Another one of Lana Turners movies that display her ability as a actress on the silver screen of Hollywood in a class all of her own.Performing the dancing,romance and comedy scenes that permeate that era.Again,very similiar to her other film "Dancing Co-ed".
shareI love thos film. The only thing I didn't like was the treatment of Marsha Hunt's character. They did give us any motivation or insight into why she was the way she was. Then they just get rid of her and no one seams to care.
"Dig the grave both wide and deep,
For I am sick, and fain would sleep!"
I agree that this was uncalled for and inappropriate for the tone of the rest of this film.
But what was that bit with the hypodermic needle that Homer tied to hide and that Phil called him a heel for? Did he drug someone?
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But what was that bit with the hypodermic needle that Homer tied to hide and that Phil called him a heel for? Did he drug someone?
Homer was pretty sleazy, far worse than just a "bad boy" having a wild time. That must have been a date rape drug in the hypo?
I just watched this and came here immediately to find out what was going on with Marsha Hunt. We were supposed to notice that she was too old to be cutting up like a coed; that she dressed and spoke like the previous generation. She was too beautiful and young-looking to be cast in this role. Her only crime was that she was still coming to a party that she should have walked away from years ago.
It seemed like after introducing her character and giving her a tragic element, they needed to get rid of her fast. There was no more room in the plot to allow her to grow up and gain insight.
To carole-8:
That was NOT a hypodermic needle that Homer was trying to hide. It was Marsha Hunt's character Betty Ainsbridge's purse. The image that looked shiny was actually a metal decal that spelled out B-E-T-T-Y on the front of the heart shaped purse. I have a picture of the purse but do not know how to post so others can view it. I do not use a photo sharing site but would be happy to send you a copy of the image.
I could never see what the big attraction of Lana Turner was. That was because I had only seen her in her later movies like "The Postman Always Rings Twice". I could never figure out why John Garfield would go to pieces over her. She is so hard and platinum. But she is very cute and sort of sweet (although NEVER much of an actress) in this movie.
One of the reviews refers to her acting style as "grumpy and distressed". I think that about sums it up.
I thought Turner was quite good in this. So good, in fact, that I wasn't sure which character she was playing. For a minute I thought she was the platinum blonde.
I didn't watch all the way through. What was the "dark" thing that happened? Did someone get hit by a train?
Betty Ainsbridge somehow lost her moment, coming to the Kingsly house parties year after year, but never receiving a proposal of marriage. Eventually, she probably seemed a sophisticated, experienced, older woman--until she finally appeared ridiculous, going to the house parties eight times. The bit about her pocket book being in Homer's room was a vague hint that had sex with him. When she knows that everyone is gossiping about her, she is desperate to be married, to elope. When the guy says no way, she drives the car in front of a train, rather than face everyone as a ridiculous old maid whose elopement failed when the guy sobered up.
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