mr. turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based around the last twenty-five years of the life and career of painter j. m. w. turner ( 1775 – 1851 ) .

written and directed by mike leigh , the film stars timothy spall in the title role with dorothy atkinson , paul jesson , marion bailey , lesley manville and martin savage .

it premiered in competition for the palme d'or at the 2014 cannes film festival , where spall won the award for best actor and cinematographer dick pope received a special jury prize for the film 's cinematography .

the film was critically acclaimed and received four nominations each at the 87th academy awards and 68th british academy film awards .

describing turner as " a great artist : a radical , revolutionary painter " , writer/director leigh explained , " i felt there was scope for a film examining the tension between this very mortal , flawed individual , and the epic work , the spiritual way he had of distilling the world " .

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mr . turner <EOT> mr . turner plot summary : mr . turner plot summary | english movie news - times of india

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turner has been brought to life superbly by timothy spall in mike leigh’s critically acclaimed new film , mr turner .

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mr . turner is no barrel of laughs . it ' s a barrel of life - an extraordinary one .

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timothy spall portrays the 19th century british painter j . m . w . turner , whose verbal communication consists mainly of grunts , in “mr . turner . ”

i must confess , mr turner , that i find myself quite unable to answer your question with the precision that i would wish .

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mr . turner explores the last quarter century of the life of j . m . w . turner ( 1775 - 1851 ) , the singleminded artist who worked hard and travelled extensively .

the relationship between mr . wilson and mr . richards - like the one between mr . fugard and mr . richards - proceeds almost in shorthand . meetings are brief and direct . work is done and implemented . there is a sense of support from director to writer , but not the constant , saccharine stroking often found in theater .

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i must confess , mr . turner , that i find myself quite unable to answer your question with the precision that i would wish .

if the past is a foreign country , then " mr . turner " is one of the most rhapsodic foreign films you may ever see .

mr turner was written and directed by the acclaimed mike leigh and chronicles the last twenty - five years of one of the most celebrated artists in british history – j . m . w . turner .

one of the most thorough period pieces in recent memory , mr . turner ' s rigorous eye for time and place is downright transcendent - with dick…

turner has been brought to life superbly by timothy spall in mike leigh’s critically acclaimed new film , mr turner . made on a budget of £8 . 4 million , it’s the hottest british movie of the year

the director has made little secret of his contempt for the awards body . does that explain why mr turner has received so few nominations , asks ryan gilbey

though the runtime is rather excessive , mr . turner looks beautiful and gets elevated by the amazing spall . the royal academy and photograph scenes are excellent .

dvd rips of ' fury , ' ' annie , ' ' mr . turner , ' and ' still alice ' hit the web following sony pictures hack

join film director mike leigh and and actor timothy spall for a behind - the - scenes look at how they brought turner to life and set about recreating his queen anne street gallery for the 2014 film mr turner .

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it ' s in this latter sequence that " mr . turner " most distinguishes itself from other films about art and artists , indeed from most screen biographies .

from left , ruth sheen as sarah danby , paul jesson as william turner , dorothy atkinson as hannah danby , amy as georgiana and sandy foster as evelina in " mr . turner . " ( simon mein / sony pictures classics )

best cinematography * 1 . mr . turner 33 ( dick pope ) 2 . the immigrant 27 ( darius khondji ) 3 . goodbye to language 9 ( fabrice aragno )

he won best actor at cannes for mr turner but nothing from the globes , the oscars or even bafta . indignity levels hit rock bottom with complaints about a sex scene

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to call mr . turner one of the year ' s most overrated films seems unfair , as it ' s worth watching for beautiful cinematography and a plethora of gentle laughs .

best director * 1 . richard linklater 36 ( boyhood ) 2 . jean - luc godard 17 ( goodbye to language ) 3 . mike leigh 12 ( mr . turner )

“still alice , ” “mr . turner” and “to write love on her arms” are seeing only modest piracy activity , all below 100 , 000 unique ip addresses since nov . 27 .

turner had a rich history with kent and drew inspiration for his works from a variety of locations including stangate creek , margate and whitstable . now , the turner contemporary gallery in margate celebrates turner’s association with the area .

all in all , the 150 - minute mr . turner is an impressive accomplishment , laudable for the way it uses the figure of a single artist to explore both art and cinema .

from boyhood to birdman , mr turner to wild , this year’s academy awards are in thrall to powers we can barely comprehend . but why have film - makers starting thinking so big ?

mr turner , produced for around $ 15m , was lauded by critics after it screened at the 67th cannes film festival . indeed , timothy spall won the gong for best male actor and pope was honoured with the vulcain technical artist prize by the cst ( commission supérieure technique de l’image et du son ) for “bringing to light the works of turner” via his deft cinematography . here , ron prince discovers more about how mr turner was conceived and shot .

it is long , at two and a half hours , and it moves slowly , but i was drawn in and could not stop watching . mr turner is a london based artist also known as william turner of j m w turner , and we join with him for the last 25 years of his life until he dies in 1851 .

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fury has been released in cinemas but not yet on dvd while annie is due on the big screen on 19th december . mr turner , which stars timothy spall as the 19th - century british painter jmw turner , has already been released in the uk but not the us .

‘mike leigh knew that i could draw a little bit , but i spent a good two years learning how to paint before filming even started on mr turner , ’ spall told me early in filming .

the director has made little secret of his contempt for the awards body . does that explain why mr turner has received so few nominations , or do bafta - voters simply prefer unchallenging , middlebrow entertainment ?

timothy spall’s portrayal of painter jmw turner on the big screen earned him rave reviews and an acting award at the cannes film festival . but it appears his “clenching” buttocks in mr turner also drew the public’s disapproval , surprisingly making it the most complained about film of the past year .

due to its limited screen count , mr turner had to content itself with seventh place in the weekend chart . however , partly thanks to family films and horror pictures fading on monday , mr turner found itself surging to become the top - grossing title on that day , auguring well for continued success . the film expands to about 250 cinemas from its second weekend , by far the widest play for a leigh title . the director’s biggest ever hit , vera drake , enjoyed an exceptionally sustained run , eventually reaching £2 . 38m . it’s now a question of when , not if , mr turner exceeds that figure .

mr . leigh’s twin portraits of important 19th - century cultural figures ( gilbert and sullivan in “topsy - turvy , ” and now turner in “mr . turner” ) extend the range of his sympathy and curiosity into a past that is neither the mirror of the present nor wholly alien to the world as we know it . turner , with his lumbering gait and broad , suety face , dominates the picture , seeming to personify his age and all its contradictions . his speech is a symphony of growls , snorts and flights of guttural eloquence . as he traipses from london to the seaside town of margate and back , paces in his studio and prowls the galleries of the royal academy , we witness an act of creation that seems more sculptural than cinematic , as if mr . spall and mr . leigh were molding turner in molten bronze .

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best actor * 1 . timothy spall 31 ( mr . turner ) 2 . tom hardy 10 ( locke ) 3 . joaquin phoenix 9 ( inherent vice ) 3 . ralph fiennes 9 ( the grand budapest hotel )

it ' s only fitting that mr . turner takes on the texture of an ambulatory painting that brims with precise orchestration and vivid expression . it beautifully hums and flows like the artwork on display - not just as a superficial marvel but as a profound reincarnation of j . m . w . turner ' s eminent yet occasionally objectionable life . unlike countless biopics of recent , mike leigh ' s stunning epic boasts copious clarity and a seamlessly paced narrative that creatively circumvents the trappings of the genre . incandescent and entirely immersive , mr . turner echoes the enchanting artistry of turner with its own spellbinding piece of magnificence .

for leigh , however , the structure of " mr . turner " was in some ways such a departure from what he was used to that he found the making of it , in a word , " terrifying . "

for modern moviegoers , the earthy " mr . turner " may seem like slowly steeped tea with an unpleasant aftertaste . but while some are impatiently waiting for the paint to dry , astute viewers will see a cinematic landscape bloom .

best picture * 1 . goodbye to language 25 ( jean - luc godard ) 2 . boyhood 24 ( richard linklater ) 3 . birdman 10 ( alejandro g . iñárritu ) 3 . mr . turner 10 ( mike leigh )

watched after a visit to turner ' s house in strawberry hill . both highly recommended !

a niece of sarah danby ( see below ) , hannah danby ( 1786 - 1853 ) was turner ' s faithful housekeeper for over forty years . she died two years after turner .

you leave " mr . turner , " as with all good fact - based films , wanting to know more about this man and his work - and remembering that beautiful , almost touchable light , on the canvas and on the screen .

mr . turner was nominated for original score , costume design , production design and cinematography at the academy wards in 2015 . it was also nominated for 4 baftas , for cinematography , make up & hair , costume design and production design .

