ГИ Джейн (фильм 1951 года)
| ГИ Джейн | |
|---|---|
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| Режиссер | Реджинальд Ле Борг |
| Написано | Генри Бланкфорт (как Ян Джеффрис) Мюррей Лернер (история) |
| Производится | Мюррей Лернер |
| Starring | Джин Портер Том Нил Iris Adrian Jimmie Dodd Bobby Watson |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Walter Greene |
Production company | Murray Productions |
| Distributed by | Lippert Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gi Jane - американский музыкальный комедийный фильм 1951 года, режиссер Реджинальд Ле Борг и выпущенный Lippert Pictures . [ 1 ]
Сюжет
[ редактировать ]Телевизионный продюсер Тим Роулингс устраивает музыкальное шоу с Корпусом женской армии (WACS), когда он призван в армию. Сержант Ролингс пугает с разгневанным лейтенантом, который переводит его на Аляску, где командир реквизировал взвод WACS. Ролингс плотно дергает приказы о путешествиях, поэтому лейтенант отправляется на Аляску, и WACS отправляются на его собственный пост в американской пустыне. Необогательная лейтенант WAC запрещает ее WAC для братства с солдатами-мужчинами, поэтому цветущие романсы среди войск должны быть в тайне. [ 2 ]
Прием
[ редактировать ]Разнообразие приветствовало Ги Джейн за то, что это было: «Это приятный, неприхотливый музыкальный программист, который будет хорошо вписаться в бронирование с более низким частотом во вторичных ситуациях ... восемь мелодий обнаруживаются и лучше, чем ожидалось в таком бюджетном предложении . " [ 3 ] Los Angeles Times сказал, что «предлагает несколько приятных цифр». [ 4 ] Boxoffice reported that the film was topical and "well qualified to deliver a diverting hour of entertainment... the picture's musical moments are exceptionally praiseworthy as they are filled by nothing but catchy new songs written expressly for the film."[5]
Cast
[edit]- Jean Porter as Jan Smith
- Tom Neal as Tim Rawlings
- Iris Adrian as Lt. Adrian
- Jimmie Dodd as Pvt. Tennessee Jones
- Jeanne Mahoney as Hilda Beck
- Jimmy Lloyd as Lt. Bradford
- Mara Lynn as Pilsnick
- Bobby Watson as Colonel
- Michael Whalen as Major
- James Parnell as Sergeant
- Phil Arnold as Mousey
Background
[edit]Producer Robert L. Lippert was a former exhibitor who felt there was a national market for low-priced feature films that other exhibitors could afford to show. Beginning in 1945 he began making his own movies, and by the late 1940s he was firmly established as an independent producer. Other studios had cut back on their low-budget productions, leaving dozens of actors underemployed. Lippert took advantage of their availability by signing up "name" talent for flat fees, giving his films more marquee value. Most of the G. I. Jane cast members were veterans of other companies.[6] The production looks “cheap and hurried in every respect.”[7]
G. I. Jane serves largely as a venue for a number of songs provided by seven writers; among these were Jimmie Dodd, who later appeared on TV’s The Mickey Mouse Club.[8]
Screenwriter Henry Blankfort was then blacklisted from working in pictures during the McCarthy-era anti-Communist hearings. Blankfort wrote G. I. Jane under a pseudonym, Jan Jeffries.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 149: Directorial Credits
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 31-32: Plot sketch
- ^ Variety, Aug. 8, 1951, p. 18.
- ^ 'Little Egypt' Shows How Cooch Dance Won at Fair Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times, Sept. 13, 1951: A10.
- ^ Boxoffice, Aug. 18, 1951, p. 1287.
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 32: “The production facilities used by Lippert were even more desperate than those used at Monogram” another Poverty row studio.
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 32
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 31-32: The film “serves as an excuse for a series of songs…”
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 146: See Technical Credits.
References
[edit]- Dixon, Wheeler Winston. 1992. The Films of Reginald LeBorg: Interviews, Essays, and Filmography. Filmmakers No. 31 The Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey. ISBN 0-8108-2550-3