🍹 THE ANN SHERIDAN COCKTAIL 0.75 oz white rum 0.33 oz curaçao 0.5 oz fresh lime juice Let me know if you try it! CHEERS! watch THE UNFAITHFUL here ➡ archive.org/search?query=the+unfaithful+ann+sheridan watch THE BLUE DAHLIA here ➡ archive.org/details/1946thebluedahlialadaliaazulgeorgemarshall watch THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES here ➡ archive.org/details/tbyool435345435110 watch NOBODY LIVES FOREVER HERE ➡ archive.org/details/nobody-lives-forever-1947
Welcome back! Ann Sheridan not only had "oomph" but a delightful dose of hutzpah. I had a summer housemate in my college years whose father (American) married a British lass and within two weeks or so was called up to a top secret OSS mission. He had to leave without any warning or explanation. (Poooof) It looked awfully like a wed-and-wander marriage that so many British war brides experienced. After the mission's conclusion, he showed back up at his bride's parents' home and had A LOT of explaining to do. Luckily, his CO accompanied him and he managed to convince his British in-laws and new wife that his story was legitimate and the marriage was saved. (Phew) The couple moved back to the States to his home town (and by happenstance, he ended up being a teacher at my high school). Several years after this WWII near-disaster, my roomie debuted as the product of this genuinely happy union.
Let's also remember Eve Arden. I can't think of any film in which she appeared that was not substantially improved by presence. Her characters always see through everything and survive without breaking a sweat. They become the much needed anchor who will bring you back to reality with knowing cynicism, sympathetically delivered. She shows you it's safe to get real, after all she did, and survived.
untreated mental illness, and post war stress...there's many reasons for the divorce rate...a lot of people survived but were damaged in one way or another...people cling to what they have in front of them
You really hit this one out of the bedroom with context, clever scripting, skillful editing, great graphics, significant research and a crisp delivery. I give this ten likes!
As a kid, I saw a Daffy Duck cartoon where he was trying to sneak into the studio to see the the stars. In the end he gets clobbered, and "sees stars", but he thinks they're movie stars, and one is Ann Sheridan. And to this day, when I see anything about Ann Sheridan, I say her name in Daffy Duck's voice.
This may star Ann Sheridan, but it has the most Eve Arden of Eve Arden performances ever - she’s a force of nature. BTW, there’s a great RiffTrax out for Crime of Passion now - you should check it out. LOVE this channel - thanks for all your hard work!!
@TherealPaulMounts You commented: "BTW, there's a great RiffTrax out for Crime of Passion now". That sounds intriguing, but I have no clue what it means. Will you be so kind as to explain, please?
Wow, what a terrific video on not only this film but the history, issues, and culture behind it. Ann Sheridan was a terrific talent who HATED her Oomph title. She had much more to offer! An interesting and rare look at the other side of wartime infidelities is the novel, and resultant film, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (which came out in the 1950s); a story of a married American soldier who fathers a son in Italy during WW2 and then, years later, has to deal with the consequences of abandoning the Italian woman and child while he's living the (seemingly) idealized American suburban life with American wife and family.
If my time in the military was any indication, infidelity is till an issue (both ways) for deployed personnel - and that's even without the existential threats (which could be seen arguably as some level of justification) facing everyone during WW2. Thanks for another another great video, and special thanks for including the Ann Sheridan blooper real!
I've always loved The Unfaithful. However, Ann Sheridan made a much more interesting, more realistic film about marriage a few years later - Woman on the Run (1950). On the surface, it was a crime drama, but it exposed how even the most loving marriages contain many disappointments.
I LOVE Ann Sheridan! She has such a wonderful down to earth quality…and that infectious laugh of hers. I enjoyed this picture, and, on repeated viewings, it seems better each time. And the performances of the four leads give it…dare I say…more oomph to the story.
I agree her personality really pops off the screen, she just comes off as so approachable. Even when she's at her most glamorous she still feels very genuine.
LOVE this video! Ann Sheridan, God rest her soul, was an actress that definitely deserved more credit than having that embarrassing Oomph label she'd never live down. You talking about the scene in "The Blue Dahlia" when the husband comes home the look on his face just says 'That's not happiness to see me is it?' Lew Ayres, I rarely saw him in any old movies, I just remember him from his later years. And Bette with those Bette David eyes indeed. I enjoyed this overview, even though the reality of wives divorcing their husbands so went against the illusion of the loving wife waiting at home but therein lies the point. It was worth the wait and can't wait until your next one.
This is where the "Jody" trope that persists in the military to this day originated. I suppose that spouses being unfaithful while their partner is deployed has been around since man first organized armies. It's still a thing today. Soldier's still sing Jody cadences while marching and post deployment divorce is still a problem. "Ain't no use in goin home. Jody's got your girl and gone, Sound Off"
Thanks, I appreciate the effort you put into this. I first was aware of Eve Arden from Grease. Not so familiar with Ann Sheridan but watched The Letter many years ago while on a Betty Davis binge. I do need to try & catch up with all your recommendations. The old adage doesn't quite apply here "Marry in haste, repent at leisure" except for the UK at the time as divorce didn't become easier until the late 60's, as before you had to cite a correspondent but catching the adulterous couple "
Indeed! Eve Arden always walks away with every scene she's in. In "The Unfaithful," she has some really great, sometimes vicious, one liners and she delivers them with that perfect Eve Arden attitude.