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failure isn’t only the province of the lazy and uninspired . no , even the gifted and conscientious must occasionally take a stroll through that blasted landscape , and with “mr . turner” leigh does it , for 2½ hours . don’t go with him .

set in mid - nineteenth century , the story of mr . turner concerns the last 25 years in the life of the esteemed english painter , j . m . w . turner . and although the plot does offer glimpses of what drove or inspired the man & his work over the years , its major emphasis is actually on the flawed…

lindsay , jack . turner : the man and his art . london : granada , 1985 .

another big sony movie , “ annie , ” is also being pirated , this one three weeks ahead of its own wide release . other sony movies being downloaded include “mr . turner , ” “still alice” and “to write love on her arms . ”

mike leigh’s mr . turner , about the last decades of the life of the english painter j . m . w . turner ( 1775 - 1851 ) , which the filmmaker has been attempting to make for some time , is a strong and fascinating work . in its own way , it is a quite radical film , which insists on turner’s humble origins and his estrangement from the upper echelons of british society , as well as the painting academy .

mr . turner is about the tensions and contrasts between this very mortal man and his timeless work , between his fragility and his strength . it is also an attempt to evoke the dramatic changes in his world over the last quarter century of his life .

joshua mcguire is one of the only featured actors in mr . turner to be working with mike leigh for the first time . he was recently seen in richard curtis ' s ' about time ' , and following mr . turner , filmed roles in kenneth branagh ' s ' cinderella ' and chris smith ' s ' get santa ' . television work includes siblings ' , ' you , me & them ' , ' a young doctor ' s notebook ' and the second series of ' the hour ' .

" in ' mr . turner , ' i was dealing with the time period from 1825 to 1851 [ the year of the artist ' s death ] and that set all kinds of traps , opened up a whole lot of cans of worms . "

' ' fences ' ' receives - it has just finished previews and will run through may 25 - it does stand as a testament to the working partnership between mr . richards and mr . wilson . with two plays done and another planned for next year , their collaboration is fast becoming as fruitful as the one between mr . richards and athol fugard , the south african author of ' ' master harold . . . and the boys ' ' and other plays .

' ' i remember thinking ' what do i do now ? ' ' ' mr . wilson said . ' ' so i immediately started ' fences . ' i didn ' t want to allow that pressure to build . ' ' mr . wilson also wrote ' ' joe turner ' s come and gone ' ' - scheduled next season at the yale repertory - before ' ' ma rainey ' ' opened .

mike leigh ' s biopic of british artist jmw turner , starring timothy spall in the title role .

wilton , andrew . turner in his time . new york : harry n . abrams , 1987 .

in the case of ' ' fences , ' ' mr . wilson and mr . richards had a fair amount of work to do on a tight schedule . the play ran three and a half hours in its staged reading at the o ' neill theater center in 1983 . mr . wilson made cuts before rehearsals began at the yale repertory earlier this year , but another 30 minutes needed to be cut during rehearsals to bring the running time to two hours and 15 minutes .

“mr . turner” is a flaccid , interminable movie by a talented director , mike leigh , which means it has its moments , but moments are all you get . the movie seems as if it were made as a halfhearted response to a question that no one was , in fact , asking , “what was j . m . w . turner really like ? ”

whilst the film , simply titled mr turner , includes visual influences rooted in the romantic paintings of the 19th century , it is chiefly a character study of the mercurial artist – an eccentric , reclusive character , bedevilled by depressive bouts and tangled familial and amorous relationships .

the mr turner production visited the historic dockyard in chatham where they used hms gannet which doubled for a pleasure vessel on the thames as well as the scenes where turner is tied to the mast of a ship in a storm to make some sketches for his painting snow storm - steam - boat off a harbour’s mouth . stangate creek was also used to film a rowing scene .

outstanding artistic achievment … mike leigh , in front of a turner at tate britain . photograph : karen robinson

english painting’s renowned master of light , joseph mallord william turner ( 1775 - 1851 ) , gets a suitably illuminating screen biography in mike leigh’s “mr . turner , ” an ecstatically beautiful and exquisitely detailed portrait of the artist as a cantankerous middle - aged man whose brilliance with the brush overshadows his sometimes appalling lack of social graces . returning to the large - canvas period [ … ]

as well as designing the space turner also curated it , selecting and arranging paintings on the walls ( and on the floor ! ) . take a tour of the exhibition and see the paintings turner chose to display .

when dr price attends turner in london , he says he is taking the train back to margate from charing cross station , which wasn ' t opened until 1864 , 13 years after turner ' s death . see more »

also nominated are two asc first - timers , oscar faura for the weinstein company’s the imitation game and robert d yeoman for fox searchlight’s the grand budapest hotel . rounding out the field is dick pope for sony classics’ paining biopic mr turner ; pope was previously nominated for the illusionist in 2007 .

it appears that turner might just have tumbled out of bed . but then turner , most commonly known as ‘the painter of light’ , was also a brilliant eccentric who cared little for his appearance or what other people thought of him .

but we also know that turner was a visionary , whose later work was not always well understood by his contemporaries .

a bicyclist carries a sign critical of the judge ' s sentencing in the brock turner case friday in san jose .

george jones interior of turner’s gallery c . 1852 oil on panel 14 x 23 cm courtesy the ashmolean museum , oxford

not here , though . “mr . turner” is a mighty work of critical imagination , a loving , unsentimental portrait of a rare creative soul . but even as it celebrates a glorious painter and illuminates the sources of his pictures with startling clarity and insight , the movie patiently and thoroughly demolishes more than a century’s worth of mythology about what art is and how artists work . you may have had the good fortune to study turner’s watercolors and martial tableaus up close , to linger over his storms and placid river scenes , but somehow mr . leigh makes it all look newly painted , fresh and strange .

a total of 1 , 810 , 755 people had viewed the world war two film by lunchtime on tuesday with 241 , 592 people seeing the unreleased remake of annie starring cameron diaz and 88 , 528 watching the mike leigh film mr turner , the piracy monitoring company excipio has told radiotimes . com .

with : timothy spall ( j . m . w . turner ) , dorothy atkinson ( hannah danby ) , marion bailey ( sophia booth ) , paul jesson ( william turner ) , lesley manville ( mary somerville ) , martin savage ( benjamin robert haydon ) , joshua mcguire ( john ruskin ) , ruth sheen ( sarah danby ) , david horovitch ( dr . price ) and karl johnson ( mr . booth ) .

not only did he spend two years learning to paint , but he also visited the artist’s homes in margate and london , read more than 20 books on turner and learned about greek mythology and other areas in which turner was an expert .

it might be risking ruskinesque folly to take “mr . turner” as a self - portrait of its director , but turner shares with mr . leigh an ability to travel the circuit between the sublime and the ordinary , to bring into view aspects of reality that had been somehow invisible in plain sight . all of mr . leigh’s films are personal to the extent that they reflect his sensibility , his politics and his ethical concerns , but his methods — characters and stories developed over many months of rehearsal , improvisation and research in collaboration with actors and crew members — resist the imposition of a singular authorial vision . he is best known for anatomizing the pervasive indignities and saving graces of modern britain , with particular attention to the low and middle rungs of the class ladder and the stresses and pleasures of family life . social life for him is what sea air was to turner : an atmospheric element that becomes a vehicle of meaning and emotion .

evelina dupuis ( 1801 - 1874 ) was the elder illegitimate daughter of sarah danby and turner . her first three children died in infancy , baby rosalie adelaide thus being turner ' s " only surviving grandchild " , although two others came later .

according to the complaint , to write love on her arms was also one of four unreleased sony films along with annie , mr . turner and still alice that became illegally distributed online as a result of a 2014 cyber attack against sony pictures , which has been attributed to the north koreans as retribution for the interview .

british artist j . m . w . turner ( timothy spall ) has recently returned from a painting expedition in belgium . he lives with his elderly father ( paul jesson ) and their housekeeper ( dorothy atkinson ) , who doubles as turner’s lover .

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at 150 minutes , the epic length of the film posed a challenge to programmers trying to offer customers a choice of two evening showtimes , and there was evidence of straddling across two screens , alternating with a shorter film . after the friday numbers came in , some cinemas promoted mr turner to screens with bigger seating capacity .

in the new mike leigh film , mr turner , you can hardly miss the mister . joseph mallord william is a sore thumb from the opening scene , where he’s sketching a windmill somewhere in rural holland , poised like a pot - bellied stork among the rushes . the scene tells you everything you need to know about the man and the places he feels happiest : in short , it’s landscape as portrait , and turner would have smiled at that .

i ' d have given more stars for mr spall ' s acting but was voting on the actual film which threw me a bit as it wasn ' t what i was expecting . i managed to get into it a bit more as it went on and i learned more online afterwards which helped me make sense of the characters in the film . i got the impression it had been put together as pieces of known information or situations in turner ' s life a bit like a patchwork quilt where squares of knowledge were sewn together . i particularly enjoyed mr spall ' s section explaining elements of mr turner ' s life and the making of the film itself as an extra part of the dvd . apparently the man was enigmatic and secretive , i ' d have liked to have known why although i appreciate that may not be something generally known .

