O'Hara was very close to John Wayne, & a comfort to the duke on his death bed, he was skin, & bones; and her conversation helped him feel as if the end was still ages away.❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
Dame Fay Compton hung out with the likes of Noel Coward and Orson Welles, was rarely out of work and she worked reallllly hard at being a great actress. One early scandal involving drugs at her party nearly ruined her, but she refused to be destroyed for something another person did at her house. Now we have many of her old films-TY!
What a beautiful movie my most favorite movie of all even in life hardship they don't make movies like this fast pace cool world we live in.. for tomorrow is never promised tomorrow thank you for some type of Hope and a beautiful movie
The Sow? She was Dame Sybil Thorndike, a very fine actress in some really scary makeup. During WWII, she and her husband were told their son was MIA/Presumed killed. Several weeks later, they learned he had been held prisoner, but he made it back home. She was no weakling, as this part showed. Like Dame Fay Compton and others early British Actresses, they were loved and respected when society was just 'allowing' that actors MAY be good people, too. Good women to read about, if you like that sort of thing...
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this absolute gem with us! Best film I've seen in AGES. Bit odd finding it on a "westerns" channel, but a very happy find. More great old movies please! I've subscribed. Thank you again. 😊
Such a darling picture. The first time I watched it I didn’t realize that Dana Andrews played both parts - it’s kinda weird now to think I didn’t notice, but I’m thinking it must have been the voice-over in the first part (as the painter)
Not that it matters to the enjoyment of the film BUT, I am a lifelong puppeteer who almost exclusively works marionettes, and though stringing them is time consuming, it would not take “weeks or months “ to string them (unless there are hundreds) also in shot where he works puppets for first time, it is not him working them, the puppet moves and his arm moves do not match, still it’s an ingenious shot that would fool most other people.
Wow what a brilliant movie. Epic! Loved every minute. I'm surprised I've never seen it before. Thankyou so much for making my afternoon such a delight.
These old movies have sp much humanity in them and very educational. Unfortunately today's movies are all about greed ,violence ,sex and Lach human touch .
The Forbidden Street is a 1949 British melodrama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Dana Andrews, Maureen O'Hara, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton and A. E. Matthews. Set in Victorian London, it tells the story of a wealthy young woman who marries a poor drunken artist and struggles to make ends meet; after his death, she takes in a lodger, with whom she falls in love.[1] The film is based on the 1946 novel Britannia Mews by Margery Sharp.
My sense was there may have been some Dickensian influence. A changing tide of fortune then the old sour. At the moment she had charged at him holding a pot and his hand rising, I thought oh no! Now a double murder and deeper in to the darker side of Old Britannia Mews. But it didn't happen so darkly, ending with smiles.
That Mews (before it was done up) reminds me of Paddys market in Glasgow - looked much the same - same kind of people - it closed down a few years back unfortunatly
I think Maureen O'Hara was stunning. She's at the top of my list of actors with beautiful facial bone structure. (Sophia Loren would be higher up if they hadn't gobbed the eye makeup on). Lots of others- who do you like best?
Really enjoyed the movie! It took me through the whole gamut of emotions and it was especially gratifying to see the " Sow" get smacked and gone from her life!😂😂 overall, a very enjoyable movie experience!❤
Lol. Literally, i asked myself if i should be enjoying watching a man smack a "woman" like he did....then i thought about how the sow, got what she deserved, just like Henry got what he deserved. That being said, i guess i was all right with it. Especially when Gilbert apologized for having to get rough with the sow. Good movie. Isn't it ironic how Henry was probably on the right track with the marionettes?
Great movie. I didn't like the strange dubbing of Dana in the beginning though, I know it was to make him be different, but I believe it didn't quite fit .
@@eddie1235 Yes but only for the version shown in the UK, for anywhere else they kept his own voice. He had trained for ages to speak with an English accent and was angry.
@@TheFiown Thanks for the reply Stephanie. I will watch it again with renewed interest. Must have been a huge task to complete both for him and dubbed actor, to say nothing of the technical side - all before modern technology. No wonder he was angry about UK release.
How "hollywood-lucky" she was to replace her jerk husband with an exact replica who was everything her hubby never was? (In London, a 'mews' was a street where there were stables below peoples' homes Some mews were fashionable, while others fell into disrepute, as here.)
Books and films are full of young women who are witty, bright, strong in character...this is a definite departure. The woman was weak, ignorant and downright stupid. It was almost painful watching her make stupid decisions and allowing others to shape her life. In that regard, it's a an accurate portrayal of a typical young lady. Apologies to the feminists...😏
The movies from the 50s especially are full of weak young women who are usually talked down to as if they were half-wits. It's very hard to watch, and makes you understand why the feminist movement was so needed . Yes, it would be great if we all followed the strong and brave examples , and also raised men who don't get off on diminishing women.
I'm a feminist and I agree with you. Men and women are so powerfully wired biologically to do the stupid things specific to each gender...sigh. Took me to over 60 to figure that out. And that's why most old people are called wise.
I don't agree. It showed a young person making rash decisions and confusing a crush with real love. I'm sure that still happens now. She was strong but naive.
I love to see women that look like ladies! It should be a law that every woman MUST dress beautifully on screen, it's the only reason to watch a movie! Too many producers and directors put guns, explosions, bad language and gore and forget to show beauty and romance.
