I wouldnt call magnificent obsession douglas sirks best movie but its still good. Amazon photos unlimited photo storage free with prime. With irene dunne, robert taylor, charles butterworth, betty furness. Old movie posters classic movie posters cinema posters movie poster art classic films movie titles vintage movies old movies great movies. Magnificent obsession pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released magnificent obsession pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. Black widow 1954 full movie shared free by fox fetterworth. It was one of four of his books that were eventually made into blockbuster motion pictures, the other three being the robe, white banners and the big fisherman. Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the greek legend of alcestis. The life of spoiled rich robert merrick is saved through the use of a hospitals only resuscitator, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death of dr. Hudson, a selfless, brilliant surgeon and generous philanthropist. Watch and enjoy the creative process unfold before your eyes in this fascinating story of the rocktronix and their magnificent obsession.
Goodbye charlie 1964 tony curtis, debbie reynolds, pat. Phillips has a heart attack and needs the same machine. Agreeing on a movie in my house is never an easy thing. Mason, victor heerman, and george oneil, directed by john m. Magnificent obsession 1954 drama, romance hd youtube. Mr celebrity doris day 1940s classic movie film full length old black1 old movie by old movies. Joseph, missouri she was also known later as sarah jane fulks. Magnificent obsession was a boxoffice success that spawned a 1954 remake directed by douglas sirk and starring rock hudson and jane wyman. Like any other sirk movie, its pungent with melodrama and youll often ask yourself if people really talk like.
Jane wyman was born sarah jane mayfield on january 5, 1917, in st. Magnificent obsession 1936 movie clip what loneliness. Due to his philanthropy and his wife helens accident, she jane wyman has very little money. Magnificent obsession poster in 2020 old movie posters. With jane wyman, rock hudson, agnes moorehead, otto kruger. Free western movies john wayne rio lobo 1970 john wayne western cowboy action movies by desmond gunther. When churlish, spoiled rich man bob merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment thats therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, dr.
As bob informs helen that now they truly will be together forever, eds words about a magnificent obsession resound in his mind. Magnificent obsession 1954 jane wyman rock hudson all. Magnificent obsession has been added to your cart add to cart. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. The screenplay was written by robert blees and wells root, after the 1929 book magnificent obsession by lloyd c.
I love this old movie so it was perfect for me even thought it is vhs. When magnificent obsession was released in 1954, the director had already been working in hollywood for a decade, figuring out how to take the studios preference for kitsch, craziness and trashiness, as sirk once described this films material, and turn it into something nearer to art. Magnificent obsession is a 1954 melodrama directed by douglas sirk and written by robert rees and wells root. Fortunately for fans like me, we can relive the joy all over again by watching the magnificent ambersons, in which a slightly altered of the same house was used.
I love this old movie so it was perfect for me even thought it is. Rock hudson plays bob merrick, a reckless playboy who is indirectly responsible for the death of a kindly and muchbeloved doctor. After graduating high school she attempted, with the help of her mother, to break into films, but to no. Magnificent obsession film analysis senses of cinema. Magnificent obsession 1954 drama, romance hd by carl eyle. A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process. Magnificent obsession 2002 reckless playboy robert merrick rock hudson is in a boat accident, and his condition requires a resuscitator to save his life. But, in retrospect, it was the decisive turning point in his late career boom, in which he. Stahls 1935 adaptation of the same novel, newly restored. Interviews from 2008 with filmmakers allison anders and kathryn bigelow, in which they pay tribute to director. With jane wyman, rock hudson, agnes moorehead, conrad nagel.
Reckless playboy robert merrick rock hudson is in a boat accident, and his condition requires a resuscitator to save his life. D ouglas sirks magnificent obsession wasnt the german expatriates first film made in hollywood, his first collaboration with frothy producer ross hunter, or his first dabbling in the genre of melodrama. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with helen falling in. Lloyd cassel douglas, 18771951, was a minister before he was an author. It isnt even, by the measure of your average sirk enthusiast, his first masterpiece. How appropriate then that this books main subject centers around his old boss, the galilean from nazareth. Jane wyman, rock hudson, agnes moorehead when churlish, spoiled rich man bob merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with e. Magnificent obsession dvd, 2009, criterion collection.
Some sources suggest john woos the killer 1989 is a further remake of magnificent obsession. Douglas sirk remembers 1991, a documentary by eckhart schmidt. Goodbye charlie 1964 tony curtis, debbie reynolds, pat boone full length comedy fantasy movie. Stahl, and stars irene dunne, robert taylor, charles butterworth, and betty furness. Helen irene dunne has met lifelong pal joyce betty furness at the dock in new york, explaining how shes now married to her father, much joy until arriving at the hospital, early in the first movie version of magnificent obsession, 1936, costar robert taylor just introduced. Youre never too young 1955 jerry lewis dean martin full length comedy movie. Zuma while it is not the greatest film, the cameralighting work here is the reason there are awards for cinematography. Magnificent obsession free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. The two versions of magnificent obsession are available together in a dvd package released by criterion. Interview from 2009 with screenwriter robert blees. Magnificent obsession is a 1954 technicolor drama romantic film directed by douglas sirk starring jane wyman and rock hudson. The story of a womans need for a man that will become one of the great emotional thrills of your li. Magnificent obsession is a 1935 drama film based on the novel of the same name by lloyd c.
Magnificent obsession 1954 full movie english youtube. Douglas sirks magnificent obsession slant magazine. Magnificent obsession 1954 drama, romance hd duration. Delve into the creative minds of this project with indepth interviews, unedited rehearsal footage, live performances and a full length music video. Douglas spiritual novel magnificent obsession is in its own way as successful as the first filmed in 1935 in glossing over the plot holes and logic gaps in the original novel. Watch magnificent obsession online stream full movie.