[ last lines ] j . m . w . turner : the sun is god ! ha ha ha ! see more »

turner ' s picture , conviction information and address will be publicly available on ohio ' s sex offender registry , fischer said .

wilton , andrew . j . m . w . turner : his art and life . new york : rizzoli , 1979 .

“mr . turner” ( mike leigh , u . k . ) a four - time veteran of the cannes competition who won the palme d’or for 1996’s “secrets & lies” and director for 1993’s “naked , ” the british master will return to the festival with this portrait of the 19th - century painter j . m . w . turner , starring timothy spall and lesley manville . sony classics is distributing in the u . s . ( sales : sunray films )

there’s also a memorable and devastating conversation , shot in one long take , in which haydon’s colleagues discuss his career , as haydon is shown , through a window , walking farther and farther into the background . it’s a brilliantly composed shot , in which a man’s life is being consigned to failure and disappointment even as he walks along , unknowing . but in the end , what does haydon really have to do with turner ? or with “mr . turner” ?

coast of northumberland” in which hazy , indistinct figures weave in and out of radiant swirls of land , sea and sky ) . it’s a heady snapshot of a london art scene dominated by the party politics of the royal academy of arts , whose contentious group shows provide the setting for some of “mr . turner’”s most memorable moments .

folk over at the london film school ( lfs ) are still basking in glory after several of its alumni picked up a raft of prizes at cannes , including the cannes palme d ' or for fellow graduate simón mesa soto ' s film leidi ; lfs chairman and graduate mike leigh ' s film mr turner was also honoured .

the length , composition and movement or lack thereof of each shot has given mr . turner the rare quality of feeling like they simply shot a play while still retaining a cinematic feel ( very impressive cinematography by dick pope , not poop ) . timothy spall is also incredible ( keep an eye out for the crying scene ) .

the film is playing an even balance of arthouses and multiplexes , with the former scoring particularly well on friday . growth on saturday came more in the plexes , perhaps as a result of bigger screen allocations or tinkering with showtimes . across the weekend , picturehouse claimed top share , with 18 % of mr turner’s box - office .

" i think you have to take the whole picture in terms of what impact imprisonment has on a specific individual ' s life . and the impact statements that have been - - or the , really , character letters that have been submitted , do show a huge collateral consequence for mr . turner based on the conviction . "

timothy spall in mike leigh ' s mr turner leigh ' s film won a best actor award for timothy spall as well as the vulcan award of the technical artist for cinematographer dick pope . the salt of the earth , directed by lfs graduate juliano ribeiro salgado was awarded the un certain regard special jury prize , alongside wim wenders .

mr . turner treats the facts with no less mercilessness , but at least it honors turner even as it cherry - picks from his biography . 150 minutes of a stodgy victorian artist few remember become compelling thanks to the leigh’s masterful combination of reality , invention , and myth . turner’s myth , indeed , holds that he strapped himself to the mast of the ship in order to paint the sea , an image that forms one of the film’s best scenes . his forcible affair with his servant , while awful to see , is of a piece with the rest of turner’s character as leigh imagines him . when in mourning for someone close to him , turner visits a whorehouse simply to paint one , out of the same compulsive , hungry need that motivates him in every other corner of his life , for good or ill . all we once had left of turner were his paintings and a few biographies—now we have a vibrant work of cinema to commemorate his art , and where it took us .

unlike “topsy - turvy” ( which centered on the writing and staging of “the mikado” ) , “mr . turner” employs a broader , more episodic structure that slowly and steadily immerses us in his world during the period when he was transitioning from classical representational painting to more abstract , proto - impressionistic forms ( paintings like the ravishing “rain , steam and speed

“no , ” turner barks . “the past is the past . you’re observing the future ! smoke . iron . steam ! ” leigh and spall’s genius is to show us both in one man : turner is future and past , progress and history , tugboat and temeraire .

" mr . turner " not only has everything aesthetically a biographical period drama could ask for with gorgeous costumes and product design , but it also has the unique distinction of actually putting the vastly underrated , timothy spall in a lead role for once . a role , i might add , he clearly was born to play as he was absolutely sublime playing the curmudgeon artist , jmw turner . however , the film ' s concept is one i ain ' t buying . i get the point of following the character around through these big moments between rather dull ones , but its slow pace doesn ' t go well with its long run time which ultimately tries the patience . overall , " mr . turner " has a lot to boast about , but it ' s simply too testy to be worth its audience ' s time .

peter bradshaw , the guardian : " mr turner is funny , humane and visually immaculate , hitting its confident stride straight away . it combines domestic intimacy with an epic sweep , and a lyrical gentleness pervades each scene , tragic or comic . every line , every detail , every minor character , however casual or apparently superfluous , is absolutely necessary . "

anyone who works with mike leigh , director of “mr . turner , ” knows ahead of time that they’ll be building the project nearly from scratch : actors will help in the creation of their characters , and crew such as the costume designer and production designer ( in this case , leigh newcomer suzie davies and veteran of the process jacqueline [ … ]

this 2 disc special edition contains interviews from the cast and crew and deleted scenes , giving a great insight into the production of one of the best british films in recent years . a stunning and beautiful film , mr . turner tells the extraordinary story of britain’s greatest ever artist . as turner ( timothy spall – the king’s speech ) produces masterpieces ahead of his time that challenge the art world , so he has to confront his own ever changing circumstances and deal with love and loss .

mike leigh takes on the topsy - turvy life of j . m . w . turner in an exquisitely detailed , brilliantly acted biopic .

similar furor was on display friday . hours after turner ' s release , protesters chanted and waved signs outside the santa clara county jail .

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at last year’s cannes film festival , his long - gestating passion project , mr turner , was rapturously received . a jury headed by jane campion and including nicolas winding refn , jia zhangke and willem dafoe awarded the best actor prize to its star , timothy spall , for his performance – all bluster , phlegm and heartache – as the painter jmw turner . the acclaim continued when the picture opened in britain in october . what’s more , with uk takings of £6 . 58m , mr turner is among the 10 highest - grossing british films of 2014 . leigh’s move to a larger canvas has resulted in the biggest hit of a career which began more than 40 years ago . it wasn’t far - fetched to hope that its excellence would be recognised come awards season . but artistic achievement , critical accolades and popularity among the public clearly hold no sway with bafta .

sophia booth ( 1798 - 1875 ) was turner ' s landlady in margate , and then his mistress and companion from the mid - 1830s . twice widowed , she had a son by her first marriage . she eventually sold her margate boarding house and moved with turner to chelsea .

explore the spirit of camaraderie and competition between turner ( timothy spall ) and his fellow artists before the opening of the annual exhibition at the royal academy . they called it “varnishing day , ” and turner enjoyed completing unfinished paintings and tweaking his rivals ( watch the clip below ) .

sixth - placed nightcrawler crept past the £1m weekend tally thanks to £59 , 000 in previews . the well - reviewed title ranked third place on monday , behind mr turner and fury . with a reported production budget of only $ 8 . 5m , this was potentially an attractively priced acquisition for uk distributor eone , especially if word - of - mouth sustains .

and while all the wonderfully played characters in " mr . turner , " from the winning mrs . booth , the mistress and companion of his later years ( marion bailey ) , to the critic john ruskin ( joshua mcguire ) , are based on real people rather than created from scratch , that didn ' t change the way leigh and his actors worked .

mike leigh has solved all these problems in mr . turner , his glorious new film about the last years of the english landscape painter j . m . w . turner . and i’m not even quite sure how he’s done it—his brushstrokes are as subtle and difficult to distinguish as the ones that make up his subject ' s shimmering seascapes and ominous , billowing clouds . writing about mr . turner a few weeks after seeing it , i feel a craving to be again immersed in its world , which is rich with colors , textures , and , it sometimes almost seems , smells—not always pleasant ones , given that this is the early 19 th century we’re talking about . more than any period film in years ( paul thomas anderson’s there will be blood comes to mind , as does leigh’s own topsy turvy ) mr . turner seems to be taking place in something like the actual past , in a world distinctly different from our own while remaining contiguous with it . as the inscrutable turner , a work - obsessed loner who for long stretches communicates only in grunts , timothy spall—a key member of leigh’s informal ensemble company for decades now—creates a character so embodied and complete , it doesn’t matter that we don’t always get the motivations behind his impulsive acts . the seeming disconnect between this painter’s chaotic personal life and the harmonious compositions he creates only deepens , and enhances , the mystery .