What an awesome review and intro for those of us only know their names and not all their work. Yes, war-time marriages have always been impulsive, which can lead to more impulsive relationships. When I return from Desert storm, which was only about seven months, I found we were in deep financial challenges. We held it together for a few more years, but maybe the trust was lost during that period of separation. Now, just imagine the men of Ukraine leaving their family and spending two years in the trenches to defend their own country against the evil of Putin. Also, the young Russians, who have been informed only by propaganda that they are defending their own country. Their mothers and wives want them back too. It’s interesting to realize that this was also the situation so many decades and generations ago. We often feel like we are the only ones to endure these situations. Thanks for reminding us that this too shall pass. Wish everyone the best as we had into spring and keep the faith as we had towards the fall. Remember the United States has a sacred obligation to be the arsenal of democracy, and we should support the institutions that have actually made America great the last 75 years, like NATO. God bless all.
Another great video! Time for me to rewatch The Best Years of Our Lives and Nobody Lives Forever. I'd love to see a whole video on Eve Arden - she seems always to play the same character, but she does it so well and has such presence that no one minds.
I rewatched Best Years a few weeks ago and I cried like a baby. No matter how many times I see that film it never fails to reduce me to a sobbing mess by the end. Isn't Eve Arden a treasure. She and Rosalind Russell could toss off the one liners better than anybody else.
Ann Sheridan is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Totally underrated in so many ways. As to this video it's superb, but that's par for the course for this UA-cam channel.
I had a great uncle who got married before being deployed to North Africa. His wife only married him to collect on his insurance policy when he died. When he got home she promptly divorced him. She also turned out to be gay.
Welcome back, well done video on an over looked topic. On a note Tim Rath the main male charater in 1956's "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" had a child in Italy from his time in the war the result of a brief affair with a young Italian girl while his wife, Betsy waited for him. On another do you know if any study of the divorce rate has included the issue of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the break ups of marriage? This is a big issue in todays veterans.
Wonderful video, so informed and relevant! As always. My family's matriarch had an impulsive first marriage with an enlisted man but her life changed drastically as she got involved in the booming wartime effort on the homefront. Probably her experience would make a fair story, by Warner Bros. of course. Your little joke about Hedy Lamarr was great!
thank you! I think there may be a lot of grandmothers and great grandmothers out there with some VERY interesting wartime stories. As for Hedy, her title at MGM was "the most beautiful woman" or something like that but "mother of wifi," . . .that's the title she deserves 😁
Never saw this movie; will be interesting to compare it to "The Letter". In the meantime, fascinating essay as always. Didn't realize divorce was so common after the War, though that makes sense, despite the demurrals of the "good old days" people who lurk around UA-cam (though thankfully not this channel, I've noticed - yay!). I do have to remark anecdotally that in my glorious youth, I dated girls with Oomph ONLY, never settling for girls with mere Umph.😆
I like The Unfaithful and both versions of The Letter, particularly the Jeanne Eagels version which is incredibly raw. I came to my appreciation of Ann Sheridan later, but she is one of my favorites now. First appreciated her in Nora Prentiss and then Woman on the Run. King’s Row I avoided for years because Reagan was in it, but when I finally saw it I was impressed with everyone in the cast. I also like Unfaithful with Diane Lane, which is similar to the Sheridan film. You might want to check out King Vidor’s Japanese War Bride with Shirley Yamaguchi (check out her life story!). it’s a different take on war romances, very low budget, but it has a lot to say about the themes from The Unfaithful and The Letter. Your commentaries are informative and a fun listen. You put a lot of work into them. I always look forward to the new ones.
Jeanne Eagles performance just feels so incendiary. She was ahead of her time. It's too bad she died before she could create a legacy on film. I will check out Japanese War Bride, thanks for the recommendation and I also love Diane Lane's Unfaithful.
American GIs fathered tens of thousands of kids during WWII. This happened in every country where they were posted. Many married women who were home alone during the war years took up with another man...or men. The movie 'Summer of '42' starring Jennifer O' Neill was about a lonely young woman who starts a sexual relationship with teenage boy after her soldier husband is sent overseas. It wasn't just women who were unfaithful.
Wow, what a girl. I have Nora Prentiss queued up on my list, so this has given me the necessary oomph to watch it soon. Likewise with The Letter. I picked it up in a charity shop for pennies and the elder lady at the counter said "Ooh Betty Davis! The best." 😊 Great video, extremely interesting and informative as ever. Thanks, CC! 👌💯🎬
After making this video Ann Sheridan has become one of my favorite classic era personalities. The plot of Nora Prentiss is 100% insane but it's an enjoyable and wild ride. I think you'll have fun with it, plus Sheridan is just so magnetic you can't help but fall in love with her. As for The Letter . . .Bette Davis and William Wyler can do NO wrong.
