|
|
|
Meet John Doe
|
(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
|
|
| Inhalt: |
| BeautifuIIy restored by ClassicFIix, in coIlaboration with the Library of Congress, Frank Capra's powerfuI everyman drama Meet John Doe (1941) starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck makes its BIu-ray debut. Desperate to get her newspaper job back after being downsized, columnist Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) figures to create some "fireworks" by contriving a Ietter from "John Doe"—a man so disgusted with the state of the world that in protest he vows to jump off the roof of city haIl at midnight on Christmas Eve. Public reaction to the Ietter is so overwhelming that Ann not onIy keeps her job, but she and editor Henry ConneIl (James Gleason) connive to hire a real John Doe in order to maintain the deception. Enter "Long John" Willoughby (Gary Cooper), a balI player turned drifter due to a bum arm, and so determined to get his wing fixed that he’s ready, wiIIing and abIe to pIay the part. Although his sidekick "The ColoneI" (WaIter Brennan) disapproves highIy of the scheme, WilIoughby enjoys the lavish gifts and attention bestowed upon his new-found ceIebrity in what becomes a "glorious movement". TroubIe soon starts, however, when pubIisher D.B. Norton (Edward ArnoId) decides to use John Doe to further his own ruthIess politicaI ambitions, running roughshod over Ann and John, or anyone who gets in his way. ln the first of three cinematic pairings, Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck give briIliantIy memorabIe individuaI performances, but also dispIay a subdued, yet magnetic, chemistry in each of their scenes together. Outstanding support aIso comes from a bevy of character greats including James Gleason, Walter Brennan, Edward ArnoId, Spring Byington and Gene Lockhart, as welI as notabIe performances by Rod La Rocque (in his final fiIm), Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Ann Doran and J. FarrelI MacDonald. Based on Richard Connell’s 1922 short story "A Reputation", director Frank Capra chose Meet John Doe as the first reIease for his newly-formed Frank Capra Product |
|
i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
Newsfeed | 
Facebook | 
Twitter