' he had to be able to spit on the canvas to mix up the paint , which is something turner was known for doing . ’

an exploration of the last quarter century of the great , if eccentric , british painter j . m . w . turner ' s life .

in perhaps the greatest of all movies about the lives of painters , maurice pialat’s “van gogh , ” not a single van gogh painting was ever shown . leigh doesn’t go quite as far in “mr . turner , ” but his sensibility is largely the same , striving to capture the temperament of the man and his times rather than reducing them to a series of iconic images and eureka moments . scenes of turner scribbling in his sketchbook and slathering paint on canvas are used sparingly , and never without a clear purpose . shooting in widescreen , the director and his regular d . p . dick pope strive less to re - create turner’s canvases cinematically than to capture something of the land and light as it might have inspired him : a steam locomotive cloaking the horizon in its exhaust ; boats at sea wreathed in a magic - hour glow . whereas leigh’s much - vaunted work with actors has often dominated the discussion around his films , “mr . turner” should leave no lingering doubts that he is every bit as masterful a visual storyteller .

musical remake annie is the biggest unreleased title in the leak ; due in theaters worldwide next month , it opens wide in the u . s . on december 19 . still alice , the alzheimer’s drama that’s propelling julianne moore into the oscar race , hits limited screens on december 5 . mike leigh’s period biopic mr . turner is set for a december 19 limited bow .

usually , an artist biography attempts to account for the art , to make a bridge between who the artist was and what he created . “mr . turner” doesn’t do that . turner’s ability to paint is just a gift of vision that he happens to possess , just as his inexhaustible interest in seascapes seems innate and unexplainable . that , in itself , presents no problem — mozart’s genius remained a mystery in “amadeus . ” but this film offers little in its place but a grunting man’s day - to - day life .

now mr . wilson is back again with a new drama entitled ' ' fences , ' ' starring james earl jones as the proud but embittered head of a pittsburgh family . ' ' fences ' ' reunites mr . wilson with the yale repertory and its artistic director , lloyd richards , the director of both ' ' ma rainey ' ' and ' ' fences ' ' and the man who might be said to have ' ' discovered ' ' august wilson .

the stunning new biopic of the romantic landscape painter j . m . w . turner improvises on art history to ( successfully ) create art itself .

the pair have an on - off sexual relationship , but in between times turner is cold , distant and often absent for weeks at a time .

their focus : judge aaron persky , who sentenced turner in june . several speakers called for persky to be removed from office through a recall election .

i wondered in the first few minutes if i would be watching the film through to the end . then i watched a little more . then i was hooked on this film - wanting to see how this famous artist ' s life would play out . timothy spall is amazing in this film and the class and lifestyle of mr turner was quite a surprise . loved this film .

in " mr . turner , " as in all his films , leigh ' s specific way of working , his use of months of pre - shooting improvisation , building characters with his actors from the ground up — spall took painting lessons for two years to allow him to feel comfortable with a brush in his hands — makes his people and his stories singularly lifelike and convincing .

“sir john soane [ the neo - classical architect played by nicholas jones ] always wore britches and black stockings and that was a written fact . and it was great to play up the rivalry between john constable and turner and constable not being successful in his lifetime but turner being very successful . constable was painting in his shirt sleeves next to turner and that’s how james fleet decided he would play constable . there’s very little evidence for how people looked when they were painting . there is a painting of turner on ‘varnishing day , ’ so we know how turner would be . it was all about your rank and your status and how you’re perceived by your colleagues . you rarely see such social scenes played out in period films to that detail . ”

the portrait painted of the artist in " mr . turner " is as muddled and murky as his paintings were perceived to be by victorian london . despite exceptional costumes , sets and locations , despite very good acting , and despite a sublime soundtrack , " mr . turner " is a complete failure of storytelling . turner ' s motives are never explained other than that he is a fading star whose avant - garde work is not appreciated ( although that is not a clear motivation in his relationships since his mistreatment of women seems to far predate his fall from the artistic firmament ) . is he a misogynist who rapes and abandons the women in his life and who has merely moved on to the next ? or does he love the women in his life but feels he must hurt and deceive them in order to protect them ( . . . from what ? ) ? the unanswered questions are legion and should not be mistaken for subtle script writing where clues supporting either conclusion are placed throughout the film . there are no clues , and any conclusions drawn by the audience are necessarily based on pure speculation . " mr . turner " should have been a five - star film , but the lack of a discernible story leaves the film a mere period atmosphere piece with no compelling reason to see it .

the biographical drama takes us back to the nineteenth century when turner travelled and painted some of his renowned works , even though he was struggling with the death of his esteemed father . the film also highlights turner’s eccentric behaviour which resulted in his being both celebrated and reviled by the public and royalty alike .

although he has two grown daughters , family life is not for mr . turner . his art is all - consuming and he travels wherever he believes he ' ll find inspiration for his next works . he finds himself in the coastal town of margate , where he rents a small seaside apartment from widow sophia booth ( marion bailey ) , who goes on to become his last mistress .

mr turner does not want for admirers . “mike leigh and timothy spall’s great achievement is showing us how the artist approached the physical business of painting , ” sir nicholas serota , the director of the tate galleries , tells me . “but they also convey the spirit of a man whose reputation as a curmudgeon is unwarranted , given his passionate interest in people and the world around him . there is a great humanitarian streak in turner and mike leigh has found a way of capturing this on film , as he has done so often before . ”

additional international titles announced in special presentations include mike leigh’s “mr . turner , ” laurent cantet’s “return to ithaca , ” abel ferrara’s “pasolini , ” zhang yimou’s “coming home , ” david oelhoffen’s “far from men , ” ruben ostlund’s “force majeure , ” shim sung - bo’s “haemoo , ” peter chelsom’s “hector and the search for happiness , ” saverio costanzo’s “hungry hearts” and wang xiaoshuai’s “red amnesia . ”

georgiana thompson ( 1811 - 1843 ) was sarah danby and turner ' s second illegitimate daughter . she died in childbirth , having married three years earlier .

additionally , the judge said he ' d considered the " severe impact " a state prison sentence would have on an offender of turner ' s age .

j . m . w turner is an artist best known for his atmospheric paintings of landscapes . but he had another less known talent . he created bespoke galleries specially designed to display his paintings . in 1822 turner opened a gallery behind his west end house . the painting above by george jones shows us what it looked like . every aspect of the gallery – from its heating and lighting to the arrangement of paintings on its walls – was carefully planned by turner .

* grumble * meet the unexpectedly hilarious - and i mean in chorus laughter from the entire cinema audience - life of mr . j . m . w . turner , celebrated british sea - view painter . * snarl * there is a scene in here that features an art critic circle discussing gooseberries growth and it overtrumps the best monty python sketches , i almost died laughing in my chair , an effect few comedies have managed to inflict on me and here mr . turner , announced as an drama / biopic , does it again and again and again . * grunt * * spew * featuring little plot besides seemingly unimportant and , above all , random passages is his life , the film is full of eccentric characters who turn uneventfulness into brilliance . * snort * we never get to care too much about…

immersive , unhurried and beautifully created , " mr . turner " will premiere in competition at the festival de cannes on thursday with timothy spall commanding in the title role . it ' s a marvel both in its presentation of a very specific individual in his particular world and as an examination of the demanding power of the creative impulse . the film will be released later this year by sony pictures classics .

typically for director leigh , he expected his cast and crew to approach the film with devotion and artistic vigour , becoming experts on turner’s art and victorian england .

as spall explains : ‘turner was charismatic . he may have been funny - looking but women liked him because he was a genius and they knew it . ’

apart from the fantastic characterizations and top - notch cinematography , the real beauty of turner ' s vision was his ability to find beauty in the seemingly ordinary .

gage , john . j . m . w . turner : " a wonderful range of mind . " . new haven : yale university press , 1987 .

with this play , mr . wilson also has begun to learn more about theatrical form - how to communicate to an audience that two weeks have passed between scenes , for example , and how to allow an actor time to change costumes between scenes .

in recent weeks mr . turner has come under fire for taking such liberties , especially regarding the depiction of turner’s unfavorable characteristics . in all of his films , leigh has the cast improvising their characters , with their best , most spontaneous lines becoming the content of the script . so however much research is poured into the roles ( reportedly months for most of the cast members here , and two years for spall , who took the time to learn how to paint ) , ultimately , the scenes that make it onscreen boil down to the imprecise art of chemistry and playacting .

bringing on screen the life & career of one of the most prolific , gifted & distinguished painters to have ever lived , mr . turner could ' ve been a highly fascinating & interesting biopic as the icon it tries to resurrect on the film canvas was considered a highly controversial figure of his era but what it instead turns out to be is a 150 minutes of mostly lifeless cinema that feels twice as long .

