk signed on to make, but it. Shockproof includes noir features like mirrors and staircases shockproof anticipates some later sirk films. Shockproof is the only collaboration between sirk and fuller. This title references sergei leones influential spaghetti western the good, the bad and the ugly. One doesnt quite know at first what to make of 1949s frazzled noir shockproof. 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. 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.

Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members. At turns, shockproof cant make up its mind on whether its a melodrama or a film noir. 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. Shockproof directed by douglas sirk, though one of his early efforts, shows hints of the distinctive style he would later. Shockproof sirk continued to direct crime films with shockproof 1949. The sam fuller collection it happened in hollywood, adventure in sahara, the power of the press, shockproof, scandal sheet, the crimson kimono, 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. Since it isnt labor day a calendar later in the film tells us as much, this. It was directed by douglas sirk from a screenplay cowritten by samuel fuller. Rent shockproof 1949 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Fuller wrote the novel the lovers and had first crack at the screenplay. Rent shockproof 1949 starring cornel wilde and patricia knight on dvd and bluray. 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.

With cornel wilde, patricia knight, john baragrey, esther minciotti. Cliff robertson, dolores dorn, victoria shaw, glenn corbett, james shigeta, broderick crawford, donna reed, phil karlson, samuel fuller. 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. Pssst, want to check out shockproof in our new look. 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. When the 21st academy awards were held on march 24, 1949, it marked the first time a nonhollywood production won best picture. All the kings men won the academy award for best picture. Jennys not exactly the murdering type she did the deed.

Is the full movie of shockproof 1949 available on you tube. Sam fuller at columbia 19371961 import deepdiscount. 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. Wilde and knight were husband and wife during filming. Road house 1948 ida lupino, cornel wilde, richard widmark, celeste holm duration. 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. Shockproof 1949 jenny marsh patricia knight is a hardluck dame whos just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. 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. 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. Cornel wilde full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Thats what a parole officer, griff marat cornel wilde, tells a curvy, bottleblond parolee, jenny marsh patricia knight, at the start of the 1949. 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. Shockproof 1949 movie clip put that in your test tube.

Sony digs deep into the columbia vaults to survey the work of writerdirector samuel fuller. Fullers screenplay was originally called the lovers, and it told the story of a man and woman doomed by their love for each other. Parole officer griff cornel wilde who, with parolee jenny patricia knight, also mrs. 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.