Wonderful video about a little known subject about America after WW2!! Really informative!! Thank you!! And to all Veterans of America..THANK YOU!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
As always, you've done a fantastic job covering all aspects of these gilms and their time frame. Also giving us more great movies to watch. I did so with, one of my all time favorite stars, Mr. Garfield. If he ever made a bad movie, I've yet to see it. Also, I never realized what a gorgeous woman Fitzgerald was. Hope to find the others you reviewed. As always, I remain a devoted fan😊
This is a superb documentary! You do a wonderful job of exploring larger societal issues through the lens of The Unfaithful and Ann Sheridan. I learned a lot and really enjoyed watching it. Bravo! Keep up the great work!
I saw this film back in the 1970s and still remember it. I really like Ann Sheridan and think she is greatly underrated. This is a good film, Sheridan, Ayres, Scott and Arden give excellent performances.
You have found another one The Unfaithful featuring two of my favourite actors Zachary Scott and Eve Arden who could deliver a wisecrack better than her both from Mildred Pierce.
“The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” went into the topic of a soldier fathering a child with a woman overseas while having been hastily married just before leaving. It’s remarkably respectful of the threat of death in war and how people may respond to someone showing them love and affection under the threat of very possible death at any time. The soldier, Gregory Peck, is home and has a wife and life, and then learns of the child he fathered during the war in Italy, and is faced with the dilemma of being a married, decent man who loves his wife, but also in that moment and circumstance overseas, loved that woman. The story is done so well- perhaps that’s why the film is around 3 hours long, lol. But it’s one of my favorites exactly because of how it treats the subject in such an adult and nuanced way… sometimes in those circumstances, fights and blame and divorce weren’t warranted. The viewer can almost feel the pain of the wife at home who must accept that her husband, during a moment in time, was with another woman, but not because he didn’t love her. She has to be able to love him enough to understand and accept while moving forward without seeing that one moment, years ago, every time she looks in her husband’s face… so well done for its time, so much room and deference given to the pure humanity of such a situation. After I saw it the first time, it stayed with me for days and became among my favorites.
@@CinemaCities1978 So I will definitely check out this movie. "Our Miss Brooks." Remember that? I recall the TV show vaguely. Having been born in 1951, at the time she was above my head!
This is a great video. It's beyond me why it has so few views. All I can think is, no personal offense but, it's not a sexy enough title for UA-cam. You have to bait the hook.
There's an old movie about a couple who married after a whirlwind courtship before the husband was shipped out. The Impatient Years (1944) Once he returns, they find out they have nothing in common and it's off to divorce court. It's on YT.
Glad you mentioned the Virginia Mayo charactor in, "The Best Years.....". Dana Andrews said his character was actually in his 20s which would have better matched his quickie marriage to his party girl, now wife. Contrast the other 2 marriages in the film...2 decent, unselfish young people and the middle-aged couple who have seen/experienced life. Interesting of the time and mentality that Myrna Loy hears the drunken Frederick March babble like he's with that someone overseas, but knows it was all that it was and nothing about them, now. (Would March feel the same way if Myrna had done the same?)
I love how Milly just kind of rolls her eyes at Al's drunken babbling. She doesn't interrogate him, she doesn't get her feelings hurt, she just knows her husband REALLY well. Their relationship feels very deep and that speech they give to Peggy, about all their ups and downs over the years, hits hard and rings true. Al and Milly offer a stark contrast between the very shallow relationship that Fred and Marie have. Now, would Al feel the same if Milly had been the one involved in some wartime romantic liaison. . . hmmmm. . .
@@CinemaCities1978 In some people's social/relationship mentalities, what HE does "out there" doesn't/shouldn't affect what happens at home, (as long as he comes home). For some, (especially in show business) what happens at home vs. what happens on "the road", are too different things. But not always true...Desi Arnz was perplexed(!) that his explanation to Lucile Ball, "But honey they were only hookers!", didn't cut it with her.
@@CinemaCities1978 That kind of thinking is reflected in, "Network" when the William Holden character, upon her wanting to know, tells his wife played by Elizabeth Straight, he does "love" the Faye Dunnaway character. Extremely hurt, because, "it wasn't just some broad you wound up with at a hotel/network meeting", but someone he says he loves in contrast to their decades of marriage/family. So "just the broads" were forgivable/forgetable?
@@diego-search Forgivable/forgettable - Like in Holden's actual personal life. His wife Brenda Marshall ignored his affairs because they weren't serious, until he met Audrey Hepburn and that was different because he fell in love with her.
My parents were married by an Army chaplain in San Marcos, Texas in early 1945. Their marriage lasted until my mother's death in 1974. Together through thick and thin. Death did part them.
When I first saw the film LA Confidential,I started to think if it had been made in the 1950 s which actors would have been cast. Guy Pearce s incredibly ambitious Police Officer Edmund Exley was easy. William Holden. Russell Crowes Thug / Cop - Robert Mitchum would be the obvious choice,but perhaps although not as well known as Robert Mitchum,Ralph Meeker could have been great as Officer Bud White. When it came to casting the slimy amoral Director/Producer of porn films Pierce Patchett or Padgett played by David Strathairn. Only one actor from that era would have been cast: Zachary Scott. No actor could play slimy,amoral,or immortal men quite like Zachary Scott!!!And Robert Ryan in the James Cromwell role as the corrupt Irish- American Cop.