mr . turner is much slower moving and less incident - packed than topsy - turvy , leigh’s bawdy and rollicking 1999 backstage comedy about the original production of gilbert and sullivan’s the mikado . especially in the middle hour , there’s a sense of narrative roominess , as if leigh isn’t so much shaping turner’s life into a story as simply letting it unfold before us in a series of everyday vignettes . but mr . turner does resemble topsy - turvy in its meticulous yet vibrant recreation of the past and its ever - expanding thematic amplitude . this is a movie not only about one particular artist , but about art as both a field of human endeavor and an object of shifting cultural and economic value . late in his life , turner’s work began to move toward a kind of proto - abstraction , with broad washes of color so loosely painted they’re all but unrecognizable as landscapes . popular opinion turned against him ( as leigh shows in the form of a mocking music - hall skit ) and his once - coveted paintings ceased to sell like as they used to . but turner’s late style , now recognized as a radical innovation in painting , was praised by a few of his more forward - thinking contemporaries , including the critic john ruskin ( who appears here as an insufferably self - impressed fop played by joshua mcguire ) .


kid galahad is a 1937 boxing film starring edward g. robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart and , in the title role , rising newcomer wayne morris .

it was scripted by seton i. miller and directed by michael curtiz .

it was remade in 1941 , this time in a circus setting , as the wagons roll at night , also with bogart , and in 1962 as an elvis presley musical .

the original version was re-titled the battling bellhop for television distribution in order to avoid confusion with the presley remake .

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kid galahad ( 1937 film ) <EOT> ( rare ! ) kid galahad ( 1937 ) - humphrey bogart - edward g . robinson

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humphrey bogart , dressed for his role as turkey morgan , reaches for his gun in a scene from the 1937 film kid galahad .

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humphrey bogart appears in kid galahad and san quentin . champion ( 1949 ) . humphrey bogart and bette davis appear in kid galahad and marked woman . humphrey bogart appears in kid galahad and the harder they fall . bette davis appears in kid galahad and the cabin in the cotton .

a clip from the 1937 film " kid galahad , " with edward g . robinson , harry carey and wayne morris . please visit my blog at : urltoken

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1937 film starring edward g . robinson , bette davis and humphrey bogart . ( to be distinguished from the 1962 elvis presley boxing musical film . )

when i played with her in kid galahad , i did not admire bette davis ; i admire her now .

kid galahad is a 1937 boxing film starring edward g . robinson , bette davis , humphrey bogart and , in the title role , rising newcomer wayne morris . it was scripted by seton i . miller and directed by michael curtiz .

…film of the year was kid galahad ( also released as the battling bellhop ) , a boxing film with edward g . robinson in the role of a promoter and wayne morris as a prizefighter .

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( 1962 ) which had been a box office winner for warner brothers in 1937 . it was based on a

the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states : film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .

the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .

crew : ( b & w ) available on vhs . extract of a review from 1937 . running time : 100 min .

kid galahad ( 1937 ) - official wb region 2 pal , english audio & subtitles : official warner bros . spanish region 2 pal dvd release as pictured . full audio options : english , german , italian , spanish . full subtitle options : english hoh , german hoh , italian hoh ; italian , spanish . runtime 97 mins . bonus features : commentary by historians art simon and robert sklar ; warner ' s night at the movies 1937 : newsreel , short ' alibi mark ' , short ' postal union ' , animated shorts ' egghead rides again ' , ' i wanna be a sailor ' and ' porky ' s super service ' , trailers for 1937 movies ' kid galahad ' & ' it ' s love i ' m after ' .

when a bellhop knocks out fighter chuck mcgraw , promoter nick donati realizes he ' s a potential champ . " kid galahad " justifies nick ' s confidence , but nick ' s mistress falls for the kid while the kid falls for nick ' s young sister . now overprotective nick turns against his new fighter , leading to a near - disastrous title fight and a murderous confrontation .

as it turns out , i own kid galahad , as part of a warner bros . set , but haven’t yet seen it . now i’m wondering what’s taking me so long to watch it… !

under curtiz ' direction , robinson ' s performance as the oddly obsessed manager is tart , but for once he doesn ' t quite dominate a film . as the kind - hearted mistress who falls for the kid , and who smothers her feelings in honour of young love , bette plays with a warmth that claims the movie as hers . kid galahad was designed as a robinson movie , but it turns out instead to be an uncharacteristic davis film .

columnists had predicted davis would turn down the part of fluff in kid galahad , fight - manager robinson ' s mistress , who falls for the kid but loses him to a younger girl ( jane bryan ) and walks off into the fog alone . davis surprised them by stating , " kid galahad , while not giving me much of a role in the artistic sense , has such a lot of good robust fight stuff in it that it is bound to appeal to a totally different cinema audience , an audience with which i nevertheless need to be kept in touch . "

kid galahad ( 1937 ) - official wb region 2 pal , english audio & subtitles : official warner bros . spanish region 2 pal dvd release as pictured . full audio options : english , german , italian , spanish . full subtitle options : english hoh , german hoh , italian hoh ; italian , spanish . runtime 97 mins . bonus features : commentary by historians art simon and robert sklar ; warner & apos ; s night at the movies 1937 : newsreel , short & apos ; alibi mark & apos ; , short & apos ; postal union & apos ; , animated shorts & apos ; egghead rides again & apos ; , & apos ; i wanna be a sailor & apos ; and & apos ; porky & apos ; s super service & apos ; , trailers for 1937 movies & apos ; kid galahad & apos ; & & apos ; it & apos ; s love i & apos ; m after & apos ; .

, caeserini ' s film still suffers from a problem common to many early filmed operas , the inability to synchronize the film itself with the musical accompaniment .

elvis ' 10th movie was still being filmed as ' blue hawaii ' opened to packed theatres across the states . this would be elvis ' last film made before the " travelogue formula " became the routine . even then , kid galahad , a remake of the edward g . robinson 1937 film , still had the feeling of a meaningful drama with six songs randomly dropped into the plot . the seriousness of the film however was shown by the fact that former world - champion boxer , mushy callahan , was brought in to help coach elvis . despite this , the lacklustre script , elvis ' worry about his increased weight and his mutual dislike of co - star charles bronson stopped the film from being particularly memorable .

" kid galahad " is bland on nearly every single level from its direction to its cinematography and editing and score and screenplay and even in its performances - aside from bette davis , who does manage some decent work in an underdeveloped role .

the characters are generic and the boxing sequences are rather dull . the romances between davis / edwardgrobinson / kid galahad / robinson’scharacter’ssister are poorly written on all sides and the humphrey bogart’s threat isnt threatening in the slightest regard . there is no depth , no drama , no real stakes . no emotional core . you need that in a quality boxing movie . you need a reason to root on the hero and kid galahad is just so uninteresting and one dimensional that you dont care .

in 1941 and gave it a circus backdrop with humphrey bogart once again taking a leading role . in 1962 paramount bought the rights and fine - tuned the premise for an elvis film while warner brothers changed the title of their original 1937 version to

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kid galahad trains for the climactic big fight during the middle of summer , independence day to labor day , yet when you see all the orange and yellow leaves on the trees and on the ground it is obvious that these scenes were filmed in autumn .

according to his new york times obituary of december 3 , 1975 , the playwright and screenwriter lawrence riley , famous for his broadway hit personal appearance ( basis of mae wests go west , young man ) , contributed to kid galahad s screenplay , although uncredited .

there can definitely be a similarity between some of these dramas – like kid galahad and bullets and ballots…which both end the same way , so i see what you mean . partly , i think i like this one because i really love the actors involved . 🙂

the ' kid galahad ' e . p only made number 30 in the us charts . in the uk , released one month after ' return to sender ' was # 1 , it got to # 23 and became elvis ' highest charting uk extended play .

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when a bellhop knocks out fighter chuck mcgraw , promoter nick donati realizes he ' s a potential champ . " kid galahad " justifies nick ' s confidence , but nick ' s mistress fluff falls for him ; in turn , the kid falls for nick ' s young sister . now overprotective brother nick turns against his new fighter , leading to a near - disastrous title fight and a murderous confrontation .

fight promoter nick donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ , but has second thoughts when the ' kid ' falls for his sister .

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kid galahad is just an okay boxing movie when you consider the talent involved . edward g . robinson seems to be just kind of . . . there and humphrey bogart merely turns in a canned murderer ' s row performance . bette davis plays a forgettable role but considering she ' s never looked better , i didn ' t mind . kid galahad definitely doesn ' t fall into the essential viewing category but if you ' re on an edward g or bogie kick that just won ' t die , its not a bad way to chase the dragon . . .

in kid galahad , a boxing film made about a decade before hollywood learnt how to do them properly - exploring the fighter ' s psyche in classics like body and soul , the set - up , and champion - she injects middling , even hokey material with both a wit and an enrapturing sincerity , as a conflicted , selfless moll knocked out by the hand of fate .

for me , the best film ever made about corruption in boxing is humphrey bogart ' s last film " the harder they fall . " it ' s the true story . . .

