Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. Seedy film noir from canada focuses on mary roberts mary anderson, a quebec city newspaper reporter who is drawn into a dangerous web of deception when she begins investigating a murder that was ruled an accidental death. Many film noir playlists on youtube include movies that are actually no. Released 1947, whispering city stars helmut dantine, mary anderson, paul lukas, john pratt the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
The 1952 murder of a famous socialite in francos spain brings an aspiring young newspaperwoman up against the oppressive regime. Framed original 1947 lobby poster for whispering city aka crime city. Other members of the cast not necessarily in the movie still. She goes to the hospital to interview the actress, who tells. This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of from left to right helmut dantine and paul lukas. Whispering city 1947 crime, drama, filmnoir movie on dvd.
Whispering city 1947 kbs downloaden whispering city 1947 movie4k kbs downloaden full whispering city 1947 kbs downloaden. With helmut dantine, mary anderson, paul lukas, john pratt. Okay, one of the main characters is a composer and theres a full orchestra for a few scenes so the movie isnt that quiet. She tries to get the evidence she needs before she becomes his latest victim. Whispering city 47 helmut dantine paul lukas very rare. He was an actor, known for whispering city 1947, les. A reporter hears that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car. The music is appropriate, the casting excellent, writing meh, but if you like old movies, this is an old movie. Aug 05, 2017 uploaded with file uploader little big man 1970 dustin hoffman, faye dunaway, chief dan george feature comedy, western. The movie itself is entertaining, some good dialogue.
A subreddit dedicated to film noir and neo noir films, and hardboiled crime fiction. Feb 23, 2016 when a nagging wife commits suicide, her husband is threatened with a murder frame by his lawyer, unless he kills a certain female reporter for him. Whispering city, the 1947 may, 2015 kevin 0 comments. Released 1947, whispering city stars helmut dantine, mary anderson, paul lukas, john pratt the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a. Sort recordings by title, artist, year of release, year inducted into the registry, and genre by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column. Whispering city 1947 crime, drama, filmnoir movie on. Well plotted little suspense film has the novelty of being filmed in old quebec by russian director fedor ozep. There, he meets the beautiful peasant girl megan and starts a tumultuous fling. Whispering city accomplishes certain dramatic beats with aplomb while going under par with others. Gentlemans agreement won best picture at the academy awards. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. From a plot and story viewpoint, the film is decent if unspectacular. She must capture a prominent attorney who has been implicated in a murder committed years before. The whispering city dvd, 2005 for sale online ebay.
The locations are beautifulstrikinghaunting, as is this wonderful city. Mary anderson is mary roberts, a reporter who discovers the perpetrator of an old murder is now a famous attorney. Whispering city 1947 kinoxto kbs downloaden whispering city 1947 torrent kbs downloaden hot. Find movie and film cast and crew information for whispering city 1947 fedor ozep on allmovie. Here i will compare the two films paying attention to its important location and its visual style.
Theres a lot of ground to covernarratively, historically, politicallyin this debut mystery, and after a shaky start in which the reader struggles a bit to keep track of the wide array of characters being introduced, the author settles into her tale nicely. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. We have the reporter who thinks the cops are doing a rotten job of investigating the murder shes been sent to report on and gets herself in over her head and so on. Whispering city 1947 full movie, film noir crimethriller takes place in quebec city, tells the story of a lawyer and a patron of the arts, albert frederic, who, earlier in life, caused a murder. Its still a fair movie and a pretty good example of the film noir genre. However, this does not mean the film is poor in any way. In an investigation, a female reporter is in a race against time. Tedious canadian film noir that trades in a promising start following a plucky female reporter investigating a tragedy that befell a female former star in favour of mundane shenanigans featuring a rich old lawyermusical agent and his current protege and murder except there is no murder. Mary roberts created by michael lennox and george zuckerman. Whispering city girl lovely mary anderson is the best thing in whispering city 1947. Paul lukas often played continental goodies or baddies and his accent is perfect for this film. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film.
Complete national recording registry listing recording. Mary anderson in whispering city 1947 mary anderson and helmut dantine in whispering city 1947 helmut dantine. Doctor at sea the 1955 full length movie filme, alter. Apart from mischa auer, the cast is filled with talented but anonymous looking actors and actresses. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Classic film noir movies from the 1940s and 50s that are freely available on youtube. The little humpback horse 1948 english subs russian animation. Whispering city 1947 by fyodor otsep full movie youtube. Whispering city 1947 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Whispering city 1947 a newswoman mary anderson falls in love with a canadian composer helmut dantine who has been told by a lawyer paul lukas to kill her.