@@numbersix8919 I just saw for the first time Curtis Hanson being interviewed by Charlie Rose. When Curtis took the script to Producer Arnon Milchan who would end up producing LA Confidential,Curtis had pictures of LA in the 1950 s,one picture was of Aldo Ray crew cut hair in a suit” Curtis told Arnon” this is how I see the Bud White character “. So you were incredibly prescient when you suggested Also Ray for a 1950 s version of LA Confidential!! I never saw the interview back in 1997-98 but Manufacturing Intellect posted the segment. Curtis Hanson on Charlie Rose.
My dad got divorced in 1946. Didn’t even know until I was 40 years old and he needed me to track down some records- I’m a lawyer. Never talked about it and I’m still unclear on the details.
😎👍Your review! Another reason for the post war divorces was independence! This may be harsh to say but in retrospect there is some truth to the fact that had not WW 2 occurred women and minorities would not have experienced the independence they underwent during the war years. Minorities came home with a justification for civil rights and women proved that the workplace wasn't restricted to just secretarial duties and other "traditional" occupations. No disrespect to the servicemen but many expected their wartime dalliances to be acceptable while their wives dalliances were unforgivable. Returning servicemen were expecting to return to a way of life that existed before the war but it didn't go into suspended animation till their return. A two edged sword was the film noir femme fatale: a great character part for actresses but a subtle suggestion that independence in a woman was wicked.
Shame about the overseas women US servicemen left behind. It was tough enough for them to survive the war without being single moms, too. This issue was explored in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
I know it's been a while but I watched a wonderful movie last night I need to share with you you may want to research it and I believe that the viewers would enjoy it. 1941 film noir among the living starring young Susan Hayworth 23 old and Albert Derrek. I know you like a good bag story so it's interesting to look into how Albert passed. It was similar to David c Carradine also known as Tom birth name. At the time of Albert's death there weren't too many people that had died that way. Let me know what you think
You referred to “The Best Years of Our Lives “ as a film that dealt with divorce. Not only was that movie progressive regarding that, but another subject as well- the Japanese who suffered Hiroshima’s atomic bomb. (The returning banker’s son remarks about it.) With that in mind, perhaps you might consider discussing any anti-bomb, WW2 movies? All good wishes
She was very good, quite appealing ... but going by what the Hollywood promotion machinery churned out, overrated in my opinion ... but that's Hollywood for you. AND if I'm George Raft in They Drive by Night, I'm picking the psychotic Ida Lupino over Ann Sheridan every day of the week. lol PS: I don't buy Virginia Mayo's he's just an "old friend" story. She's a superficial animal and quite good looking one. Underrated and underutilized actress.
The Unfaithful Is not the greatest movie. Even the title is misleading. Zachary Scott played a very good opposite type from Mildred Pierce. I think it needed a flash back to the so called infiidelity.
🍹 THE ANN SHERIDAN COCKTAIL
0.75 oz white rum
0.33 oz curaçao
0.5 oz fresh lime juice
Let me know if you try it! CHEERS!
watch THE UNFAITHFUL here ➡ archive.org/search?query=the+unfaithful+ann+sheridan
watch THE BLUE DAHLIA here ➡ archive.org/details/1946thebluedahlialadaliaazulgeorgemarshall
watch THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES here ➡
archive.org/details/tbyool435345435110
watch NOBODY LIVES FOREVER HERE ➡
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How awesome you are to leave a little treat along with the links.
That's half a MaiTai but without the Orgeat [almond] syrup.
Love Ann Sheridan!
Ah great, adding them to my watchlist whilst sipping an Ann Sheridan! Thank youuuuu!!
Oh fun!! Thanks!
Welcome back! Ann Sheridan not only had "oomph" but a delightful dose of hutzpah. I had a summer housemate in my college years whose father (American) married a British lass and within two weeks or so was called up to a top secret OSS mission. He had to leave without any warning or explanation. (Poooof) It looked awfully like a wed-and-wander marriage that so many British war brides experienced. After the mission's conclusion, he showed back up at his bride's parents' home and had A LOT of explaining to do. Luckily, his CO accompanied him and he managed to convince his British in-laws and new wife that his story was legitimate and the marriage was saved. (Phew) The couple moved back to the States to his home town (and by happenstance, he ended up being a teacher at my high school). Several years after this WWII near-disaster, my roomie debuted as the product of this genuinely happy union.
Let's also remember Eve Arden. I can't think of any film in which she appeared that was not substantially improved by presence. Her characters always see through everything and survive without breaking a sweat. They become the much needed anchor who will bring you back to reality with knowing cynicism, sympathetically delivered. She shows you it's safe to get real, after all she did, and survived.
Her adroitness with a one-liner impresses me!
Can you imagine Mildred without Ida??
untreated mental illness, and post war stress...there's many reasons for the divorce rate...a lot of people survived but were damaged in one way or another...people cling to what they have in front of them
Ann Sheridan. It makes me happy to see others appreciate her as I do.
She's fantastic! I ❤️ her.
You really hit this one out of the bedroom with context, clever scripting, skillful editing, great graphics, significant research and a crisp delivery. I give this ten likes!
thank you! thank you! thank you!
This movie is THE BEST post WWII classic. Story good, Characters good, Acting better than most, AND EVE ARDEN at HER BEST!
