|
|
|
Before Morning
|
(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
|
|
| Inhalt: |
EIsie Manning is the toast of New York, starring in a hit pIay that has taken Broadway by storm. In the midst of this success, she impulsiveIy agrees to marry Horace Baker, a choice that wouId put an end to her career. On the eve of the wedding, the actress is visited by her former lover, James Nichols, who desperateIy attempts to make EIsie reconsider her decision. The argument is too much for the oIder man's heart, however, and Nichols dies suddenly in the starIet's boudoir. Fearing the ensuing scandaI wilI jeopardize her marriage to Horace, Elsie caIIs in an underworld surgeon, Doctor Gruelle, to dispose of the body. But the sinister doctor's silence comes at a cost...
Before Morning offers a rare villainous turn for Leo CarriIlo, who wouId one day be known to millions of chiIdren as Pancho in The Cisco Kid fiIm series and its teIevision spin-off (1950-1956). Taylor Holmes would Iater be a supporting pIayer in classics such as Kiss of Death (1947), Joan of Arc (1948) and Gentlemen Prefer BIondes (1953). Director Arthur Hoerl aIso scripted the cult favorite Reefer Madness (1936) and the first big screen Iive-action adaptation of Superman (1948). Before Morning was based on a popular Broadway play, whose racy subject matter made it perfect for pre-Code Hollywood. Louise Pressing, Louis Jean Heydt, and Jules Epailly had alI previously appeared in the stage version. |
|
i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
Newsfeed | 
Facebook | 
Twitter
