tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post7973017803871686924..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: The Book You Have to Read: “Build My Gallows High,” by Geoffrey HomesJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-68477139734799858972022-10-05T19:00:29.518-07:002022-10-05T19:00:29.518-07:00you touch on this in your review, but we need to h...you touch on this in your review, but we need to hire a Red Bailey sort to figure out who exactly wrote the film...between the release of the film in 1946 and the start of filming in October of that very same year they must have had a whole assortment of fellows helping out considering very very little of the film dialogue comes from the original novel. I was stunned to see that, considering it was released just one year after the novel. Consider for instance, that the Maltese Falcon released 10 years after its novel has essentially no original dialogue.<br /><br />and I dont want to suggest that the film suffered for this very swift and nearly complete reworking. On the other hand, considering the 'committee' who apparently had hands in it, you would expect a somewhat disparate and disjointed script and yet its all held tightly in seemingly the same vicegrip that fate/whit have Jeff...ollinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-78500177932068870332014-07-02T16:37:59.487-07:002014-07-02T16:37:59.487-07:00The director, Jacques Tourneur, told Jane Greer to...The director, Jacques Tourneur, told Jane Greer to play the first half as a good girl, and the second half as the bad girl. It's exactly that dressed-in-white goodness that's so perverted it's attractive.Thomas Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836968448269161562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-38321705558318270022014-07-02T09:32:31.362-07:002014-07-02T09:32:31.362-07:00Mike, thanks for your comment. Jane Greer got thi...Mike, thanks for your comment. Jane Greer got this direction from Jacques Tourneur (http://bit.ly/1qyhnHi):<br /><br />"First half of the movie, good girl. Second half, bad girl."<br /><br />Part of what is so irresistible about Kathie is her innocence. That's what hooks markham.Thomas Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836968448269161562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-63494674242368982582014-07-01T08:56:12.031-07:002014-07-01T08:56:12.031-07:00When people ask me for a definition of femme fatal...When people ask me for a definition of femme fatale, I cue up the scene where Markham is sitting in a bar in Guadalajara and Kathie walks in. Out of complete shadow emerges an angel dressed all in white. I'm getting goosebumps just imagining it!Mike Foxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-38232455365190786132010-03-05T18:08:32.800-08:002010-03-05T18:08:32.800-08:00Everyone,
Glad you enjoyed the piece. Through Je...Everyone,<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed the piece. Through Jeff's good graces there'll be another soon about Cornell Woolrich and THE BLACK PATH OF FEAR.<br /><br />ThomasThomas Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836968448269161562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-55245218862574251242010-03-05T14:34:59.542-08:002010-03-05T14:34:59.542-08:00Great post. Thanks for the A/B comparison of the ...Great post. Thanks for the A/B comparison of the book and film. They are both favorites of mine and together represent a rarity where both the written form and its transfer to film are classics. <br /><br />The scenes with Douglas and Mitchum and Greer --- doesn't get any better than that!Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-35643933586667885862010-03-05T13:50:05.795-08:002010-03-05T13:50:05.795-08:00The film was actually called "Build My Gallow...The film was actually called "Build My Gallows High" for its British release and is still shown on TV over here under that title. I hadn't realized it was a book, too, and will have to check it out. Also agree with Declan about the film, a true masterpiece.Kevin Wignallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387105790403552165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-78457362833036855842010-03-05T13:37:24.286-08:002010-03-05T13:37:24.286-08:00Excellent post, Jeff, with good analysis. OUT OF T...Excellent post, Jeff, with good analysis. OUT OF THE PAST is truly one of the all-time great films, and Jane Greer is one of the top femmes fatales in cinema history.<br /><br />I'd heard about the novel, but never read it. Now, I'll have to check it out.Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-92068600563248506842010-03-05T12:31:28.232-08:002010-03-05T12:31:28.232-08:00One of the great crime novels, and arguably the gr...One of the great crime novels, and arguably <i>the</i> greatest noir movie. A very nice piece, sir ...<br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-86257037182722208392010-03-05T12:00:37.422-08:002010-03-05T12:00:37.422-08:00I have heard alot about the book, and have not eve...I have heard alot about the book, and have not even seen the movie. But I guess I will get a copy of the book this weekend when I go to Foyles.<br /><br />Nice review btw :)Helen Neelyhttp://valashiya.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-4112944182131306322010-03-05T10:19:18.287-08:002010-03-05T10:19:18.287-08:00I saw the film so many years ago I don't remem...I saw the film so many years ago I don't remember, but I had no idea it was based on this - or any - book. Thanks or a great review.D.K. Soameshttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com