cult film freak: lucille ball

Written by James M. Tate / 11/09/2016 / No comments / art baker , drama , football , forties , jack paar , jacques tourneur , june bright , lizabeth scott , lucille ball , melodrama , richard erdman , sonny tufts , sport , victor mature

MATURE & SCOTT HAVING A BALL IN TOURNEUR'S 'EASY LIVING'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year of Release: 1949</u></td></tr>
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A kind of Sports Noir given that the three main stars <i>and</i> director were staples of that particular mostly black-and-white, dark and shadowy genre...<br>
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And maybe Jacques Tourneur fans, expecting another CAT PEOPLE or OUT OF THE PAST were letdown, surprised or both that their man...<br>
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Who usually thrived on dark subject matters or lavish, energetic Westerns, was behind a seemingly mundane picture about a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams <i>almost </i>past his prime. But there's a lining in any and every cinematic rainbow <i>if </i>you admire a director enough to find their signature gold in an otherwise vacant mine — thanks especially to Tourneur, who helped a project that might've been a completely dull programmer instead of an entertaining, time-filling programmer that, though taking about fifteen minutes to take shape, flows together smoothly...<br>

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MATURE & SCOTT HAVING A BALL IN TOURNEUR'S 'EASY LIVING'

Year of Release: 1949 A kind of Sports Noir given that the three main stars and director were staples of that particular mostly black-a...

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