Kitty Hollywood reviews Midnight Lace
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2016
- Released by Universal International
Directed by David Miller
Produced by Ross Hunter and Martin Melcher
Starring:
Doris Day
Rex Harrison
John Gavin
AND
LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE (including Hermione Baddeley)
A London fog, the beautiful Doris Day, and then a creepy as all get-out voice from the gloom ...
This excellent 1960 melodrama/thriller (melothriller?) is a Power House of good/bad 60's draped magnificence.
Just a quick N.B - on the rewatch I realise I have misspoken TWICE. The film that shot Roddy McDowall to fame is, of course 'How Green Was MY Valley' (not OUR) and Herbert Marshall's name in the film is Charles MANNING. I did know both these things at the time, it's just that my tongue didn't. Mea culpa.
I actually saw this at the movies when it first came out. I loved it then. I love it now.
"John Gavin who is just so ridiculously handsome you just can't take your eyes off him". I had a GF who loved the movie "Back Street" with Susan Hayward and I bought it for her on DVD and we watched it together and I said afterward "OK, how much of your love of this movie is because of the movie or how fantastically handsome John Gavin is?", and she laughed and said "50/50"
I'm glad to know that your name comes from Kitty Preston! I adore this movie since I was 14 when I first watched it. I can't count how many times I've rewatched since then! What a wonderful mystery film! I think that the beautiful title comes from the evening that Kitty wore her Midnight Lace nightgown near the end of the film and we finally learn who was the person who wanted to kill her. Thank God it was a trousers nightgown, because otherwise she would have some problems that particular evening.
I agree about Rex Harrison! Wonderful film!
Is she being gaslighted or not?
She is!
No, she isn't!
Oh, she is!
Wait, she isn't!
Would more costume changes help?
Or make it worse?
David Herrero More costume changes could only make it BETTER.
If you'd like to call it silly, then fine, if I were looking back now, but seeing this on AMC as a young child, it scared me rightly. Twas, in my opinion, scary...
You didn’t mention the theme song!
Thank You Kitty Hollywood I really Enjoyed That 😃
Kitty, I just watched this movie again for the perhaps 25th time. I love this movie, and of course Doris Day. I really liked John Gavin in it, as for his acting I thought he was superb in Backstreet. For that one I needed a box of tissues.
One thing that bothered me way Doris always talking to her stalker on the phone. I would have just hung up. But I guess that was needed for the scare factor. All around the acting was superb. I love hearing your review.
Good film saw it at the local theater in 1960. This is when movies were seen as cultural events
You know what I would have done to meet John Gavin back then when he was hot looking.........
Rex Harrison was a gifted actor and Doris day a great actress.Both showed the versatility of funny roles to serious roles as in this movie.
Love this review!
I love this movie. Ritght up there with Fatal Attraction.
The movie is still effective and works very good because of his hidden suspense and the absense of obvious signs of gaslighting.The signs are not obvious because Harrison shows a kind and caring husband most of the time NOT a abusive and mean one.He listens every time to his wifes fears and tries to calm her down and relax from her worries.He disguises to her and also to others his real motives by Hitchcoks and Harrisons NOT SHOWING WHAT the husband really wants to do with his wife.
corr blimey, that's a ripper. thanks kitty. and doris.
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I don't think outfit at 3:34 was in the movie.
Saw this movie on television many years ago and didn’t like it very much because I found it very predictable and the red herrings were obviously red herrings. It made the movie somewhat contrived.
Doris was better in Hitchcock's film 4 years earlier, doing the same schtick.