Sheridan Gibney (1903–1988)
Autor de Once Upon a Honeymoon [1942 film]
Obras de Sheridan Gibney
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1903-06-11
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1988-04-12
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Movies/Shows (1)
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 35
- Popularidad
- #405,584
- Valoración
- 2.8
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 3
The film begins as Nancy (Laraine Day) is about to walk down the aisle. But psychiatrist Brian Aherne wants to keep another man from falling for the sweet demeanor of a woman he claims to know all too well. As he begins telling his tale to the groom, the viewer gets layer after layer of flashbacks, Aherne relating not only how he was in love with her, but how he too did not believe Norman (Robert Mitchum) when the artist came to him in much the same way. It is the flashback of Mitchum’s twisted tale of woe within Aherne’s that rivets the viewer, making this film view better than the script reads on paper.
We see Nancy as charming, manipulative and, ultimately, so traumatized by an unfair accusation regarding a locket as a child that her entire life was changed in that moment. Yet the man who loves her can no more reconcile the sweet girl walking down the aisle with the mentally twisted picture of Nancy painted so vividly by Aherne, than Aherne could the even darker depiction Mitchum’s Norman gave him so long ago. Theft, murder and manipulation all play a part in this story within a story within a story.
While it doesn’t have enough bite to leave marks like many of the great noirs, it has some atmospheric scenes and nice performances from Day, Mitchum and Aherne. It is a film entertaining enough to warrant a viewing by any fan of classic film, this particular genre, or any of the stars. Not one of the great noirs, but tremendously entertaining on another level, and impossible to go wrong with this cast.… (más)