East Side, West Side (1949)A vain playboy puts strains his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite allows himself be be seduced by a former girlfriend. Director:Mervyn LeRoy |
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East Side, West Side (1949)A vain playboy puts strains his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite allows himself be be seduced by a former girlfriend. Director:Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | ||
| James Mason | ... | ||
| Van Heflin | ... | ||
| Ava Gardner | ... | ||
| Cyd Charisse | ... |
Rosa Senta
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| Nancy Davis | ... |
Helen Lee
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| Gale Sondergaard | ... |
Nora Kernan
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| William Conrad | ... |
Lt. Jacobi
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Raymond Greenleaf | ... |
Horace Elcott Howland
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Douglas Kennedy | ... |
Alec Dawning
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Beverly Michaels | ... |
Felice Backett
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| William Frawley | ... |
Bill the Bartender
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Lisa Golm | ... |
Josephine
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Tom Powers | ... |
Owen Lee
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Brandon and Jessie Bourne have been married to each other for many years. A few years ago, Brandon had an extra-martial affair with Isabel Lorrison. Now she has returned to New York intending to start over with the relationship once again. Meanwhile, Jessie is attracted to Mark Dwyer, just arrived from a secret mission in Italy. Written by Mattias Thuresson
I have always liked this movie and purchased it as part of the Barbara Stanwyck collection. Most of the reviews provided on East Side/West Side have hit the mark. Good melodrama and women knew how to wear clothes. One interesting point about this movie that has not been mentioned - the only scene between Barbara Stanwyck and Ava Gardner had pure tension. According to Robert Osborne (Turner Classic Movies Film Historian and biographies on Stanwyck and Gardner), Stanwyck was great friends with Nancy Sinatra, Frank's first wife. During the filming of this movie, Gardner was having an affair with Frank. Stanwyck did not like Gardner for trying and eventually breaking up their marriage. Also, Stanwyck knew that Gardner had an affair with her husband at the time, Robert Taylor during an earlier 1940s film. So the tension in that particular scene was real!