The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

Walter Huston - Movies I've Viewed (10 beauty items)

" ..., Gene Tierney and ..."

“(YT) La 'summa von sternbergiana' sin Marlene (Gene muy jovencita y muy incipiente actriz), Mature con sus límites pero con las mejores líneas ('desde que nos vimos estamos solos los dos'), lo mejor es la imagen de círculos infernales del casino con la ruleta abajo conducida por Dalio...” read more

1001 Movies ... my own version (1940's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, the whole thing was rather disjointed but it make sense since the production on this movie was rather chaotic. Indeed, if you think that this movie was rather dark and seedy, the play it was based on was so much worse involving a brothel instead of a casino and such fun things like nymphomania and drug addiction. As a result, it took more than a decade to adapt it and, after so many rewriting attempts, the end-result was slightly bewildering. Indeed, there was no real plot"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1009 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, the whole thing was rather disjointed but it make sense since the production on this movie was rather chaotic. Indeed, if you think that this movie was rather dark and seedy, the play it was based on was so much worse involving a brothel instead of a casino and such fun things like nymphomania and drug addiction. As a result, it took more than a decade to adapt it and, after so many rewriting attempts, the end-result was slightly bewildering. Indeed, there was no real plot"

A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, the whole thing was rather disjointed but it make sense since the production on this movie was rather chaotic. Indeed, if you think that this movie was rather dark and seedy, the play it was based on was so much worse involving a brothel instead of a casino and such fun things like nymphomania and drug addiction. As a result, it took more than a decade to adapt it and, after so many rewriting attempts, the end-result was slightly bewildering. Indeed, there was no real plot and too many characters involved which was probably not such a great idea since the damned thing lasted less than 100 mins. As a result, it was never really clear wh” read more

Gene Tierney - Movies (30 person items)

" Victor Mature and Gene Tierney"