Olaf college and i spent about a week recuperating in my apartment. Other articles where ride the pink horse is discussed. Many years ago i caught cold or the flu during spring break while i was a young reference librarian at st. Jul 30, 2016 this saying is from the title of a book, and later a movie. I should go on to add, though, that except for this, ride the pink horse is just about everything you could want in a film noir and more, with moody. He plays a toughtalking former gi who comes to a small new mexico town to. We only hold comic books and images that are in the public domain. If you have come to this site to find pirated or illegal material, you will be disappointed. Brute force 1947 ride the pink horse 1947 the wistful widow of wagon gap 1947 a double life 1947 black bart 1948 the naked city 1948 all my sons 1948 abbott and costello meet frankenstein 1948 tap roots 1948 one touch of venus 1948. Robert montgomery, wanda hendrix and thomas gomez reprised their roles in a lux radio theatre version of ride the pink horse on december 8, 1947. Wicked as they come 1954, uk arlene dahl, philip carey, herbert marshall film noir full movie.
In over his head but no less determined, gagin moves forward with his plan to blackmail the dangerous mobster. The film was remade for tv in 1964 as the hanged man. Ride the pink horse has a wild carnival atmosphere set in a small new mexico town, with sailor, one of the greatest greasy gangsters with a heart of gold you will meet. Clark has a star on the hollywood walk of fame for his work in television, at 1711 vine street. The song was composed as a collaborative effort between goldfrapp and will gregory in late.
Lucky gagin, a gruff american with a grudge, is first glimpsed in the opening moments of director robert montgomerys 1947 film ride the pink horse getting off of a greyhound bus in the southwestern border town of san pablo. But the movie is really a crime drama, about a man who comes from the lower, seedier rungs of society, but was given a sho. Certain that crime boss frank hugo fred clark has offed a pal of his, lucky gagin robert montgomery tails the gangster to a little new mexico town. Ride the pink horse is rarely talked about as a noir classicand it shouldnt be. Aug 03, 2015 ride the pink horse is a 1947 american crime film noir produced by universal studios. Ride the pink horse 1947 a classic old american movie video. The oddly titled ride the pink horse is one of the odder, but more. The main title card reads, as lucky gagin in ride the pink horse. Charles davies lederer december 31, 1910 march 5, 1976 was an american screenwriter and film director. It was directed by the actor robert montgomery from a screenplay by ben hecht, which was based on a novel of. Ride the pink horse the official andrea king website. Cinematography russell metty film editor ralph dawson original music frank skinner written by ben hecht, charles lederer from the novel by. Ride the pink horse had a screenplay by one of hollywoods greatest ben hecht, along with charles lederer. Hollywood actor turned idiosyncratic auteur robert montgomery directs and stars in this striking crime drama based on a novel by dorothy b.
Ride the pink horse 1947 robert montgomery synopsis. Ride the pink horse 1947 best classic movies youtube. Ride the pink horse by robert montgomery, wanda hendrix. For his portrayal of the mexican in ride a pink horse 1947 he received a best supporting actor oscar nomination. The screenplay is overly convoluted and will lose some viewers, but its intricacy seems to derive from some greater purpose than to just keep the audience on its toes. You can follow up in a lonely place with ride the pink horse 1947, another dorothy b.
The filmed adaptation was produced by joan harrison, who also contributed a draft of the screenplay. It stands as evidence of how genuinely effective its stardirector could be on those too infrequent occasions when he stepped away from the brand of light farce to which he. With robert montgomery, thomas gomez, wanda hendrix, andrea king. Ride the pink horse, named after a handcrank carousel steed, is a compelling threeday slice of life, a morality play, a mystery and a hard boiled novel about relationships and betrayal. It stands as evidence of how genuinely effective its stardirector could be on those too infrequent occasions when he. Indeed, its idiosyncrasies in tone make it less bleak than your typical noir picture of the period. Starring robert montgomery, wanda hendrix, andrea king, thomas gomez. In the early fifties, hughes largely stopped writing fiction, preferring to focus on criticism, for which she would go on to win an edgar award. Gagin is seeking hush money, and, if he doesnt get it hell resort to other means of getting. The supplements, combined with the lengthy booklet essay by filmmaker michael almereyda, go a long way towards making ride the pink horse a reasonably involving film. He plays a toughtalking former gi who comes to a small new mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend.
Also involved are a classic femme fatale and an antique carousel with a pink horse. A toughasnails, hardboiled, war vet arrives by bus into santa fe, new mexico here called san pablo for what we believe is to avenge the death of his buddy at the hands of a war profiteer. Long unheralded and at last rediscovered, actordirector robert montgomerys ride the pink horse is one of the key hollywood features of 1947, the year film noir flooded the screen like a ruptured reservoir of india ink. Ride the pink horse is a 1947 film noir crime film produced by universal studios. Mar 16, 2015 ride the pink horse is rarely talked about as a noir classicand it shouldnt be.
Ww2 veteran lucky gagin arrives in a new mexico bordertown intent on revenging against mobster frank hugo but fbi agent bill retz, who also wants hugo, tries to keep gagin out of trouble. In the movie is a carousel, and on the carousel is a pink horse. Montgomery plays lucky gagin, a disenfranchised vet who journeys to san pablo, new mexico with the goal of. Ride a rock horse is the second solo studio album by english singer roger daltrey, released on 4 july 1975 by track in the uk and mca in the us.
