Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Fast and loose is an early practice run for what would soon become the screwball comedy thank you miriam bale for bringing this film to my attention. Starting with shochiku ofuna studio in 1954, oshima saw himself as making. Drury on august 23 last year, when he noticed a cloud building up as though being formed by vapor trails. A young roger corman produced this classic 50s bmovie that spawned a modern franchise. Fast and loose, a 1954 film from the uk starring stanley holloway and kay kendall. An englishman brian reece misses a train and is forced to spend the night at an inn with his old girlfriend kay kendall. Peter and barbara are on their way to their holiday destination. Marin and starring robert montgomery, rosalind russell and reginald owen. Ben travers cbe afc 12 november 1886 18 december 1980 was an english writer. Fast and loose is a 1954 british comedy film directed by gordon parry and starring stanley holloway, kay kendall and brian reece.
Hollywood movie classics to stream free business insider. He is best remembered for his longrunning series of farces first staged in the 1920s and 1930s at the aldwych theatre. Fun film starring melvyn douglas and florence rice as joel and garda sloane, rare bookdealers. In his later years, monkhouse was probably better known for hosting television quiz shows than for being a comedian. Nicholson and the beginning of their american releasing. Fast companyfast and loosefast and furioustriple feature. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Now, for the first time, pavel reveals these little known soviet relaxation secrets, so you too can become the master of your body not its victim. Its a simple story, made cheap and on the fly with several niche markets in mind, but it has so much moxie behind. It was based on the play a cuckoo in the nest by ben travers, the first of his aldwych farces, which had previously been adapted as a 1933 film of the same title. The 1954 adaptation starring judy garland may be the most. Not bad for a film whose star died two months into filming. The second movie ever produced by roger corman, the fast and the furious marked the first release of samuel z.
A star is born was the 1954 version of a durable hollywood tragedy. Peter steps off the train to buy a book, bumps into an exgirlfriend, carol, and before he knows it. The fast and the furious is a 1954 american b movie crime film from a story written by roger corman and screenplay by jean howell and jerome odlum. Alexander gauge and kay kendall in fast and loose 1954. The film stars joan evans, melvyn douglas, lynn bari, robert arthur and hugh obrian. The fast and the furious john ireland 1954 by john ireland a man wrongly imprisoned for murder john ireland breaks out of jail. No one under thirty, or possibly forty, will believe that such people ever existed, but every character in this farce is etched true to life, which is what gave it its 1950s appeal, as all viewers in england then would have recognised every character as a type, mostly of their acquaintance. On the loose is a 1951 american drama film directed by charles lederer and written by dale eunson and katherine albert. I love film and i love to write so i thought, why not combine the two.
Unlike nick and nora, joel and garda have visible means of support. In each film, different actors played the crimesolving couple. One of his biggest successes was the golden shot from july 1967 until january 1972 and again from july 1974 to april 1975. This was broadcast live for 52 weeks a year and drew up to 17 million viewers. Fastpaced whodunit fun with wry allusions to fast company, the first film in the series. France to be developed, edited, completed, and circulated. Cukor finished his film and moved on to another assignments. Robert montgomery and rosalind russell in fast and loose 1939 rosalind russell in fast and loose 1939. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Upon completion, welles would be given a fourpicture contract with. Fast and loose con game, a cheating game sometimes known as the strap fast and loose, a 1930 romantic comedy starring miriam hopkins and carole lombard. His output includes more than twenty plays, thirty screenplays, five novels, and three volumes of memoirs. The fast and the furious 1954 a framed man john ireland takes a rich womans dorothy malone jaguar, with her in it, and enters a road race that ends in mexico.
Read the full synopsis of fast and loose, 1939, directed by edwin l. He is an escaped prisoner who wants to clear his name. Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free prime shipping. There were three of these films and they were intended to cash in on the success of the thin man. Fast and loose original theatrical trailer youtube. The film was released on september 28, 1951, by rko pictures.
That was because id never seen the film version of oklahoma. Mystery turns a new page when bookdealers and amateur sleuths joel and garda sloane melvyn douglas, florence rice sift through clues and suspects in fast company, the first of three brisk. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Many of these were made into films and later television productions. It is a sequel to the 1938 film fast company and was followed the same year by fast and furious.
The film was completed in 1941 but wasnt actually released widely until 1946, because of the motion picture production. Fast and furious, 1939, with franchot tone and ann sothern definitely nothing to do with the current vin diesel bunch of films with that name. Elizabeth taylor and van johnson lead this loose adaptation of f. The fast and the furious 1954 cast and crew a framed man john ireland takes a rich womans dorothy malone jaguar, with her in it, and enters a road race that ends in mexico. To help get you started, here are 30 classic films available, divided by genre. Fast and loose is a 1939 american thriller film directed by edwin l. Its got spoiled characters, flirtatious spats and clashing courtship, a. Laut movie city wurde dieser film im jahre 1954 freigegeben. The fast and the furious 1954 turner classic movies. Suddenly an object appeared from one side of it and climbed very fast in a roughly northwesterly direction. Anyone who does not have the patience for that and is not interested in how.
Sir david attenborough warns against playing fast and loose with. The fast and the furious was the first film produced for the american international pictures company. This fasttalking screwball comedy, under the direction of. The casting was very well done, since all the couples had a good rapport.
Marin, with robert montgomery, rosalind russell, reginald owen, at turner classic movies. Fast company, 1938, with melvyn douglas and florence rice. His tenure ended with allegations, which he denied, that he had. Sir david attenborough warns against playing fast and loose with bbc. And my personal favorite, fast and loose, 1939, with. The film is enjoyable if you can look at it from the point of view of a 1950s viewer. Fast and loose was the second of mgms brief b series based on harry kurnitz husbandwife team of bookdealing sleuths, joel and garda sloane. Fast and loose 1939 as nicholas torrent ralph morgan, the owner of a previously missing piece of an extremely rare manuscript, prepares to sell his valuable possession, he turns up dead inside. Fast and loose, a 1939 detective comedy starring robert montgomery and rosalind russell. The fast and the furious 1954 cast and crew moviefone. Here are 30 classic films available for free in the public domain, divided by genre. A guide to fast and loose, the 1954 film about two married couples. However, fast company stands on its own very nicely.
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