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John Steinbeck présente dans ce film d'anthologie un quintette de cinq des histoires les plus célèbres d'O. Henry de sa période new-yorkaise (1902-1910).John Steinbeck présente dans ce film d'anthologie un quintette de cinq des histoires les plus célèbres d'O. Henry de sa période new-yorkaise (1902-1910).John Steinbeck présente dans ce film d'anthologie un quintette de cinq des histoires les plus célèbres d'O. Henry de sa période new-yorkaise (1902-1910).
Joyce Mackenzie
- Hazel Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
- (scenes deleted)
- (as Joyce MacKenzie)
- Directors
- Henry Hathaway(segment The Clarion Call)
- Howard Hawks(segment The Ransom of Red Chief)
- Henry King(segment The Gift of the Magi)
- Writers
- Lamar Trotti(segment The Cop and the Anthem)
- Richard L. Breen(segment The Clarion Call)
- Ivan Goff(segment The Last Leaf)
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- AnecdotesJohn Steinbeck opens an O. Henry volume at the start of each segment, and the viewers are shown the first one or two paragraphs of the upcoming story's first page. However, only the introductions to "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi" show exactly what O. Henry wrote at the start of that tale. What is shown prior to the other three yarns is similar to, but not exactly, O. Henry's actual opening words.
- GaffesIn the first segment, as the man who had the umbrella runs off, a shadow of the camera can be seen on Horace's back.
- Citations
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"): It may interest to you to know, my good man, that I and the minutest coin of the realm are total strangers.
Waiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"): How's that?
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"): I said I was broke!
- Autres versionsThe "Ransom of Red Chief" segment was deleted after the film's initial engagements, then restored in the television prints.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Marilyn (1963)
- Bandes originalesBringing in the Sheaves
(1880) (uncredited)
Music by George A. Minor
Lyrics by Knowles Shaw
Played and sung by The Bowery Mission Band
Commentaire en vedette
"Full House" A Fulfilling Deck of A Film ***1/2
Terrific 1952 film highlighting the famous writer's work. It certainly must have been a pleasure to be a contract player for 20th Century Fox at that time so that you could have a part in such a great film.
The most poignant of the 5 vignettes shown was where Anne Baxter, a rejected woman, is succumbing to pneumonia and equates her situation to falling leaves. With her sister, Jean Peters at her side, she continues to fail as the leaves fall off. Gregory Ratoff is marvelous as the upstairs neighbor, Mr. Berman, whose paintings aren't appreciated as he paints out of the ordinary sequences. His final effort, a life-saver for Baxter, is memorable and so touching.
2 segments provided comic relief. Charles Laughton is sensational as the hobo trying to get arrested so as to avoid the cold wintry weather on the streets. While in church he promises to mend his ways and look for work only to finally be arrested for vagrancy and sentenced to 90 days. Laughton, as versatile as ever, is aided by David Wayne. The second comedy is where Fred Allen and Oscar Levant kidnap a young boy only to get more than they bargained for in "Ransom of Red Chief." Both men are hilarious as they fall victim to the young menacing brat.
The always excellent Richard Widmark almost reprises his role in 1947's "Kiss of Death." He again displays that sinister laugh and face in a segment with Dale Robertson, both men matching wits as friends. Robertson grew up as a cop and you can guess what Widmark has become.
The film ends with the final segment of the meaning of the Christmas holiday with Jean Crain and Farley Granger.
The film is so good because each story essentially deals with sacrifice in its own way. This is truly a classic to be remembered through the ages.
The most poignant of the 5 vignettes shown was where Anne Baxter, a rejected woman, is succumbing to pneumonia and equates her situation to falling leaves. With her sister, Jean Peters at her side, she continues to fail as the leaves fall off. Gregory Ratoff is marvelous as the upstairs neighbor, Mr. Berman, whose paintings aren't appreciated as he paints out of the ordinary sequences. His final effort, a life-saver for Baxter, is memorable and so touching.
2 segments provided comic relief. Charles Laughton is sensational as the hobo trying to get arrested so as to avoid the cold wintry weather on the streets. While in church he promises to mend his ways and look for work only to finally be arrested for vagrancy and sentenced to 90 days. Laughton, as versatile as ever, is aided by David Wayne. The second comedy is where Fred Allen and Oscar Levant kidnap a young boy only to get more than they bargained for in "Ransom of Red Chief." Both men are hilarious as they fall victim to the young menacing brat.
The always excellent Richard Widmark almost reprises his role in 1947's "Kiss of Death." He again displays that sinister laugh and face in a segment with Dale Robertson, both men matching wits as friends. Robertson grew up as a cop and you can guess what Widmark has become.
The film ends with the final segment of the meaning of the Christmas holiday with Jean Crain and Farley Granger.
The film is so good because each story essentially deals with sacrifice in its own way. This is truly a classic to be remembered through the ages.
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- edwagreen
- 24 oct. 2009
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By what name was O. Henry's Full House (1952) officially released in India in English?
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