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Mandalay
THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO SWORE TO LIVE HER FUTURE SO MADLY SHE WOULD FORGET THE MADNESS OF HER PAST!
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
- Original title
- Mandalay
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $294,000
- Revenue
- $629,000
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Jun 1, 2018 · via TMDB
Mandalay proved to be something of a surprise. I had feared a rather dull expedition into romance and associated plot mechanics - but this exceeded the usual tropes by portraying a series of damaged but not irredeemable people all looking for some kind of salvation in part of what is now Myanmar. Kay Francis plays a character whose journey runs from refugee of the Russian Revolution to mistress of a dubious arms dealer, to high class prostitute, partner to an alcoholic and then to a potential redemption (all within 65 minutes). Her performance covers off the emotions of all of these roles well, through her expressive eyes conveying hope, despair, confidence and murderous intent as needed. It is a superb jewel of acting on display and the centrepiece of the film. Good support is provided by Lyle Talbot as an alcoholic doctor, the Swedish Warner Oland as a kind of Chinese gangster / classless brothel manager and Ricardo Cortez as a resourceful but uncaring man. Michael Curtiz, of Casablanca fame and innumerable other great films, is perhaps slumming a little here, but the camera work is very confident. An early shot follows a motor boat from the port across the bay then sweeps away from the boat to glide smoothly towards a moored yacht and eventually to introduce a character on the railing. It is really superbly done and adds class to the story. The settings are all convincing and the crew somehow manage to convey a feeling of a south-east Asian port, paddle steamers on jungle infested rivers and a diverse populous without presumably ever having left Los Angeles. This is a small triumph of 1930s filmmaking.
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Kay Francis
Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang
Ricardo Cortez
Tony Evans
Warner Oland
Nick
Lyle Talbot
Dr. Gregory Burton
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. George Peters
Lucien Littlefield
George Peters
Reginald Owen
Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson
Etienne Girardot
Mr. Abernathie
David Torrence
Capt. McAndrews
Rafaela Ottiano
Madame Lacalles
Halliwell Hobbes
Col. Dawson Ames
Bodil Rosing
Mrs. Kleinschmidt
Herman Bing
Prof. Kleinschmidt
Hobart Cavanaugh
Purser (uncredited)
Shirley Temple
Betty Shaw (uncredited)
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Michael Curtiz
Director
Heinz Roemheld
Music
Baba
Viimeinen vieras
Porté disparu
M
More Beautiful
Entlassen auf Bewährung
Vivre Sa Vie
Brief Encounter
The Hustler
A Girl Named Ann
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Moulin Rouge!
Head-On
Eyes Wide Shut
Frankenstein
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Live and Become
The Last King of Scotland
Scarface
Once Were Warriors
Meet Joe Black
Sicko
Lord of War
Leaving Las Vegas
Monster
Veronika Voss
Field of Dreams
The Spanish Apartment
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
The Wild Child
The Lake House
Tess of the Storm Country
Shanghai Express
My Own Private Idaho
Lola
American Madness
42nd Street
Wild Boys of the Road
Morphine
Or (My Treasure)
Reclaim Your Brain
Doctor Bull
Forbidden
Beyond Rangoon
Swept from the Sea
The Sign of the Cross
Whirlpool
Summer in Berlin
Popular Music
Krisha
A Free Soul
What I Did for Love
Scénarios sur la drogue
The Blood Stain
The Whores
On the Edge
Hulk
Everything Is Thunder
Afterwards
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Ask the Dust
The Devil Is Driving
The House on 56th Street
Hooked
Century
Marquis de Sade: Justine
The Flame Within
A Lady's Morals
The Beginning at Fifteen
Viktoria: A Tale of Grace and Greed
Wharf Angel
Her Private Affair
Rent-a-Girl
Wendy's Palace
In-Laws 2: Reprise
Au revoir maman
The Asphalt Jungle
The Roaring Twenties
Nightmare Alley
Dinner Rush
The Naked Kiss
Plunder Road
Eleanor the Great
Pitfall
Act of Violence
Flicka
What Price Hollywood?
Cry of the City
All Together Now
Adopt a Highway
I Believe in Unicorns
The File on Thelma Jordon
Jet Boy
The Deep End of the Ocean
Marked Woman
Outrage
Hungry Hearts
Return
Reality
Madame X
Man from Reno
Lady Driver
The Locket
The Wings of Eagles
River of Grass
Don't Come Knocking
House of Bamboo
Woman of Straw
Fast Girls
Won't Back Down
Outside In
The Good Thief
The Truth About Emanuel
5 Against the House
The Client List
Feb 10, 1934