As a kid, I saw a Daffy Duck cartoon where he was trying to sneak into the studio to see the the stars. In the end he gets clobbered, and "sees stars", but he thinks they're movie stars, and one is Ann Sheridan. And to this day, when I see anything about Ann Sheridan, I say her name in Daffy Duck's voice.
My favorite Ann Sheridan movie is "Good Sam" with Gary Cooper. It's one of the funniest postwar movies I've ever seen.
One of my favorites. It’s criminally underrated.
@@NoLegalPlunder I agree
This may star Ann Sheridan, but it has the most Eve Arden of Eve Arden performances ever - she’s a force of nature. BTW, there’s a great RiffTrax out for Crime of Passion now - you should check it out. LOVE this channel - thanks for all your hard work!!
Eve Arden is absolutely unleashed in this one and I love her 😂 not only does she get the best one liners, she gets the best speech.
@TherealPaulMounts
You commented: "BTW, there's a great RiffTrax out for Crime of Passion now". That sounds intriguing, but I have no clue what it means. Will you be so kind as to explain, please?
Wow, what a terrific video on not only this film but the history, issues, and culture behind it. Ann Sheridan was a terrific talent who HATED her Oomph title. She had much more to offer!
An interesting and rare look at the other side of wartime infidelities is the novel, and resultant film, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (which came out in the 1950s); a story of a married American soldier who fathers a son in Italy during WW2 and then, years later, has to deal with the consequences of abandoning the Italian woman and child while he's living the (seemingly) idealized American suburban life with American wife and family.
If my time in the military was any indication, infidelity is till an issue (both ways) for deployed personnel - and that's even without the existential threats (which could be seen arguably as some level of justification) facing everyone during WW2.
Thanks for another another great video, and special thanks for including the Ann Sheridan blooper real!
I've always loved The Unfaithful. However, Ann Sheridan made a much more interesting, more realistic film about marriage a few years later - Woman on the Run (1950). On the surface, it was a crime drama, but it exposed how even the most loving marriages contain many disappointments.
I own that film and watch it annually.
I LOVE Ann Sheridan! She has such a wonderful down to earth quality…and that infectious laugh of hers. I enjoyed this picture, and, on repeated viewings, it seems better each time. And the performances of the four leads give it…dare I say…more oomph to the story.
I agree her personality really pops off the screen, she just comes off as so approachable. Even when she's at her most glamorous she still feels very genuine.
LOVE this video! Ann Sheridan, God rest her soul, was an actress that definitely deserved more credit than having that embarrassing Oomph label she'd never live down. You talking about the scene in "The Blue Dahlia" when the husband comes home the look on his face just says 'That's not happiness to see me is it?' Lew Ayres, I rarely saw him in any old movies, I just remember him from his later years. And Bette with those Bette David eyes indeed. I enjoyed this overview, even though the reality of wives divorcing their husbands so went against the illusion of the loving wife waiting at home but therein lies the point. It was worth the wait and can't wait until your next one.
This is where the "Jody" trope that persists in the military to this day originated. I suppose that spouses being unfaithful while their partner is deployed has been around since man first organized armies. It's still a thing today. Soldier's still sing Jody cadences while marching and post deployment divorce is still a problem. "Ain't no use in goin home. Jody's got your girl and gone, Sound Off"
And the dreaded "Dear John" letter.
I had no idea about ANY of this. Thanks for another excellent video! It was worth the wait.
you're welcome! ☺
There’s a million stories in the Cinema Cities. I can’t wait to hear this one. ☺️
I hope you enjoy it!
@@CinemaCities1978I loved your video essay AND watched the film. Thank you so much for providing the link! 😊
This is fascinating. I knew nothing about this and what a great find.
Great analysts as always
Thanks, I appreciate the effort you put into this. I first was aware of Eve Arden from Grease. Not so familiar with Ann Sheridan but watched The Letter many years ago while on a Betty Davis binge. I do need to try & catch up with all your recommendations.
The old adage doesn't quite apply here "Marry in haste, repent at leisure" except for the UK at the time as divorce didn't become easier until the late 60's, as before you had to cite a correspondent but catching the adulterous couple "
Thanks for another fascinating video. A shame Anne Sheridan went so early.
Let's give a few cheers to the great Eve Arden, one of the best character actors of her time; she should have been given more and meatier parts.
Indeed! Eve Arden always walks away with every scene she's in. In "The Unfaithful," she has some really great, sometimes vicious, one liners and she delivers them with that perfect Eve Arden attitude.
What an awesome review and intro for those of us only know their names and not all their work. Yes, war-time marriages have always been impulsive, which can lead to more impulsive relationships. When I return from Desert storm, which was only about seven months, I found we were in deep financial challenges. We held it together for a few more years, but maybe the trust was lost during that period of separation. Now, just imagine the men of Ukraine leaving their family and spending two years in the trenches to defend their own country against the evil of Putin. Also, the young Russians, who have been informed only by propaganda that they are defending their own country. Their mothers and wives want them back too. It’s interesting to realize that this was also the situation so many decades and generations ago. We often feel like we are the only ones to endure these situations. Thanks for reminding us that this too shall pass. Wish everyone the best as we had into spring and keep the faith as we had towards the fall. Remember the United States has a sacred obligation to be the arsenal of democracy, and we should support the institutions that have actually made America great the last 75 years, like NATO. God bless all.
