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12-05-2004, 10:53 PM
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PHANTOM LADY is slow by today's standards, but Franchot Tone's bad guy merits a hand?
 PHANTOM LADYMethodically constructed murder mystery may have you wondering (along with Alan Curtis) just what happened to the lady with the big hat! 3 stars [(1944)USA/Universal Pictures] - (1 hr. 27 min.) Directed by Robert Siodmak Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld Source: novel by Cornell Woolrich Cinematographer: Woody Bredell Composers: Eddie Cherkose & Jacques Press Editor: Arthur Hilton Cast ... Characters Franchot Tone ... Jack Marlow Ella Raines ... Carol 'Kansas' Richman Alan Curtis ... Scott Henderson Aurora ... Estela Monteiro Thomas Gomez ... Inspector Burgess Fay Helm ... Ann Terry Elisha Cook Jr. ... Cliff Milburn Andrew Tombes ... Mac, the Bartender Regis Toomey ... Detective (chewing gum) Joseph Crehan ... Tom 53,692 Virginia Brissac ... Dr. Ellen Chase Milburn Stone ... Voice of District Attorney (voice only) Review: [in process] +++++++++++++++++++++++ [NOTE: This film was screened in 35mm as part of an ESSENTIAL NOIR film series presented at the Film Forum in NYC. Screening was part of a double-feature with "Double Indemnity." Screened Saturday, December 5, 2004 in Aud. #2 @ 4:40pm] 50  PHANTOM LADY(1944, ROBERT SIODMAK) Ella Raines and Franchot Tone desperately roam the sizzling New York streets for a condemned man’s only hope to beat a wife-murder rap — the nameless woman he met in a bar. With orgasmic Elisha Cook Jr.’s drum solo. From the Cornell Woolrich novel. 1:15, 4:40, 8:05 Last edited by REEL_REVIEWER; 01-31-2005 at 09:02 PM. |
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01-03-2005, 09:00 PM
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QUOTABLE QUOTES: LINES to listen for ... (quotes in BOLD from IMDb.com)
Jack Marlow: You like jive?
Kansas: You bet. I’m a hep kitten. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mac the bartender: Yes, Miss? Kansas: Pinch-bottle and water. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Who is that woman?" ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Very clever, but not clever enough." ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "She loathed you, but she went with you." ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Look, this is a man's job" ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Madness is a frightening word." ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Double scotch, water chaser." ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "People ... they hate me cause I'm different." Last edited by REEL_REVIEWER; 03-03-2005 at 01:54 PM. |
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01-31-2005, 09:09 PM
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THIS FILM IS NOT ON DVD ... somebody wake up the CRITERION folks!
External capsule review (no 1944 reviews available):
Phantom Lady (1944) Don't know if you'll be as entranced as I was watching Ella Raine's for the first time in this one but, regardless, this is a pretty good murder mystery which also stars Franchot Tone and Thomas Gomez. A man (Alan Curtis) is framed for killing his wife. His secretary (Raine's), who also happens to be infatuated with him, doesn't believe it and works to clear him by finding "the title character". She is assisted in this task by the accused's best friend (Tone) and a police detective (Gomez) who, after the fact, doesn't believe that "Curtis" did it either. Elisha Cook Jr. plays one of his normal, that is to say quirky, roles extremely well too. Source: http://www.classicfilmguide.com/inde...ntial&item=283 |
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03-01-2005, 11:34 PM
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Shed a tear ...
NOT on DVD (VHS out of stock, try Ebay)
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