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as their source , but the film ' s real debt is to the american movie western and the classics illustrated series . the film ' s significance lies in its being the first mgm film in cinemascope , not in any new light it sheds on the legend of arthur and the knights of the round table .

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( plot spoiler ) the end of the film involves a shootout and bette davis gets the last scene , as she sadly walks away down the street…on to better things , one presumes , like an academy award for jezebel the following year . it would take a few more years for humphrey bogart to move on to better things . but kid galahad makes a nice send - off for bette davis . you just know you will be seeing her again .

, this film has had few neutral critics , most of whom responded negatively to it . the charges leveled against the film are generally that the lead roles were miscast , that the direction was ponderous , and that , at nearly three hours , the film was too long . the film did , nonetheless , win academy awards for art and set direction , costume , and best musical scoring . it was also nominated for best cinematography and sound .

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in the reviews , davis got singled out occasionally , but usually found herself congratulated en masse with robinson , morris and the others . the new york times nailed down kid galahad aptly enough with the words : " a good little picture - lively , suspenseful and positively echoing with the bone - bruising thud of right hooks to the jaw . "

in its retelling of scenes selected from the thirteenth century french prose vulgate cycle , this film presents the stories of arthur and guinevere , of morgan and her jealousy , of merlin and his enchantment by vivien , and of the fisher king bron , his daughter , and her son , galahad .

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is also notable as the film debut of edward asner and for its location filming in idyllwild , california , a popular resort ninety miles east of los angeles , which is an effective stand - in for the catskill town in the film .

i guess i would be drawn and quartered if i passed kid galahad without telling you that its leading lady was bette davis . in any case , i may , of course , be drawn and quartered for what i ' m about to say of her . let me assure you , early on , that it is not what i had to say about miriam hopkins .

kid galahad feels like an ensemble film rather than a showcase for any particular actor . however , bette davis does use the opportunity to make an impression . as donati’s knowing girlfriend , who is grateful for his kindness towards her and keeps him out of trouble , she gets to play a person who definitely has an air of experience , but is still young and fresh enough not to feel jaded . though her large and expressive eyes belie the happiness she professes to feel at the beginning of the story .

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two racketeers stop at nothing in winning fights ; nick donati takes up a bellboy when he knocks out boxing champion chuck mcgraw in a tussle at the hotel and sends him off to be trained , calling him " kid galahad " . he falls in love with nick ' s sister marie , and also has fluff , nick ' s girl making a play for him . in revenge nick arranges a fight with mcgraw before nick is really ready and he and gangster morgan , who manages mcgraw , make a betting deal together on the basis that " kid " will lose the fight . however , in spite of a punishing boxing match , the " kid " wins and morgan confronts nick over being double - crossed . the two shoot it out and both end up being shot and killed .

, a hybrid gangster - boxing film in 1937 . although far from the types of vehicles that would make her the studio ' s top box office star in a few years , it served both her and the studio well . warner ' s got her name on the marquee to draw her growing legions of female fans to an otherwise male - oriented film , while she got the chance to appeal to a more masculine audience than usual . the result was a hit for her that would remain a classic boxing flick for decades .

edward g . robinson and humphrey bogart actually appeared in five movies together , always ending with one or the other killing each other… . or sometimes both at the same time . in fact , many actors in kid galahad appeared in many different roles with each other throughout their careers at warner bros . bette davis appeared in at least four movies with jane bryan , once as her mother ( the old maid ) , twice as her sister ( marked woman , the sisters ) , and once as romantic rival ( in kid galahad ) . jane bryan also once played edward g . robinson’s daughter , as well as his sister . not to mention the four movies bette davis and humphrey bogart appeared in ( though never after humphrey bogart hit the big time ) . the studios could be very flexible about these things .

my new picture was kid galahad . it was a story about prizefighters and a good one . mr . curtiz was again my director and i will never forget wayne ` s knocking out a fighter in a take . " fake fight ! retake ! fake fight - awful ! " curtiz screamed - but it was difficult to redo because wayne ' s opponent was unconscious . he had knocked him out cold .

blanch , robert j . , and julian n . wasserman . " gawain on film . " in kevin j . harty , ed .

romero ' s film is nonetheless undervalued . it represents one of the better attempts to link the story of arthur with the american dream .

made for german television , this film of the story of parsifal is unusual in its use of wolfram rather than wagner as a source .

rod steiger and humphrey bogart talking in front of boxing ring in a scene from the film ' the harder they fall ' , 1956 .

with a killer cast of classic hollywood legends including : edward g . robinson , bette davis , and humphrey bogart , what would have been an overplayed introspective of boxing ' s criminal underbelly was elevated by the masterful direction of michael curtiz . robinson brought his definitive charisma as the hard headed boxing promoter , while davis used her vintage allure to supply nuance as his caring yet sardonic girlfriend . since this was one of bogie ' s earlier works , his role as the villainous gangster was nothing more than effective . " kid galahad " himself , played by wayne morris , was surprisingly wonderful to watch as the handsome , clean cut , farmer turned boxer , akin to the country boy charm of clark kent . kid galahad is certainly an underrated classic , and a must watch for those interested in the early works of davis and bogart before their ascension into hollywood royalty .

: galahad was what they call a knight of the round table , howie . he was also something of a square . i can ' t state this as a positive fact , but he probably died very young .

the interview cause snickers among those in the know , because it was obvious that davis had developed a genuine temperature over handsome , muscular 23 year old wayne morris , who became a star after the release of kid galahad . morris was perfect for the role , for he was a clean , decent kid off - screen who later became a wwii hero as a navy aviator , earning four distinguished flying crosses and two air medals . discharged as a lieutenant commander , he went back to films but never recovered his initial flush of fame . in 1959 , when he was just 45 , he died of a heart attack while watching aerial manoeuvres from a carrier .

absolutelyy love this film ! it’s one of my go - to films when i can’t choose something to watch . and as you point out – this is a fun film to watch . a classic warner bros combination of gangsters , romance and great characterisations . thanks for a great piece !

mayberry ' s film - - despite the license it takes with plot - - may be truest to the humor found in the original novel .

for her next 1937 " post reconciliation " picture , davis found herself co - starring for the first time with edward g . robinson . they were hardly a mutual admiration society , and their relations during kid galahad were professionally correct but cool . in his autobiography , robinson indicated that he found davis callow , overly dependent on mannerisms , and insufficiently trained in technique and projection . davis in her autobiography made fun of robinson , calling him a kind of male prima donna who protested to the director , during his final death scene , that davis was doing too much weeping as she hovered over him . according to her , that was precisely the way the character would have behaved ; according to him , she was overacting all over the place .

it is worth noting just how much elvis achieved in 1961 . four films were completed ; wild in the country , blue hawaii , follow that dream and kid galahad . as well as the movie soundtrack material , elvis recorded the ' something for everybody ' lp along with 3 classic number one singles . in concert elvis performed the pearl harbour benefit concert in hawaii , plus the ellis auditorium , memphis charity show . it was an extraordinary year .

the arrangement of films here is alphabetical for both main and alternate titles . each main entry includes the film ' s title and date of release , the film ' s country of origin , the director , the production company , any alternate title ( s ) , and the cast . in the case of some silent films , surviving records do not always provide all of this information . i then briefly discuss each film and offer a short critical assessment , which admittedly at times betrays my own biases . finally , i provide an exhaustive a list of reviews and additional discussions of each film .

holly , linda tarte . " medievalism in film : the matter of arthur , a filmography . " in jürgen kühnel et al . , eds .

( 1859 ) , this film was critically well received because of its effective use of pageantry and the skill with which it told a love story .

levinson ' s film lacks the ironic tone of its original and changes the novel ' s ending . clearly , this film was meant as a star - vehicle for redford more than as a faithful adaptation of a literary source , and the arthurian dimensions of the novel are obscured in the process .

for the actor , but they went to columbia , instead , where the 1939 film made william holden a star . ultimately , the studio would fail to come up with suitable follow - ups for the young actor , who would fade into supporting roles . the film became a minor triumph for davis when , along with

even though bette davis got second billing in this film , it’s her performance that i will remember . you can see she’s a star in the making here .