The lady from shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by orson welles and starring welles, his estranged wife rita hayworth and everett sloane. Ride the pink horse 1947 today, its primarily devotees of the film noir cycle for whom the atmospheric and fascinating robert montgomery vehicle ride the pink horse 1947 holds name recognition, and thats unfortunate. Hughes published thirteen more novels, the best known of which are in a lonely place 1947 and ride the pink horse 1946. Also included is a radio adaptation of the film from 1947, in which montgomery. Pink my ride horse page with past performances, results, pedigree, photos and videos. Ride a rock horse was recorded during daltreys filming commitments for ken russells film lisztomania. Apr 04, 2015 an hourlong 1947 lux theatre radio adaptation of the film, boasting the primary actors reprising their roles, is also included as an audioonly bonus.
Hughes adaptation, and follow up kiss me deadly with pickup on south street 1953 for more communist fun. A western noir directed by and starring robert montgomery, ride the pink horse 1947 is an intriguingly dry portrait of postwar alienation. Its a film noir gagin wears the right clothes, speaks with the right accent, stares down the right villains. Ride the pink horse is a properly moody melodrama, containing one of the few truly good performances from eternal ingenue wanda hendrix. The drama also features montgomery as the main character. The new highdefinition transfer is presented in 1080p24hz. Ride the pink horse 1947 dvd ride the pink horse 1947 dvd.
Adapted from the ernest hemingway short story, theres the killers 1946, then see burt lancaster and robert siodmaks other great collaboration. It was directed by the actor robert montgomery from a screenplay by ben hecht and charles lederer, which was based on the 1946 novel of the same name by dorothy b. Mar 27, 2015 scholar imogen sara smith, in her included video essay, describes ride the pink horse as an antinoir. Release dates 15 also known as aka 18 release dates usa 8 october 1947 new york city, new york premiere usa 16 october 1947. Ride the pink horse 1947 slave girl 1947 the web 1947 buck privates come home 1947 song of scheherazade 1947 swell guy 1946 white tie and tails 1946 johnny comes flying home 1946 doll face 1945 they were expendable 1945 a bell for adano 1945 don juan quilligan 1945 molly and me 1945 circumstantial evidence 1945. This time, however, the fbi agent comes to the rescue. George grizzard, phyllis newman, tony randall apr 30, 1967 duration. Ride the pink horse 1947 dvd ride the pink horse 1947 dvd robert montgomery actor thomas gomez actor format. Ride the pink horse is a 1947 american crime film noir produced by universal studios. Aug 07, 2015 in ride the pink horse, montgomery stars as lucky gagin, a seemingly hardened man come who arrives in a small new mexico to avenge his friends death or at least get the money his friend was trying to get when he was killed. The albums cover, which is photographed and designed by daltreys cousin graham hughes, depicts the singer as a rampant centaur.
Stardirector robert montgomerys onenamed gagin holes up at oscarnominated thomas gomez. He debuted onscreen in 1942, going on to play many imposing character roles, often as a menacing, sweaty villain. Ride the pink horse by robert montgomery, wanda hendrix, rita. Thomas gomez and his welldeserved best supporting actor nod notwithstanding, this is a film that few people have even heard of, let alone seen.
If a directors job is to come up with creative ways to convey who characters are and the deeper meaning. The screenplay for ride the pink horse was written by ben hecht and charles lederer, working from the 1946 novel of the same title by dorothy b. This saying is from the title of a book, and later a movie. Ride the pink horse is een amerikaanse film noir uit 1947 onder regie van robert montgomery. Lux radio theatre adaptation of the film from 1947, featuring robert montgomery. The nbc network production starred edmond obrien and robert culp, and was directed by don siegel. Blue dahlia 1946, robert montgomerys ride the pink horse 1947, and john cromwells dead reckoning 1947, share the common story line of a war veteran who returns home to find that the way of life for which he has been fighting no longer exists. Its slackly paced and low on drama, and while montgomery makes a gutsy choice in playing gagin as somewhat dim and abrasive, that also makes the hero hard to take, especially during a climactic sequence where hes so concussed, he can barely form a. Ww2 veteran lucky gagin arrives in a new mexico bordertown intent on revenging against mobster frank hugo but fbi agent bill retz, who also wants hugo, tries to. Ride the pink horse 1947 if it wasnt for its sole academy award nomination, ride the pink horsewould be completely obscure today.
Played by montgomery himself, gagin resembles any number of film noir antiheroes, in that he is a macho stoic who keeps. He was born into a prominent theatrical family in new york, and after his parents divorced, was raised in california by his aunt, marion davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher william randolph hearst. In ride the pink horse, montgomery stars as lucky gagin, a seemingly hardened man come who arrives in a small new mexico to avenge his friends death or at least get the money his friend was trying to get when he was killed. Ride the pink horse 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Robert montgomery was set to star and also direct the picture, and producer joan harrison, who had handpicked andrea for this part, had written several of. Ride the pink horse 1947 directed by robert montgomery. Its filled with symbolism and enough noir atmosphere to make you depressed for a week, yet the characters and dialog are almost as reminiscent of steinbeck. In the bordertown of san pablo, preparing for an annual mexican fiesta, arrives gagin. Ride the pink horse kindle edition by hughes, dorothy b. Westmore died at the age of 55 on june 24, 1973 due to a heart attack. The oddly titled ride the pink horse is one of the odder, but more intriguing, entries in the film noirs of the 1940s. Preorder the hunger games prequel now download our free. Hughes novel was filmed again for television in 1964 under the title the hanged man.
Create a stable for your foals, ponies and horses in your internet browser thanks to howrse. Rent ride the pink horse 1947 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Download ride the pink horse 1947 torrent otorrents. Release dates 15 also known as aka 18 release dates. A child prodigy, he entered college at age, but dropped out after a few. Rent ride the pink horse 1947 starring robert montgomery and thomas. It was directed by the actor robert montgomery from a screenplay by. Rex and polish disco music, and many assumed that she based the songs lyrics around bianca jaggers infamous entrance into studio 54 on a white horse.
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