CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Robert Cummings & Ronald Reagan in KINGS ROW - STEVE HAYES
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CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Warner Brothers' "Gone With The Wind," KINGS ROW (1942) was the novel that could never be filmed becomes the great melodrama of the 1940s. Like Grand Opera without the singing, its sweeping grandeur and first rate performances by Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field and a cast of veteran character actors haunts you long after the final credits.
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I read somewhere that Jane Wyman could not handle watching “Kings Row“ one more time. Reagan replayed it constantly. There goes the marriage!
Well, I tend to think there was more than that. She was bored. nancy didn't bore him. Not by a long shot.
Lydia Joy The same thing Lily Damita said about Errol Flynn and her after Captain Blood.
When I first watched "King's Row" I had the same reaction to Reagan's performance that John Ford famously had to John Wayne's performance in "A Quiet Man" which was "I didn't know the big guy could act!"
Ronald Reagan was never better. He once told Bette Davis, "If I'd been as good an actor as you, I wouldn't be President!"
Excellent,excellent. Ann Sheridan is so beautiful,I will watch anything Claude Rains is in.
This one has long been a personal favorite of mine. Simply terrific!
I read an article about Stephen King and he said he read "Peyton Place" and "King's Row" in the same year. I read both, maybe in the same year too. When I started reading "King's Row" it was exactly 100 years to the day from the day the story begins. "KR" was to be the first of a trilogy psychoanalyzing a small town. The author died and his wife Katherine took the existing material and made it into the sequel "Parris Mitchell of King's Row".
I read the novel, Couldn't get through the sequel. Read "Peyton Place" too. Loved 'em both!
I agree 100% with your analysis. (pun intended). Whenever I find myself over romanticizing about this period of American history (my favorite) I force myself to watch this movie and snap me back into reality. I MUST get this book.
Do you remember Reagan in Santa Fe Trail? He tells Errol Flynn that the Indians outnumber them 10 to one; Flynn says, “If it makes you nervous, don’t count them.” I’ve always thought that anxious nervousness carried on into his presidency, and I wished he would stop counting!
I love Santa Fe Trail. I'm thinking of doing it for TOQ.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I hope so! And maybe His Kind of Woman and Fury -- favorites of mine.
Watched it last night, thanks to you!
Hooray! Mission accomplished. I hope you enjoyed it!
Honor lives in this world still - Steve gives credit where credit's due to Reagan.
Don't get me wrong. He was a monster. He was a decent in this role. Period.
Just saw this movie for the first time and what a movie! I simply loved it and it's now an instant favorite of mine! Just saw your review and now I want to see it again to listen to the music score. I love John Williams and to think that he may have been influenced by Korngold for his Star Wars score is great! Thanks for your review, you're great too!
He absolutely was ! I love Korngold's score for this and for a film he did later at Warners called "Between Two Worlds'. Haunting!
supposedly when someone remarked that Korngold sounded like Hollywood Andre Previn replied that Hollywood sounded like Korngold. Snap!
Steve, you and your sense of humor rock! You have impeccable taste in cinema and review of. Finally, thanks to you, I have found others that sense that John Williams did not pluck "Star Wars theme" from the atmosphere. Along with Korngold, he had to be heavily influenced by Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber, Movement IV (March)...find it on TH-cam and you will agree heartily. Carry on!
Interesting. I love this film! You should watch it during quarantine! IT's the perfect time to catch up on classic movies! Thanks for watching and please push the "LIKE" button. .
also lots of Wagner, Mahler and Richard Strauss.
@BrizyComics Thanks so much for your terrific comments! Your enthusiasm is making me go back and see what I said. This movie is REALLY worth your time!
Thanks so much! We are having such fun.
...you know, ALL the cydes.
Due for a remake with all the stuff that couldn't be filmed in 1942. I've read the book and it was surprisingly modern.
I know! I think it would make for a terrific Netflicks series.
I liked KINGS ROW, but it is a very intense movie, and should be watched from the beginning.
Yes, it's high, sweeping, melodrama at it's best. I describe it as Grand Opera without the singing, but with that pounding, glorious Korngold score. Sam Wood was the right director, he keeps it ever moving forward, regardless of what shocking thing has occured, you're swept along with the flood., before you can dwell on it too much and lose the story's momentum. I love thim film. Steve
I read somewhere that Tyrone Power was to play the lead- which went to Robert Cummings. I think Cummings did a fine job and the balance of the ensemble work would have been set askew if Power had done it. A superb movie and Korngold's great score - the title piece went on to be used for the tv show, "Twentieth Century" - Claude Rains and Charles Coburn- both stupendous! thanks for the recommendation.
