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1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Edmund Gwenn, Ida Lupino, Jane Darwell, Joan Fontaine, Kenneth Tobey |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1953. |
| Summary |
An amazingly sympathetic portrait of a figure historically given very short shrift: the title character is not only a two-timer—he’s a traveling salesman as well. But, as embodied by that perpetually pressured everyman of the 1950s, Edmond O’Brien, the bigamist comes across as a victim of his own sensitivity. Caught between two complementary spouses, O’Brien’s dazed indecisiveness dominates the narrative. As always in Ida Lupino’s directorial efforts, a strong social consciousness informs all choices: Joan Fontaine is an upper-crust “lady,” reverently attached to her dying father, while Lupino herself plays a tough-talking working woman, waitressing in a cheap Chinese restaurant. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Film noir.
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Motion Pictures.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Lupino, Ida, film director.
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Gwenn, Edmund, actor.
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Lupino, Ida, actor.
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Darwell, Jane, actor.
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Fontaine, Joan, actor.
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Tobey, Kenneth, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6830792 Kanopy |
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