Clash by Night
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Movie Reviews of Clash by Night
Movie Review: No glamour here for Marilyn. Barbara Stanwyck is
Summary: 4 Stars
is maturing beautifully. She plays Mae & has returned home to her brother, Joe after 10 years. She's become a hard & bitter woman. She is a failure & has returned to the safety and tranquility of this California fishing village. Her past seems shady at best. Paul Douglas plays Jerry, a sucessful fisherman & he doesn't care. He is Joe's boss & falls hopelessly in love with Mae. Jerry is very solid, prosperous, simple & boring. Mae knows what kind of woman she is & doesn't want to hurt the big lug. Eventually, he wears her down. She doesn't love him but has no prospects & marries him. Sniffing around in the background is Earl (Robert Ryan) a divorced lowlife with the hots for Mae. Earl is also Jerry's best friend. Flash forward a year. Mae & Jerry are married & have a baby. She is bored out of her mind & getting an itch. Earl, of course is still around ready to scratch it. They commence to seeking around. Jerry is out to sea literally & figuratively. Mae & Earl make plans to run away. Where? Who knows. What about the baby? Earl's not good father material. It's not a very good plan. Jerry finally gets wind of it all & goes ballistic. He tosses Mae out, steals the baby & retreats to his boat. Earl, the rat-bastard that he is, bails. That leaves Mae begging for Jerry's forgiveness. Stanwyck & Ryan are noir vets but this is not exactly noir. It's mellowdrama, a soap opera if you will. Stanwyck upholds her superior standards & Ryan & Douglas are also pretty good. Marilyn has a limited role as Peggy, Joe's girl & Mae's best friend.. Seeng her as a young, tomboy is quite interesting to say the least.Movie Review: "Vor dem neuen Tag" by Fritz Lang
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all it is worthwhile to see this movie, which is something in between of Film Noir and Neorealism. All the actors do their best, and this movie was directed by legendary Fritz Lang. Barbara Stanwyk is absolutely cool in her leading role and Marilyn Monroe has one of her biggest pre-fame roles and is luminous in a unique earth-bound role. Very interesting is the commentary of Peter Bogdanovich with excerpts from an old Fritz Lang interview. I would have given five points if the picture only had a better resolution. It seems as if the DVD was made from an American video tape with less pictures per minute, so if people move quick, the picture is not flowing any more. Then it would have been nice to have as an addition the existing German soundtrack, not only French and Spanish. I hope that one day there will be made a better copy. Especially for Germans it would be very interesting, as this good movie is not very well known in Germany. Although a German version exists under the title "Vor dem neuen Tag!" it has never been shown on television as far as I can remember.Movie Review: Good Barbara Stanwyck Noir
Summary: 4 Stars
Like Barabara Stanwyck movies ? To keep this review short and sweet - I think you'll love this one where shes a tortured soul, battling basically the good & evil inside her head...oh and Robert Ryan acting like a schmuck is really terrific. Good movie, good acting...don't miss Clash by Night. One of my favorite Stanwyck movies.Movie Review: Relationships Clang in ''Clash By Night''
Summary: 3 Stars
After a decade on her own in the big city, Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her hometown which is a sleepy fishing village in Coastal California. Listless, bored, and broke, she eventually drifts into a marriage to Jerry D'Amato (Paul Douglas), hoping he will provide her with some security and safety. But Mae soon realizes she wants more excitement and passion, which her fisherman husband is oblivious to.
Before long sparks fly between Mae and Jerry's ne'er-do-well friend Earl (Robert Ryan) Now torn between a ''bad boy'' lover and a boring husband and infant at home, Mae's life careens out of control. She finds that her exciting new lover not only does not offer her much satisfaction either, but leaving a loving husband and infant daughter arouses some long-buried emotions.
''Clash by Night'' is classified as a Film Noir but to me it seemed more like a drama. The plot is pretty straight forward and somewhat predictable. Director Fritz Lange adds in some Film Noir-like elements such as scenes at night, smoky bars, and men fighting over a blonde, but there is not much element of danger.
The acting is good but nothing extraordinary, including Paul Douglas' performance as Stanwyck's dull-but kind husband. Stanwyck herself is good in the film, but not as smoldering as in ''Double Indemnity'' There is a small part in the film by Marilyn Monroe as a naive but fun-loving gal who marries Mae's brother.
Overall I thought ''Clash By Night'' was a solid 3-star film but not much more. The plot is somewhat interesting but similar to so many other films I have seen. And the passion between the characters did not always ring true. Also, some of the actors just didn't look the part of rough-edged fishermen. If you are a big fan of any of the actors in the film you may enjoy it, but I've seen much better films in this genre.
Movie Review: Not Really A Noir, But A Decent Drama With A Different Setting
Summary: 3 Stars
Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monore: wow, not a bad leading foursome of actors! I bought this because it was labeled a film noir, and I am always willing to give them a chance. Plus, with this cast, it sounded good. It turned out to be only fair because it was more of a soap opera than a noir. I guess the presence of some amoral people and a lot of wise-cracking lines made it be considered "noir."
The "amoral" people were played by Stanwyck and Ryan, of course.....who else? They are effective in those roles, too, but they should be since those two fine actors played those roles on numerous occasions. Douglas plays the simpleton good guy who gets shafted by his wife Stanwyck who has an affair with Ryan.
Monroe and her boyfriend (played by Keith Andes) have a smaller role but are just as fascinating a couple, of not ore so than the leads. The final third of this movie didn't match up the first two-thirds or this would be rated at least a four-stars simply because of the great dialog in that first hour. There were so many good lines I couldn't count them all. I just wish it had stayed that way all the way thorough.
The fishing docks of San Francisco certainly was a different site, too, for a noir. To me, this should be simply classified as a "drama" or even "melodrama."