Yes,Warner Brothers tried to borrow him from 20th Century - Fox but the studio head there Darryl Zanuck refused to loan him much to Power's dissapointment
I think Ty would have been wonderful.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Yes,he was also a much better actor than he was given credit for.Check him out in
the original"Nightmare Alley" from'47.Oscar worthy
@@metrogoldwyn Yes, Ty had to fight for the really intriguing roles that he desired and deserved. I've always felt he was vastly underrated. Thanks for watching! Best Wishes; Steve
The movie is great, but the book is even BETTER!! G
It's refreshing -- in an age of cancel culture -- for you to look past personal feelings to recognize Reagan's performance. To his credit, I think Reagan had a reasonable perspective on his own talent, and respected the craft enough to represent his fellow actors as SAG president. I didn't like the way his political critics dismissed everything he did as an actor that wasn't Bonzo. I appreciate your entertaining presentations here and wonder, have you thought to collaborating with Matt Baume on anything? He seems more TV-focused, but it could be fun.
No, I haven't . But I agree that Reagan had a nice run at Warners and like his work in "Dark Victory", "The Hasty Heart" and 'The Voice Of The Turtle" to name a few. He was also a handsome rascal as a young man. Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
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Probably because they couldn't smoke. Speaking as a coffee freak myself, I couldn't have felt more at home. Wasn't Ann Sheridan wonderfuL/ Reagan is sooo sexy in that movie and I hate him, but what can I say...? Add to that the fantastic Korngold score and it's amazing! Thanks for the comment!
I wish you were here, I'd let you!
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I adore Ann Sheridan, and I too HATE Ronald Reagan...and I'll throw Nancy in there for good measure!
I love your reviews
I'm not exactly Reagan's biggest fan, but I loved Peyton Place (book and Lana Turner movie), and I thought Ann Sheridan was great in The Man Who Came To Dinner, so now I'm intrigued!
I'm far from a Reagan fan, however, as the town "bad boy", he's charming and sincere in this. It's a perfect role for him, and Ann Sheridan steals the picture. She will break your heart. It's a sweeping melodrama, but ride and roll with it, I think you'll be surprised. Steve
Steve, I know exactly what you mean about Ronald Reagan in this film. I watch it and I can almost (but not quite) forget what a jerk he was.
Just watched it and I can;t believe I waited a whole hour before making popcorn. This was wonderful and I should have been prepared with my buttered bowl! I don't get the HOMO part. Is that when they both embraced??? That was hot! The wife just walked out of the bedroom, bolted the door and started praying! ( I wonder what for? ) Very strange. Anyway I really loved this movie. I look forward to your next review. Thanks Steve! P.S. Is Johnny married?
He ain't until he is. Inext time, better "butter yer bowel" before. LOL! I love this film! You should watch it during quarantine! IT's the perfect time to catch up on classic movies! Thanks for watching and please push the "LIKE" button.
I liked Reagan's last movie role as well - the gangster in the remake of The Killers.
Charles Coburn, the lovable rogue of Lady Eve etc.. in one of the most harrowing, evil
and revolting characterizations in classic cinema who uses his kindly respectable demeanor to hide pure evil.
Yes. Similar to "In This Our Life."
who is that cute young guy at the beginning of these sketches?
My good buddy and actor extraordinaire, John "Johnny"Bixler!
Wow, Steve big enough to give credit despite his political hatred - so unlike woke.
OMG I just want to hug him!
Well...come on! It's been ten years!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ It has not! ten years?Now I have to go and rewatch all your videos.
@@jenkins676 Yup! and you should view 'em all and then do the same with the films! ! Hope you are well and safe and I love this film! Thanks so much!! So delghted you watch! Do you subscribe? If not, PLEASE do!
No clips?
Too early in the series. I may do this one again, I love it so.
omg, did he go to Yale?
No, I taught comedy technique at Cabaret seminars there for two summers.
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No. I taught comedy seminars at YALE for two summers. I graduated from Oneonta, which is a NY State University .
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Wow thanks for the response! Still love TOQ and you
What did Reagan do to deserve your hatred?
He lived.