Another great video! Time for me to rewatch The Best Years of Our Lives and Nobody Lives Forever.
I'd love to see a whole video on Eve Arden - she seems always to play the same character, but she does it so well and has such presence that no one minds.
I rewatched Best Years a few weeks ago and I cried like a baby. No matter how many times I see that film it never fails to reduce me to a sobbing mess by the end. Isn't Eve Arden a treasure. She and Rosalind Russell could toss off the one liners better than anybody else.
@@CinemaCities1978 I haven't seen it in quite some time, but I do remember the tears.
Thanks for putting in all this work for us!
Ann Sheridan is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Totally underrated in so many ways. As to this video it's superb, but that's par for the course for this UA-cam channel.
As always....excellent video
I had a great uncle who got married before being deployed to North Africa. His wife only married him to collect on his insurance policy when he died. When he got home she promptly divorced him. She also turned out to be gay.
Great backstory for a movie.
Welcome back, well done video on an over looked topic. On a note Tim Rath the main male charater in 1956's "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" had a child in Italy from his time in the war the result of a brief affair with a young Italian girl while his wife, Betsy waited for him. On another do you know if any study of the divorce rate has included the issue of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the break ups of marriage? This is a big issue in todays veterans.
Wonderful video, so informed and relevant! As always. My family's matriarch had an impulsive first marriage with an enlisted man but her life changed drastically as she got involved in the booming wartime effort on the homefront. Probably her experience would make a fair story, by Warner Bros. of course.
Your little joke about Hedy Lamarr was great!
thank you! I think there may be a lot of grandmothers and great grandmothers out there with some VERY interesting wartime stories. As for Hedy, her title at MGM was "the most beautiful woman" or something like that but "mother of wifi," . . .that's the title she deserves 😁
Another wonderfull video. It’s great to see you back. I’ve missed your post and I’ve missed your voice. 51 is far too young - just saying.😊
Thank you!!! Feels good to finally have this video posted.
Never saw this movie; will be interesting to compare it to "The Letter". In the meantime, fascinating essay as always. Didn't realize divorce was so common after the War, though that makes sense, despite the demurrals of the "good old days" people who lurk around UA-cam (though thankfully not this channel, I've noticed - yay!). I do have to remark anecdotally that in my glorious youth, I dated girls with Oomph ONLY, never settling for girls with mere Umph.😆
Oomph > Umph every time 😂
So good to have you back!
Thank you 😊
Very good.
Really appreciate the links to the newspaper archives. That's great stuff.
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you're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the articles!
Ann Sheridan.
her characters were delightfully earthbound.
I wonder if she was too.
From all I read she was very much a down to earth person.
I've just begun Kings. Thank you for helping me clear up Chapter 1. Yes, Chapter 2 is quite a shocker! 😮
@CinemaCities1978 loves these long-dead folk... and that love comes through in her tributes.
I really do love them. . .
Great video, very well researched!
Another absolute quality bit of content by the queen of this medium on YT. Hope your watching Sugar on Apple TV with so much references.
I like The Unfaithful and both versions of The Letter, particularly the Jeanne Eagels version which is incredibly raw. I came to my appreciation of Ann Sheridan later, but she is one of my favorites now. First appreciated her in Nora Prentiss and then Woman on the Run. King’s Row I avoided for years because Reagan was in it, but when I finally saw it I was impressed with everyone in the cast. I also like Unfaithful with Diane Lane, which is similar to the Sheridan film. You might want to check out King Vidor’s Japanese War Bride with Shirley Yamaguchi (check out her life story!). it’s a different take on war romances, very low budget, but it has a lot to say about the themes from The Unfaithful and The Letter. Your commentaries are informative and a fun listen. You put a lot of work into them. I always look forward to the new ones.
Jeanne Eagles performance just feels so incendiary. She was ahead of her time. It's too bad she died before she could create a legacy on film. I will check out Japanese War Bride, thanks for the recommendation and I also love Diane Lane's Unfaithful.
American GIs fathered tens of thousands of kids during WWII. This happened in every country where they were posted. Many married women who were home alone during the war years took up with another man...or men. The movie 'Summer of '42' starring Jennifer O' Neill was about a lonely young woman who starts a sexual relationship with teenage boy after her soldier husband is sent overseas. It wasn't just women who were unfaithful.
Great video. Thanks.
Wow, what a girl. I have Nora Prentiss queued up on my list, so this has given me the necessary oomph to watch it soon. Likewise with The Letter. I picked it up in a charity shop for pennies and the elder lady at the counter said "Ooh Betty Davis! The best." 😊 Great video, extremely interesting and informative as ever. Thanks, CC! 👌💯🎬
After making this video Ann Sheridan has become one of my favorite classic era personalities. The plot of Nora Prentiss is 100% insane but it's an enjoyable and wild ride. I think you'll have fun with it, plus Sheridan is just so magnetic you can't help but fall in love with her. As for The Letter . . .Bette Davis and William Wyler can do NO wrong.
@@CinemaCities1978 Yeah, I saw the letter last week and it was incredible. Nora will be on this week without fail. Thanks CC. Have a great week. ✌️❤️🎬
Thank you for the fun outtakes...
thank you for sticking around ALL the way to the end!!!!
