First time seeing this....
They look far too polished to be believable. It's too much to believe. I may be wrong.
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Not trying is dying, keep trying unto death....
what looks far too polished?
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From a 1945 stance I'm sure it's quite believable... it's not your contemporary realistic film... try to stand in the same ground as they did when doing the movie, the limitations filmmakers had to go through in order to get a completed movie... just imagine if they made every film realist/believable in todays standars no movie would've been done. It's film history, my good man... every single movie we see is part of a moment in the 100+ years of film history.
I want you to hold it between your knees!share
They do look like actors but all give fine performances--Zachary Scott in particular.
It's a wonderful film.
Just saw it for the first time and I was shocked when I recognized Zachary Scott! Up till now, I've only seen him as the smarmy counterpart to Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce and Flamingo Road, as well as Lana Turner in Cass Timberlane. Seeing him as a struggling farmer was a surprise, but I was also impressed with how well he carried it off.
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I liked the film quite a lot, primarily for the powerful way in which it humanizes and evokes great sympathy for an extremely poor family trying to eke out a living.
That said, there were numerous aspects of the film that, yes, are completely unbelievable, and while I am not sure if this is what the OP had in mind, the mere appearance of the two main actors-- especially the glamorously beautiful wife with the perfect complexion-- is utterly unconvincing from the very opening cotton-picking scene as two folks who have spent their lives under the hot sun doing back-breaking labor.
One simply has to suspend dibelief-- or any demands of realism-- to enjoy the considerable strengths this film has to offer.
Her hair looked like it just came from the beauty parlor. But what do you expect from 1945 hollywood?
shareGosh darn it! A little hammy. Indeed.
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