Below you can see the complete schedule with links to more about each film. (All times shown are ET)
6:00 AM
The Smiling Ghost (1941)
7:15 AM
Dive Bomber (1941)
9:30 AM
The Constant Nymph (1943)
11:30 AM
The Horn Blows At Midnight (1945)
1:00 PM
Conflict (1945)
2:30 PM
Of Human Bondage (1946)
4:30 PM
Stallion Road (1947)
6:15 PM
Montana (1950)
Past posts on this blog related to Alexis Smith's career can be seen here.
For upcoming Alexis Smith movies on Turner Classic Movies click here.
The Smiling Ghost (1941)
7:15 AM
Dive Bomber (1941)
9:30 AM
The Constant Nymph (1943)
11:30 AM
The Horn Blows At Midnight (1945)
1:00 PM
Conflict (1945)
2:30 PM
Of Human Bondage (1946)
4:30 PM
Stallion Road (1947)
6:15 PM
Montana (1950)
Past posts on this blog related to Alexis Smith's career can be seen here.
For upcoming Alexis Smith movies on Turner Classic Movies click here.
(The above images of a natural looking but still elegant Alexis Smith were based on photographs by Gjon Mili for Life Magazine in October, 1942. No copyright infringement is intended.).
4 comments:
I was so glad to see Alexis getting some love on TCM. I did tape Conflict and Dive Bomber to watch again. One film of Smith's that I had not seen but watched recently was The Young Philadelphians. It was such a good movie.
A nice birthday tribute to Alexis.
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Thank you for the mention, Moira. I love those photos of her. I've never seen any childhood photos, but I'd like to sometime. TCM showed a nice variety of her films, but I was hoping they'd put on "Whiplash" with Zachary Scott. I haven't seen that one yet.
Thank you for your taking the trouble to comment, Page.
I think that you will enjoy Curtis Bernhardt's Conflict (1945) very much. It is a psychological mystery that Humphrey Bogart never wanted to make since aspects of it mirrored his unhappy private life a bit too closely. Nevertheless, it is very under-rated and has an interesting script by Robert Siodmak (among others). One of the elements of the story that I found amusing was the way that the wardrobe and camera angles try to mask Alexis Smith's statuesque beauty. Though she was only in her 20s at the time, she towered over Bogart, and the application of bows and frills to her outfits and photographing her sitting down or from above tried to make her look less than mature since her character seems to have been a teenager or just past adolescence, as originally intended in the story. Bogart gives an excellent performance as the guilt-ridden central character, making this film worthwhile viewing more than once.
If you haven't seen it, you might also enjoy another teaming of Bogart and Alexis Smith in The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947), which is being aired on TCM on Sat., June 30th at 12am ET. It's a pip and Smith is quite a handful in that one.
Dive Bomber (1941) is now interesting for the aviation history involved, but off-camera the tension between Warner Brothers' crew and the reluctantly involved U.S. Navy during production was only part of the drama. Director Michael Curtiz and Errol Flynn, after several successful collaborations such as Capt. Blood, The Sea Hawk and other movies, became embroiled in an argument that some reports claim was a physical confrontation. They never worked together again--which was a pity since that tension between them seemed to make for excellent film fare. Whenever an exceptionally glamorous Smith is seen in Dive Bomber she makes an impression, though her part is far smaller than her ability.
Jacqueline, it was a pleasure to read your piece on Flynn and Smith's work together.
I liked Whiplash (1947), especially since I'm partial to several cast members, from Smith to Zachary Scott, Dane Clark, Eve Arden and even SZ Sakall. The movie is almost tripped up by one too many flashbacks, though stick around for Scott's last, jaw-dropping moments in his role as a wheelchair-bound gangster with his dirty fingers in the fight game. It's as though the screenplay was strung together from bits of Golden Boy, A Stolen Life, Of Human Bondage and Humoresque--but I liked it! What can I tell you? I am a sap for this kind of vintage nonsense ;-)
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