- - - - - . " parzival 1980 - - auf der bühne , im fernsehem und im film . " in jürgen kühnel et al , eds .

lagrange filmed this visually striking if not always coherent retelling of the legend of tristan in iceland . the director characterized his film as a " visual opera . "

principal cast : edward g . robinson ( nick donati ) , bette davis ( louise " fluff " phillips ) , humphrey bogart ( turkey morgan ) , wayne morris ( kid galahad / ward guisenberry ) , jane bryan ( marie donati ) , joseph crehan ( editor brady ) , veda ann borg ( redhead at party ) , frank faylen ( barney ) , joyce compton ( drunken girl on phone ) , horace mcmahon ( reporter ) , mary doran ( operator ) , don defore ( reporter ) .

, boorman ' s film is a dark brooding meditation on the arthurian legend in which arthur becomes the grail king . the film has not , however , aged well . it seems now too much a product of its times , dominated by a heavy musical score that is designed to cue audience reactions to scenes sometimes before they occur .

humphrey bogart and rod steiger discuss plans for a phony buildup for a giant heavyweight boxing prospect in a scene from the film ' the harder they fall ' , 1956 .

this was certainly not the most original movie made by warner brothers , but it was an excellent showcase for the talents of edward g . robinson and cast . it ' s a perfect example of the type of film this company made so well in the 1930s - - a simple and predictable story combined with excellent dialog and acting and breezy direction . while this story will not change the world , it is well worth the watching . by the way , this story has been remade several times - - - such as the wagons roll at midnight ( with humphrey bogart taking on the edward g . robineson part and eddie albert playing a lion tamer instead of a boxer ) and kid galahad ( with elvis ) . none of these films are quite as satisfying as this film . so my advice is , if you only want to see one , watch this one .

but in 1937 wayne was at the top of the movie heap with galahad and had his pick of eager young ladies , on and off the studio lot . " bette really fell for him , " her friend jerry asher remembered . " she was living her unrequited love off as well as on screen ; it imparted a particular poignancy to her performance . jack warner always said bette played love scenes best when she was actually in love , and she was overwhelmed by wayne . " two things saved her , because he was obviously unaware of her feelings . first , she was 29 to his 23 , and wayne , as was well known , liked girls in their late teens or early 20s . second , she was technically still a married woman ( to first husband ham nelson ) , and fooling with other men ' s wives went against the young wayne ' s code . another factor was also a saving grace ; when shooting was over they went on to other films . " and then the fact that she didn ' t have one kiss , not one clinch with him throughout kid galahad gave her no memories of what she was potentially missing , " jerry asher laughed .

robinson is once again edged out at the end ; he ' s killed in a locker - room shoot - out with a nasty rival manager ( humphrey bogart ) . as in barbary coast , his removal clears the way for romance . with the sour , disapproving robinson character out of the way , the young lovers are freed . but robinson did not think of nick as one of his anti - romantic roles . in an interview with regina crewe for new york american on may 23 , 1937 robinson said : " it has softer moments , the romantic element is strongly stressed . there is an odd sort of romance between nick and fluff but it is warm and sincere , nevertheless . " it ' s true that he and fluff have a mature understanding , but their real passion is directed elsewhere - robinson ' s , toward protecting his sister ' s virginity , davis ' , toward the unattainable kid galahad .

no doubt about it : michael curtiz can direct a movie . as tyrannical as the man may have been to his cast and crew , he has the uncanny ability to tell stories in a purely visual way . kid galahad doesn ' t reinvent the wheel for sports movies or love triangles , but the film succeeds based on the wonderful cast and curtiz ' s assured direction . wayne morris is wooden but his weak performance is more than compensated by the presence of davis , bogart , and robinson putting in good work in their respective roles . davis is hot as hell , bogart is entertainingly devious in another villainous role , and robinson plays his always - likeable rogue whose diminutive size belies the passionate intensity within ( though he also gets…

yes , i think the cast really makes this film an entertaining one ! it’s just so fun to see these particular actors . 🙂 hope you get a chance to see it !

the treatment is sophisticated and production deluxe . also more than the usual amount of romance for a slugfest . this allows room for bette davis to moon over the clean kid from the farm , and for the fight manager’s convent - bred sister to also fall in love with him .

but essentially it’s the story of the kid’s manager ( edward g . robinson ) who maneuvers to match the bellhop - pugilist ( wayne morris ) in order to pay off the grudge he holds for a felonious fellow - manager ( humphrey bogart ) whose methods are always on the muscle side .

ward , rechristened " kid galahad " , wins a string of fights by knockout . he tells fluff that his goal is to earn enough to buy a farm . fluff falls for him , and is crushed when he confides to her that he is in love with marie . she hides her disappointment , and with her encouragement , he drives up to tell marie . it turns out that she is just as much in love with him . fluff leaves nick , confessing to him that she loves ward and cannot bear to be around the young man . she gets a job singing in a nightclub .

despite bogie , edward g and bette davis , the film is just ok . the usual boxing cliches . . . anyway it ' s gotta be better than the musical remake with elvis : p

i haven’t watched this film yet , but there is certainly danger of combustion if bette , ed g and bogie are together ! thanks for the review and for the kind comment . kisses ! le

burns , e . jane . " nostalgia isn ' t what it used to be : the middle ages in literature and film . " in george slusser and eric s . rabkin , eds .

forget the film , watch the titles from the submarinechannel . on submarinechannel , we love a good main title . that’s why we started this online collection in 1997 of the most stunning and original film title sequences . some are engaging and wildly entertaining , some are funny , exhilarating or simply deadly beautiful . some are oozing with visual treats , while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style .

arthur sees his kingdom dissolve in squabbles among his knights over the innocence or guilt of guinevere . this made - for - television film of the last two books of sir thomas malory ' s fifteenth century

calvin plays baseball for the reseda knights . the film ' s only bright spot is that it counters the largely misogynic arthurian tradition by having princess sarah disguised as the black knight help calvin save the day .

needs to be read against the politics of the 1950s . against such a backdrop , the film can be " seen as an allegory for the triumph of american values over a communist threat " ( 38 ) .

the world title bout at the end of this film includes a cameo appearance by well - known manager and referee george blake as the third man in the ring , and may have been filmed in the olympic auditorium .

check out the list of new film studies books and dvds acquired at temple libraries in march . some highlights : the paley reference collection is now home to harrison’s reports and film reviews . this 15 volume set reprints the film reviews and some editorials originally published by p . s . harrison in harrison’s reports , 1919 - 1962 , with some corrections . harrison’s reports was a weekly sent out to independent exhibitors . the reviews and editorials were directed toward independent theater owners to assist them with booking . articles in harrison’s take positions on a variety of the concerns of cinema distributors and exhibitors ranging from topics such as censorship to the advent of 3d . a large number of scripts now appear in the library catalog now that we’ve uploaded records for the scripts that are available in the full text online database american film scripts online . there are currently 823 scripts in the database , ranging from 1903 to 2006 .

when bette was rushed into another gangster picture , she quailed when she heard curtiz would direct it but there was nothing she could do . she was consoled by a tight , fast - moving script and by the cast - not by bogey again , but by robinson and her beloved jane bryan ( who played her kid sister in marked woman ) .

thank you ! yes , it a really fun film – so glad to know you really enjoys it , too ! warner bros . really knew how to make those kinds of movies , didn’t they ? and a great cast !

wealthy young martin cavendish wants to marry his mother ' s secretary rather than a snooty titled woman his mother has chosen for his bride . one night while reading a book about chivalry , cavendish is knocked unconscious by a burglar , and , in a dream , he finds himself in in camelot in the sixthcentury . thereafter , the film follows the general outline of the events in twain ' s novel with abundant contemporaneous touches added to the screenplay . douglas fairbanks was originally offered the title role in this film , but he turned it down . as with the other screen adaptations of twain ' s novel , this film eschews any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of comedy .

while everyone else is in a slightly superior gangster movie ; davis ' s film is timeless , an arresting , heart - wrenching tale of mutual reliance cast to the wind , crippling self - sacrifice and unrequited passion . the scene in…

baillie presents a modern day reinterpretation of the legend of parsifal set against the backdrop of the sierra nevadas . the director has commented that his film is a tribute to the hero , who never appears , and to wagner ' s opera .

