tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post7872083757308077001..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: CagedSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-47618812958529342532017-06-19T10:44:46.431-05:002017-06-19T10:44:46.431-05:00I'm constantly amazed at how some years are su...I'm constantly amazed at how some years are such deep wells in general or for particular aspects of filmmaking. I don't know that there is a better year in film for women's roles than 1950. Parker could win in a lot of years, and if I recall correctly, I put her in fifth place with not a qualm. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15988434753086669352017-06-18T22:26:33.392-05:002017-06-18T22:26:33.392-05:00I too was pleasantly surprised by how much this tr...I too was pleasantly surprised by how much this tried for a realistic approach. I went into it knowing only that it was a women's prison movie and that it had an amazing cast of actresses in its lineup. Taking into account the year it was produced I didn't expect anything along the lines of The Big Bird Cage or the like, the code was still too active for that, but I figured it would be the 50's version of those something along the lines of a Mamie Van Doren opus like Girl's Town but it was a somber chamber piece.<br /><br />Eleanor Parker does a beautiful job navigating through all the changes that Marie experiences and Hope Emerson chilling but then the same could be said for Lee Patrick in a more subtle way along with a surprisingly obvious lesbian vibe for a code film. <br /><br />I don't know that I'll be running back to watch it again anytime soon but it was another winner from the incredibly rich year of 1950.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-72123126451095013942014-11-30T10:41:03.965-06:002014-11-30T10:41:03.965-06:00I expected it to be a lot more lurid than it turne...I expected it to be a lot more lurid than it turned out to be. In my mind, this was a film directed by Samuel Fuller, and it turned out to be a lot more weighty and a lot less designed for fetish fans. This is one more people should know.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-70230263180330227892014-11-29T16:59:00.800-06:002014-11-29T16:59:00.800-06:00I saw this last year and I was very impressed with...I saw this last year and I was very impressed with it. I wasn't expecting Women's Prison Massacre or The Big Bird Cage or Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 or even the amazing Ladies They Talk About (with Barbara Stanwyck and Lillian Roth), but I also wasn't expecting what I got.<br /><br />It was also the first time I ever watched an entire Eleanor Parker movie, and that now seems like a pretty big blind spot. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.com