This is, in my opinion, was Bogart's finest role. The character of Hutcherson suited him perfectly and he seemed so natural in the role making it very believable. Superb!
Having worked on two dailes, a national weekly and having edired an award-winning college daily, I believe this is one of the best films about the newspaper business.
I almost didn't watch this because I'm not a huge fan of Bogart, but glad I did because the story revealed itself to be quite relevant to what's happening in the UK.
I always watch the movies of 1952 it’s my birth year ❤This movie is one of my favorites and Boggy is my favorite too‼️Thanks for sharing. Keep them coming ❤️🥰😘🤩😇
Humphrey Bogarts speech about anti-monopolies and economic competitiveness was great. But here we are today with the small businesses still getting gobbled up by the mega corporations.
Great quality film posted and what a film! Very enjoyable film and would recommend this to others. Good cast of actors in this film as well! Thanks for posting🤗
Bogart played the toughest of the tough guys. His characters smoked, drank, picked fights, and always got the girl. Humphrey Bogart was the actor that all the kids looked up to and all the upcoming actors tried to imitate. He brought smoking to an all new level of popularity. All the characters he portrayed, American icons such as Duke Mantee, Sam Spade, Roy Earle, and Rick Blaine, were tough guys that always had a cigarette burning. Never had a cancer stick looked so cool hanging off a lip or dangling between two fingers. But unlike his characters that live on forever in cinema, Bogart’s real life smoking habit led to esophageal cancer and took the life of the cinema tough guy. 🚭
More heavily taxed though. One problem with the rote conversion of 1952 gross income to 2020-Yada gross income using the CPI is that 1952 income taxes were much higher. And 50K would have started brushing up against the higher brackets. So, adjusting for higher taxes it might be worth $400,000 today. By the way, it works the other way pre-1913. Before the income tax, you're keeping more dollars so the CPI conversion actually understates income. This is critical information for time-travellers.
Director: Richard Brooks Box office: 1.25 million USD (US rentals) Release date: March 14, 1952 (New York) Plot- New York City newspaper "The Day" is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson (Humphrey Bogart) has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the widow (Ethel Barrymore) of the paper's publisher wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson also worries that his estranged ex-wife is about to remarry. His only hope of saving the paper is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster (Martin Gabel) before the sale is made final.
I truly miss reading the Wapo inthebus as Iwent to work as a young 19 yr old who was awed that I lived in a city where the paper listed the Congressional goings on.
Young Warren Stevens! This guy was busy: hope he made a good living! He and James Whitmore and Ricardo Mantalban must have stayed in shape jogging past each other soundstage to soundstage!
Great film about reporting corruption and how influential the printed word was, and still is. Humphrey Bogart made some great “speeches” about ethics, responsibility and loyalty. It seems this channel decided to include this as of yesterday after DJT was interviewed by the National Black Journalists group. His responses on camera were printed + viewed around the world. He may have lost the election with the words he chose to speak after delaying per the fact-checking requirement. Anyone who doesn’t want to be called out as a liar should not be the leader of the Free World. (The closing music is The Battle Hymn Of The Republic: “The Truth Goes Marching On”)💙🇺🇸🙎🏽♀️🇺🇸💙
Your TDS is showing. Just watch the movie. You could easily say how much disinformation existed then and still exists today, just more of it. Case in point, you assume his comments cost him the election, for what exactly? Pointing out Kamala 's pandering to her audience?
Not one of Bogie's best stories. I didn't buy the mousy wife and the abrupt ending was a disappointment. It's still a good movie, much better than the trash they make now. TY.
While we can agree to disagree on the script, alcohol and tobacco were linked to the newspaper business in the 1950s just as Abbott was to Costello, Lewis was to Martin, and Sears was to Roebuck.
