Wednesday, 5 June 2013

The Voice of the Turtle (1947 Irving Rapper)

Elenor Parker, Ronald Reagan, Eve Arden (poor Eve, always the bridesmaid...), Kent Smith, Erskine Sanford as the storekeeper (Orson Welles films).

Written by John Van Druten and based on his play.

There's a running gag about people overhearing the couple:

"I'm going mad."
"Wearing your brother's pyjamas."
This is quite a modern and risqué plot for its time in which Parker and Arden are in relationships which are just 'gay' and Reagan has no trouble kipping the night in a single girl's apartment (Parker is also an early sufferer of OCD). The first half takes place in a single night.

The attention to details is interesting, caught by Palermo-born Sol Polito's highly professional lighting and underscored by Max Steiner (Warner Bros.)


"Oops!"



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