- - this film relies on the predictable to advance its plot . ackland ' s arthur is a doddering fool , and moody returns to the screen as merlin a second time , having played the role with a more sinister twist in 1979 in

in this silly remake , conan the barbarian meets foster ' s comic strip characters . missing here are the hollywood touches that at least made the 1954 film visually interesting . in its more interesting scenes , hickox ' s film fades to panels from the original strip , but there is little else to recommend it , except perhaps joanna lumley ' s over - the - top portrayal of morgan in full - length black leather gown and chain - mail headdress . edward fox plays an aging arthur ( cf .

the celtic warrior arthur fights saxons , picts and jutes , as well as king mark of cornwall , to protect his people and the integrity of his homeland . never commercially released , this film is really just a cobbled together videotape version of three episodes of

but it is one thing to borrow , and another thing to know how to use what has been borrowed . weeks manages here to reduce great literature to silly cinema . not content to leave bad enough alone , weeks remade the film in 1983 under the title

in kid galahad , robinson ' s nick donati has a problem with his sister ( jane bryan ) . when a young fighter ( wayne morris ) whose career he ' s managing falls for his sister , robinson bitterly turns against his protégé . until the last moment , when he has a characteristic change of heart , he threatens to fix the big fight against his man . nick ' s reaction is extreme ; he ' s overly protective , having moved his mother and sister to the country in order to shield them from big city corruption . he thinks of women as being either virgins or whores , either pure ( and therefore unable to contend with the world ) or tough ( like his mistress fluff who can handle herself in a harsh , competitive man ' s world like the fight game ) .

already , in this second picture after her return ( warners had sued her for breach of contract ) , bette had begun to assert a formidable degree of power . irving rapper , who later became director of two of her most famous pictures , now , voyager and deception , recalls that kid galahad , on which he was dialogue director , offered his first chance to meet her . he says , " i asked the script girl , ' what ' s bette davis like ? ' and the girl rolled her eyes toward heaven . " oh , god , don ' t ask me ! ' she replied . " now rapper asked michael curtiz for his comment . " son of a bitch , don ' t ask me , " he also said . " you ' ll see her when she comes in . "

rob hobbs , an aging baseball player , returns at the invitation of pop fisher to play for the new york knights , but his past , which the film explores in terms of the arthurian legend , comes to haunt him . based on bernard malamud ' s novel ,

in fifth - century spain as the barbarians invade , parsifal seeks and eventually finds the holy grail , bringing peace to his troubled homeland . this little - known film version of the grail story blends elements from wagner ' s opera with elements from medieval legend and literature .

was getting to train with former world welterweight champion mushy callahan and his assistant al silvani , who was a trainer for floyd patterson and rocky graziano . a young undefeated welterweight boxer named orlando de la fuente was also cast in the film as elvis ' opponent , sugarboy romero .

griffith had hoped to make a film based on edwin austin abbey ' s famous series of grail frescos in the boston public library . the project was temporarily shelved in 1915 , but an attempt to revive it after the first world war also failed , and the project remained unrealized .

after assassinating king arthur , edmund of cornwall seizes the throne and kidnaps arthur ' s daughter katherine in the hopes of forcing her to marry him to legitimize his claim to the throne . the outlaw robert marshall intervenes , rescues katherine , and , with the aid of merlin , overthrows edmund and the saxons . katherine is crowned queen and takes robert as her consort . this unorthodox film version of the legend of arthur incorporates elements of the legend of robin hood into its plot , but the end result is still a flatly - directed and only moderately interesting adventure film .

john , a poor blacksmith , learns that the viking attacks on england are really the handiwork of sir palamides , a knight of the round table , and his ally , king mark , both intend to overthrow arthur and supplant christianity in england with paganism . john becomes a knight and saves the kingdom from palamides and mark , while also winning the hand of his lady love , the fair linet . when it was originally released , most critics dismissed this film as unintentionally funny . more recently , however , alan lupack has advanced an alternate reading of the film arguing convincingly that

using a highly exaggerated style of acting , interspersed with trick camera effects , a group of actors present the following scenes from wagner ' s opera : parsifal ascends the throne , ruins of a magic garden , exterior of klingson ' s castle , magic garden , interior of the temple , scene outside the temple , return of parsifal , and in the woods . with this film , edison had hoped to capitalize on the success of the 1903 stage production of the opera in new york , but the film ' s run had to be shortened when the owner of the copyright successfully sued edison for using the script without permission .

when he completes his military service walter gulick returns to his birthplace , cream valley , new york . he was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to return to where he was from . he hopes to be a mechanic but soon after his arrival finds himself working as a sparring partner at a boxing camp . having lost all of his money in a crap game , walter is happy to take any kind of work but a devastating right hook sends him down a different path . willy grogan thinks he has a winner in walter who , after helping a lady out , is dubbed kid galahad . willy is a likable man but gambles too much and may have been a witness to a mobster ' s conversation that would best be forgotten . as walter gains more success , and falls in love with willy ' s sister rose , willy grogan finds himself coming under pressure from mobsters to make walter takes a dive at his next big fight .

the film contains crime and boxing , gambling and gangsters , murder , romantic triangles , and nightclubs . the boxing sequences are also quite well done and exciting on their own and in the context of the plot . it has that 1930s warner bro . crime drama feel that is always entertaining . as is the cast .

california businessman pendragon is actually a medieval tyrant intent upon seizing excalibur from merlin ' s equally ageless disciple loong tao . pendragon hopes to use the sword to make time stand still and plunge the world into chaos on october 32nd . his plans are thwarted by christy lake , a reporter who is the reincarnation of merlin ' s daughter , the lady of the lake , and geologist john pope who is her eternal protector . this perfectly silly film , which understandably was dumped directly to american video in 1994 , owes a debt to a variety of film traditions , including the kung - fu action yarn and the western . less clear is its debt to anything recognizably arthurian .

temple university cinematheque presents pier paolo pasolini birthday tribute thursday , march 5 , 5 : 30 pm tuttleman learning center room 101 teorema 1968 , 98 min , color , italian with english subtitles a seductive stranger insinuates himself into the life of a bourgeois family in this mysterious allegoric tale adapted from pasolini’s own novel . starring terence stamp ( billy budd , the collector , the limey ) and silvana mangano ( winner 1968 venice film festival ) . with music by ennio morricone . preceded by a brief introduction to the life and work of the writer - director who would have been 87 years old this thursday . * * this film will be a dvd projected onto a big screen .

originally , studio head jack warner had considered casting newcomer sarah jane fulks in the female lead , but with davis now back at the studio and in a more pliable mood , he couldn ' t resist adding her star power to the film . ms . fulks would have to wait a few more years for stardom - - as jane wyman .

truer to the details of its source than either the 1921 or the 1931 films , this third screen version of twain ' s novel is , nonetheless , in many ways the least successful of the three . the novel has been turned into a musical vehicle - - not based for reasons of copyright on the 1927 rodgers and hart broadway musical - - for crosby , and the plot advances by a mix of song and silly dialogue . twain ' s novel was an example of comic genius ; this film is anything but an example of such genius . as with the other screen adaptations of twain ' s novel , this film also eschews any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of at times clumsy musical comedy .

as usual , davis was right . although her part was subordinate to the others , and the film concentrated on some unusually brutal boxing scenes , she gave her role such warmth and humor that she appeared to hold the story together . her conciliatory scenes with the temperamental robinson , her muted expressions of love for morris , gave the character more depth than it deserved .

hank martin , a radio repairman , is knocked unconscious by an armored figure while trying to fix a radio for a slightly crazed customer who believes he is listening in on discussions from arthur ' s round table . in a dream , martin finds himself in england in the year 528 , where he amazes arthur ' s court with his cigarette lighter , motorcycles , automobiles , machine guns , sawed - off shotguns , tanks , and airplanes . all these modern additions to life in camelot only serve to reinforce a plot designed to unite two lovers . like the other adaptations of twain ' s famous 1889 novel , this film takes some license with details from its source . rogers ' yankee is wry and unassuming ; loy ' s morgan is drawn from the long tradition of the cinematic vamp . in a wonderful would - be seduction scene , loy forces rogers to blush bright red - - an effect achieved in this black and white film by progressively tinting each frame for the scene a darker shade of pink . as with the other adaptations of twain ' s novel , the makers of this film eschew any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of comedy .

a group of children , whose leader , alex , is an arthurian enthusiast , are terrorized by three bullies . alex stumbles upon excalibur while running through the woods to escape the bullies and meets merlin . warned to use the power of excalibur only for good , alex summons its power to defeat a new boy in town , luke , with whom alex ' s girlfriend , jenny , has fallen in love . alex looses excalibur and merlin ' s counsel , but finds both restored when he single - handedly captures three armed bank robbers who hold his friends hostage . this film attempts to trade on the image of the return of arthur , but the acting is terrible ; the plot drags . even children , the intended audience here , are likely to find the film boring .

arthur , king of the britons , rules uneasily . as he journeys throughout his kingdom on his trusty steed patsy , he encounters peasants who yell marxist socio - economic theory at him , the black knight , whom he defeats ( eventually ) , and the knights who say " ni , " whom he placates with a shrubbery . meanwhile , arthur ' s knights are having their own difficulties . lancelot cannot seem to find anyone genuinely in need of rescue , and sir robin and sir galahad seem a bit reluctant to join arthur in the quest for the grail . perhaps the funniest movie set in medieval times ,