Victor Fleming (1889–1949)
Autor(a) de The Wizard of Oz [1939 film]
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Obras por Victor Fleming
Classic Double Feature: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931 film & 1941 film] (2004) — Director — 14 exemplares
Gone with the Wind / Casablanca / Doctor Zhivago (Triple Feature Video) — Director — 3 exemplares
When the Clouds Roll By [1919 film] 2 exemplares
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer [A Five-Disc DVD Collection of Eleven Modern Films] (2009) — Director — 2 exemplares
Essential Classics: Family Films: The Wizard of Oz, The Goonies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — Director — 2 exemplares
Reckless [1935 film) — Director — 2 exemplares
The Way of All Flesh [1927 film] — Director — 1 exemplar
Hula [and] My Lady of Whims (Double Feature Video) — Director — 1 exemplar
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks [1931 documentary] — Director — 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Fleming, Victor
- Nome legal
- Fleming, Victor Lonzo
- Data de nascimento
- 1889-02-23
- Data de falecimento
- 1949-01-06
- Localização do túmulo
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Cottonwood, Arizona, USA
- Locais de residência
- Bel Air, California, USA
- Ocupações
- director
cinematographer
producer
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 29
- Membros
- 2,657
- Popularidade
- #9,659
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 28
- ISBN
- 89
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
The story revolves around the rubber plantation deep in the jungle that Dennis Carson (Clark Gable) oversees. This is a man's world, harsh and unforgiving. Then in pops the wonderful and talky Vantine (Jean Harlow). Seeking haven till her lifestyle blows over and she can head back, she adds something new to the mix, but it’s nothing Dennis hasn't seen before. When he does finally come around, and takes advantage of what she's offering, she falls hard, caring about the man rather than his wallet. But Dennis drops her like a hot potato when his new surveyor, Gary Willis (Gene Raymond), shows up with his elegant wife Barbara in tow. Astor is gorgeous and Dennis begins to plot and scheme for her while her husband has the fever, Harlow watching and waiting for the outcome.
Tigers, rain, and the fever and a storm wear down Astor’s resistance, and then she can’t get it out of her mind. A rain-covered Astor is wonderfully — and perhaps surprisingly — sexy. Her Barbara’s sensual elegance seems ready to spill out uncontrollably if she can't get hold of herself. Astor is amazing here, as you can really feel the turmoil and fear she has of cheating on her sweet husband. All the while the wise and earthy Vantine waits for Dennis to do the right thing. Harlow is also terrific here, her sharp chatter masking a real love for Dennis. She hopes he'll come around, and be a better guy. But when he does come around, it might be too late, as passions have boiled over. Harlow's smarter than she looks Vantine might be fast enough on her feet to turn everything right though. Maybe…maybe not.
Photographer Harold Rosson and film editor Blanche Sewell make the set decor of Cedric Gibbons and costumes of Adrian look beautiful in a jungle filled with rain and danger, and seething passions. Fleming moves things at a lightning pace, with a cast of screen veterans like Tully Marshall and Donald Crisp lending support to John Mahin's screenplay. Such a good job was done here, that the story’s stage origins can hardly be detected. An outdoor adventure of hard men and what happens when women are thrown into the mix, Red Dust is a fabulous early sound film still enjoyable today. Harlow has the reputation, but wait till you get a load of Astor soaking wet!… (mais)