They share visual and aural elements in the film noir genre. After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. Classic tv, television, 1950s, 50s, fifties, dick powell, the adventures of dante, four star. Whispering city 1947 ganzer film deutsch film online. In his poem sleep and poetry 1816, john keats says that human life is a poor indians sleep while his boat hastens to the monstrous steep of montmorency. Whispering city 1947 1120 1947 us drama, thriller 1h 38m user score. It was filmed on location in quebec city and montmorency falls, quebec, canada in both english and french. This item has been produced by ourselves and will be neatly presented on. The falls were the site of a key scene between the lead actors in the 1947 film whispering city, which was filmed on location. This is a multiregion region 0all dvd, and should play on most dvd players in the world.
And, apart from a lull during the unnecessary castanet scene, its a dynamite little film. Streamcloud whispering city 1947 deutsch stream german. Pete isnt getting around on his wooden leg like he used to. A summer story 1988 full movie the young frank ashton must stay a few days on a farm because of an injured ankle. Whispering city 1947 whispering city 1947 posted by the gaian dragon at 2.
The question is, just how many of these great films are out there that we havent seen. When nath insists on using a short cut home through the woods, pete gets quite agitated and warns him of. Whispering city 1947 stream and watch online moviefone. They made about 8 episodes featuring that character. Jan 11, 2014 whispering city aka crime city is a 1947 blackandwhite film noir directed by fedor ozep. Alan ladds first starring western and first film in technicolor is whispering smith. Yes, the print source is poor, but im not sure if any other dvd company has yet to offer a better print. While i had hopes for a window into that era of spain, there was very little enlightenment of the era. Ride the pink horse 1947 a classic old american movie. Lets get things straight about you and me and him mike lambert, seeking a mining job, instead becomes the.
I have a funny feeling that someone at paramount figured out that in boots with a couple of inches of heels on them, mr. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Nov 24, 2006 whispering city 1947 and i confess 1953 are two similar films that are shot in quebec city. General film fans will want to check the film out for the enjoyable mary anderson and the sophisticated paul lukas, both of who deliver strong performances. Whispering city manufactured on demand on movies unlimited. Here is a list of filmnoir movies that are available on open cultures website for free. Newshawk mary roberts works the quebec city crime beat in the duplessisera whispering city, an obscure but surprisingly strong noir from 1947 the fatal car crash of a longretired actress intrigues intrepid reporter roberts, sporting a rather nifty tam, and she decides to investigate further. This is a film noir, gumshoe gangster movie of the cheapest variety and it kind of rambles a bit. This suspenseladen thriller is filled with corruption and murder. This wont get 5 stars for dialogue, but it can do on a rainy day. A 1947 blackandwhite film noir directed by fedor ozep and starring paul lukas, mary anderson, and helmut dantine. Later in life, a dying woman tells a reporter the tale of how she thinks the accident was actually murder. Highly suspenseful, thanks to competent scripting and directing.
Whispering city 1947 and i confess 1953 are two similar films that are shot in quebec city. The movie was filmed on location in quebec city and montmorency falls, quebec, canada in both english. The supporting cast includes robert preston and brenda marshall. Mary anderson takes the lead as a clever crime reporter with a very, very silky voice. The whispering city by sara moliner, translated by mara faye lethem while many elements of the book follow a familiar pattern, its still a great read.
Whispering city is a movie gem from a canadian historical. Last night charles and i screened a 90minute download of the 1947 film whispering city, an unusual film noir whose main point of distinction was that it was not only set in canada quebec, specifically but was actually shot there and produced by a canadian company, quebec productions, and released through eaglelion. A newswoman mary anderson falls in love with a canadian composer helmut dantine who has been told by a lawyer paul lukas to kill her. The coma was brought on when she heard loud arguing, went to her window, and saw a man strike his wife with a candlestick and kill her.
Cross vincent price, who is treating janet stewart anabel shaw, a young woman who is in a catatonic state. The whispering city is a boilerplate murderthriller set in barcelona in the repressive 1950s. Whispering city is of decent quality black and white picture and sound. Overview of whispering city, 1947, directed by fedor ozep, with helmut dantine, mary anderson, john pratt, at turner classic movies. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. This quebec film is good enough to compete with hollywoodit may mean a new canadian industry. Now a teen, meg convinces her friend nath to come help with chores on the farm. Whispering city is a film directed by fyodor otsep with paul lukas, mary anderson, helmut dantine, john pratt, year. Whispering smith is a technicolor western film directed by leslie fenton and starring alan ladd as a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was killed in an accident several years before, was. Whispering city 1947 fedor ozep cast and crew allmovie. When a nagging wife commits suicide, her husband is threatened with a murder frame by his lawyer, unless he kills a certain female reporter for him. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer.
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