@@CinemaCities1978 it wasn’t hard to be honest.
Wonderful video about a little known subject about America after WW2!! Really informative!! Thank you!! And to all Veterans of America..THANK YOU!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
We can only dream. Great casting choices!
Glad you made mention of “ Best Years of our Lives“. It covers this subject matter very powerfully, and it came out before this movie.
As always, you've done a fantastic job covering all aspects of these gilms and their time frame. Also giving us more great movies to watch. I did so with, one of my all time favorite stars, Mr. Garfield. If he ever made a bad movie, I've yet to see it. Also, I never realized what a gorgeous woman Fitzgerald was. Hope to find the others you reviewed. As always, I remain a devoted fan😊
Thank you! Also, I agree Geraldine Fitzgerald was absolutely stunning.
This is a superb documentary! You do a wonderful job of exploring larger societal issues through the lens of The Unfaithful and Ann Sheridan. I learned a lot and really enjoyed watching it. Bravo! Keep up the great work!
I saw this film back in the 1970s and still remember it. I really like Ann Sheridan and think she is greatly underrated. This is a good film, Sheridan, Ayres, Scott and Arden give excellent performances.
You have found another one The Unfaithful featuring two of my favourite actors Zachary Scott and Eve Arden who could deliver a wisecrack better than her both from Mildred Pierce.
Amazing as always
thank you! ☺️
Very impressed, always, by your productions. Thank you!
Your presentations are the best; always very interesting and entertaining.
Thank you very much!
“The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” went into the topic of a soldier fathering a child with a woman overseas while having been hastily married just before leaving. It’s remarkably respectful of the threat of death in war and how people may respond to someone showing them love and affection under the threat of very possible death at any time. The soldier, Gregory Peck, is home and has a wife and life, and then learns of the child he fathered during the war in Italy, and is faced with the dilemma of being a married, decent man who loves his wife, but also in that moment and circumstance overseas, loved that woman. The story is done so well- perhaps that’s why the film is around 3 hours long, lol. But it’s one of my favorites exactly because of how it treats the subject in such an adult and nuanced way… sometimes in those circumstances, fights and blame and divorce weren’t warranted. The viewer can almost feel the pain of the wife at home who must accept that her husband, during a moment in time, was with another woman, but not because he didn’t love her. She has to be able to love him enough to understand and accept while moving forward without seeing that one moment, years ago, every time she looks in her husband’s face… so well done for its time, so much room and deference given to the pure humanity of such a situation. After I saw it the first time, it stayed with me for days and became among my favorites.
This is excellent! Loved it. I can see these take a ton of work to make. Keep up the great work! (BTW, I love Eve Arden too.)
Thank you! Eve Arden’s one liners are perfection is this film.
@@CinemaCities1978 So I will definitely check out this movie. "Our Miss Brooks." Remember that? I recall the TV show vaguely. Having been born in 1951, at the time she was above my head!
Great commentary as usual, I must say I don’t remember seeing this film, The Unfaithful. I must look into it and watch it I mean. Thanks.
Excellent video on an interesting topic, and props for throwing in a mini bio on Ann Sheridan, a much neglected actor. She was a hoot!
Excellent video. I didn't know the move but, your synopsis was wonderful.
Thank you!
Hey! I finally get that "Hollywood Steps Out" cartoon reference.
Simply fascinating
This is a great video.
It's beyond me why it has so few views. All I can think is, no personal offense but, it's not a sexy enough title for UA-cam.
You have to bait the hook.
Excellent analysis as usual!
Glad you enjoyed it
There's an old movie about a couple who married after a whirlwind courtship before the husband was shipped out. The Impatient Years (1944)
Once he returns, they find out they have nothing in common and it's off to divorce court. It's on YT.
Another very good documentary. Thanks
Thanks for this marvelous examination!
Glad you mentioned the Virginia Mayo charactor in, "The Best Years.....". Dana Andrews said his character was actually in his 20s which would have better matched his quickie marriage to his party girl, now wife.
Contrast the other 2 marriages in the film...2 decent, unselfish young people and the middle-aged couple who have seen/experienced life.
Interesting of the time and mentality that Myrna Loy hears the drunken Frederick March babble like he's with that someone overseas, but knows it
was all that it was and nothing about them, now. (Would March feel the same way if Myrna had done the same?)
I love how Milly just kind of rolls her eyes at Al's drunken babbling. She doesn't interrogate him, she doesn't get her feelings hurt, she just knows her husband REALLY well. Their relationship feels very deep and that speech they give to Peggy, about all their ups and downs over the years, hits hard and rings true. Al and Milly offer a stark contrast between the very shallow relationship that Fred and Marie have. Now, would Al feel the same if Milly had been the one involved in some wartime romantic liaison. . . hmmmm. . .
@@CinemaCities1978 In some people's social/relationship mentalities, what HE does "out there" doesn't/shouldn't affect what happens at home, (as long as he comes home). For some, (especially in show business) what happens at home vs. what happens on "the road", are too different things. But not always true...Desi Arnz was perplexed(!) that his explanation to Lucile Ball,
"But honey they were only hookers!", didn't cut it with her.
