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Starring Paulette Goddard, William Bishop, Oskar Homolka, John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Will Geer, Gale Page, Mary Wickes Directed by Irving Rapper Print: black/white Runtime: 80 min. Genre: drama Philip Yordan's stage hit Anna Lucasta posed two problems to Hollywood in 1949. For one thing, the story concerned a prostitute who is exploited by her greedy family. For another, the characters were black, thereby cutting the box-office potential in half in those racially divisive times. In adapting Anna Lucasta to the screen, Yordan and co-scripter Arthur Laurents "laundered" the property for popular consumption. Anna's sexual hijinks are only hinted at, and in fact an impressionable viewer might even get the idea that she's still a virgin when the film comes to an end. And the racial angle was tackled by transforming the characters into Polish-Americans, which enabled Paulette Goddard to assume the leading role. Otherwise, the film differs but little from the play: Thrown ...13 days ago
Starring Paulette Goddard, William Bishop, Oskar Homolka, John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Will Geer, Gale Page, Mary Wickes Directed by Irving Rapper Print: black/white Runtime: 80 min. Genre: drama Philip Yordan's stage hit Anna Lucasta posed two problems to Hollywood in 1949. For one thing, the story concerned a prostitute who is exploited by her greedy family. For another, the characters were black, thereby cutting the box-office potential in half in those racially divisive times. In adapting Anna Lucasta to the screen, Yordan and co-scripter Arthur Laurents "laundered" the property for popular consumption. Anna's sexual hijinks are only hinted at, and in fact an impressionable viewer might even get the idea that she's still a virgin when the film comes to an end. And the racial angle was tackled by transforming the characters into Polish-Americans, which enabled Paulette Goddard to assume the leading role. Otherwise, the film differs but little from the play: Thrown ...133 days ago
This is Charlie Chaplin's last 'silent' film. Charlie turns against modern society (especially the use of sound in films). Charlie is trying to keep up with a production line and tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital.189 days ago
Eddie (Eddie Cantor) in horrible black-face to escape villains, in Kalmar and Ruby's "What a Perfect Combination," staged by Busby Berkeley (said to feature Goldwyn Girls Betty Grable, Jane Wyman and Paulette Goddard) in The Kid from Spain, 1932.189 days ago
First event in Leo McCarey's The Kid From Spain, 1932, is the Busby Berkeley staging of Kalmar and Ruby's "Look What You've Done," said to feature Goldwyn Girls Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable and Jane Wyman.
