Ruby Gentry (1952)
Country: US
Technical: bw 82m
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden
Synopsis:
A boy and girl growing up on opposite sides of the tracks in North Carolina, share a bond of attraction but marry into money, each for their different reasons. When Ruby's husband dies, she takes her revenge on the town.
Review:
Richly atmospheric, and concise for a Vidor picture, this retread of elements from Duel in the Sun positively bristles with sexual energy, so the Europeans loved it. With its swamp settings and melodramatic plot it risks going off the rails more than once but remains one of those anomalies of the Hollywood system that just seemed to pass through unnoticed.
Country: US
Technical: bw 82m
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden
Synopsis:
A boy and girl growing up on opposite sides of the tracks in North Carolina, share a bond of attraction but marry into money, each for their different reasons. When Ruby's husband dies, she takes her revenge on the town.
Review:
Richly atmospheric, and concise for a Vidor picture, this retread of elements from Duel in the Sun positively bristles with sexual energy, so the Europeans loved it. With its swamp settings and melodramatic plot it risks going off the rails more than once but remains one of those anomalies of the Hollywood system that just seemed to pass through unnoticed.
Country: US
Technical: bw 82m
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden
Synopsis:
A boy and girl growing up on opposite sides of the tracks in North Carolina, share a bond of attraction but marry into money, each for their different reasons. When Ruby's husband dies, she takes her revenge on the town.
Review:
Richly atmospheric, and concise for a Vidor picture, this retread of elements from Duel in the Sun positively bristles with sexual energy, so the Europeans loved it. With its swamp settings and melodramatic plot it risks going off the rails more than once but remains one of those anomalies of the Hollywood system that just seemed to pass through unnoticed.