@@CinemaCities1978 That kind of thinking is reflected in, "Network" when the William Holden character, upon her wanting to know, tells his wife played by Elizabeth Straight, he does "love" the Faye Dunnaway character. Extremely hurt, because, "it wasn't just some broad you wound up with at a hotel/network meeting", but someone he says he loves in contrast to their decades of marriage/family. So "just the broads" were forgivable/forgetable?
@@diego-search Forgivable/forgettable - Like in Holden's actual personal life. His wife Brenda Marshall ignored his affairs because they weren't serious, until he met Audrey Hepburn and that was different because he fell in love with her.
Excellent!
Hedi Lamar the mother of WiFi took me out!!’ 😂😂😂😂
It's overdue for this channel to post!
Takes her longer because she's so thorough and covers so much more than just reviewing movies
@@lindacecile5647 Word.
Bettie Davis....she's got Aubrey Plaza Eyes
You still hear the word "oomph" sometimes.
My parents were married by an Army chaplain in San Marcos, Texas in early 1945. Their marriage lasted until my mother's death in 1974. Together through thick and thin. Death did part them.
When I first saw the film LA Confidential,I started to think if it had been made in the 1950 s which actors would have been cast. Guy Pearce s incredibly ambitious Police Officer Edmund Exley was easy. William Holden. Russell Crowes Thug / Cop - Robert Mitchum would be the obvious choice,but perhaps although not as well known as Robert Mitchum,Ralph Meeker could have been great as Officer Bud White. When it came to casting the slimy amoral Director/Producer of porn films Pierce Patchett or Padgett played by David Strathairn. Only one actor from that era would have been cast: Zachary Scott. No actor could play slimy,amoral,or immortal men quite like Zachary Scott!!!And Robert Ryan in the James Cromwell role as the corrupt Irish- American Cop.
Ralph Meeker! Brilliant! Please also put Aldo Ray in your cast.
@@numbersix8919 I just saw for the first time Curtis Hanson being interviewed by Charlie Rose. When Curtis took the script to Producer Arnon Milchan who would end up producing LA Confidential,Curtis had pictures of LA in the 1950 s,one picture was of Aldo Ray crew cut hair in a suit” Curtis told Arnon” this is how I see the Bud White character “. So you were incredibly prescient when you suggested Also Ray for a 1950 s version of LA Confidential!! I never saw the interview back in 1997-98 but Manufacturing Intellect posted the segment. Curtis Hanson on Charlie Rose.
@buddyvilla7393 Thanks, so validating! Tarantino is queer for Aldo. Maybe I am, too.
My dad got divorced in 1946. Didn’t even know until I was 40 years old and he needed me to track down some records- I’m a lawyer. Never talked about it and I’m still unclear on the details.
I never heard of this as my parents were part of this war marriage wave but stayed together until death.
😎👍Your review! Another reason for the post war divorces was independence! This may be harsh to say but in retrospect there is some truth to the fact that had not WW 2 occurred women and minorities would not have experienced the independence they underwent during the war years. Minorities came home with a justification for civil rights and women proved that the workplace wasn't restricted to just secretarial duties and other "traditional" occupations. No disrespect to the servicemen but many expected their wartime dalliances to be acceptable while their wives dalliances were unforgivable. Returning servicemen were expecting to return to a way of life that existed before the war but it didn't go into suspended animation till their return. A two edged sword was the film noir femme fatale: a great character part for actresses but a subtle suggestion that independence in a woman was wicked.
Shame about the overseas women US servicemen left behind. It was tough enough for them to survive the war without being single moms, too. This issue was explored in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
This film was a remake of the movie"The Letter" with Bette Davis.
I know it's been a while but I watched a wonderful movie last night I need to share with you you may want to research it and I believe that the viewers would enjoy it. 1941 film noir among the living starring young Susan Hayworth 23 old and Albert Derrek. I know you like a good bag story so it's interesting to look into how Albert passed. It was similar to David c
Carradine also known as Tom birth name. At the time of Albert's death there weren't too many people that had died that way. Let me know what you think
You referred to “The Best Years of Our Lives “ as a film that dealt with divorce. Not only was that movie progressive regarding that, but another subject as well- the Japanese who suffered Hiroshima’s atomic bomb. (The returning banker’s son remarks about it.) With that in mind, perhaps you might consider discussing any anti-bomb, WW2 movies?
All good wishes
11:26 what is happening with Hedy Lamarr's right arm here? It's a micro Barbie doll arm....
Lovely to see Eve Arden in a deep role, less wise-cracking than her usual persona.
She is beautiful and reminds me of Joan Bennett.
She was gorgeous! I love seeing her in color because her red hair is stunning.
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She was very good, quite appealing ... but going by what the Hollywood promotion machinery churned out, overrated in my opinion ... but that's Hollywood for you. AND if I'm George Raft in They Drive by Night, I'm picking the psychotic Ida Lupino over Ann Sheridan every day of the week. lol
PS: I don't buy Virginia Mayo's he's just an "old friend" story. She's a superficial animal and quite good looking one. Underrated and underutilized actress.
Ann... a gal... a dame.... in the best way
The Unfaithful Is not the greatest movie. Even the title is misleading. Zachary Scott played a very good opposite type from Mildred Pierce. I think it needed a flash back to the so called infiidelity.