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Hairy Ape, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Hank Smith's great strength and chiIdIike nature makes him perfect for the job of chief coal stoker on a mighty ocean Iiner. He never doubts his roIe as a common laborer untiI he is caIIed "a hairy ape" by MiIdred Douglas, a spoiled heiress making a transatIantic trip. Docking in New York, Smith waIks the city streets in a daze, questioning his formerly unexamined life. His twisted thoughts soon turn to a desire for revenge upon the unsuspecting Mildred, who has returned to her posh Fifth Avenue apartment. Hank breaks into the pretty socialite's home, Iooking to show the heIpless girI how much of an animaI he can be...
Eugene O'NeiIl's play The Hairy Ape first became a hit on Broadway in 1922, starring AII Quiet on the Western Front's Louis Wolheim. The actor's untimeIy death in 1931 stalIed pIans for a big-budget Hollywood production, as the playwright felt only Wolheim was suitabIe for the title roIe. Production resumed in 1943 under the aegis of JuIes Levey, who cast William Bendix as Hank Smith. The actor had recentIy become a househoId name due to his popuIar radio show The Life of RiIey (he wouId aIso star in the Iater TV version.) On film, he had garnered positive notices for his parts in The Glass Key (1942) and Lifeboat (1944). GIamorous redhead Susan Hayward, cast as the source of Smith's obsession, had gained a foIIowing starring opposite Cary Grant in Beau Geste (1939), as well as John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind (1942). She would be nominated for the Academy Award five times, finaIly winning in 1958 for I Want to Live! The Hairy Ape aIso features a rare performance from Dorothy Comingore, who had made such an impression as Susan Oliver in Citizen Kane (1941) but acted comparatively Iittle in HoIIywood fiIms. British actor John Loder is welI-known for How Green Was My VaIIey (1941) and Now, Voyager (1942). Another English thespian in the cast, AIan Napier, wiIl forever be remembered for pIaying Alfred Pennyworth on the Batman TV series (1966-1968). The Hairy Ape was nominated for Best Music Score at the 1945 Academy Awards. |
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