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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 20:45:31 GMT
William Gargan plays Sgt. O'Hara.
In the Rita Hayworth version, the character is played by Aldo Ray.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 20:47:40 GMT
Despite all her troubles, she is managing to find a nice guy.
When Crawford arrived for location shooting on Catalina Island, however, she quickly regretted her decision. The cast, many of whom were Broadway veterans, seemed to be looking down their nose at her. William Gargan, who played her romantic interest, admitted that he had never seen any of her movies
I don't know that I ever believe actors that say things like that - or that they never watch TV even though it is their bread & butter That is the kind of thing you want if you are the director. You want the actress to feel out of place with those costars, because it will seep into her performance on screen. It will empower her to put more determination into the character, to prove something. In that regard, Joan Crawford becomes Sadie Thompson.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 7, 2024 20:49:13 GMT
The doctor is an interesting character - he knows exactly who Huston is, but he has little interest in taking him on.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 7, 2024 20:49:38 GMT
And yet she hated it, the film flopped....and yet it works for me.
Crawford would later say, "I hope they burn every print of this turkey that's in existence....I don't understand to this day how I could have given such an unpardonable bad performance. All my fault, too -- Milestone's direction was so feeble I took the bull by the horns and did my own Sadie Thompson. I was wrong every scene of the way."
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 20:50:03 GMT
William Gargan & Joan Crawford on set with Lewis Milestone.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 20:53:22 GMT
Good will triumph over evil Miss Thompson. The governor is going to send you back to San Francisco.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 7, 2024 20:53:32 GMT
"I've no doubt you've a sufficiently good opinion of yourself to bear mine with equanimity."
Perfect line
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 20:55:46 GMT
Matt Moore portrays the doctor.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 7, 2024 20:58:10 GMT
Matt Moore portrays the doctor.
And Mrs. Lewis Milestone (aka Kendall Lee) plays his wife.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 20:58:36 GMT
Walter Huston would later play the devil in THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941).
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 7, 2024 21:00:17 GMT
Innocent or guilty you have to serve your sentence.
What the hay!
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 7, 2024 21:00:40 GMT
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 7, 2024 21:01:32 GMT
Innocent or guilty you have to serve your sentence.
What the hay! It is the only way she can prove she is worthy of mercy. Oh my.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2024 21:02:05 GMT
Filming the scene on the stairway.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 7, 2024 21:02:48 GMT
BTW, Great copy of the movie, nice find, Topbilled.
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