Comrade x tv show australian tv guide 9entertainment. The looselypacked script fails to keep the audiences engaged, and leaves them unsatisfied at the end. Clark gable and hedy lamarr publicity photo for comrade x. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. An interesting movie but easily sits in the average category. The film fascinates because it was made in 1940, just when wwii. A halfhearted derivation of ninotchka, comrade x stars clark gable as an american news. Comrade x this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc. Comrade x is a film directed by king vidor with clark gable, hedy lamarr, oskar homolka, felix bressart, year. Instead of facing shortages like most people, the movie industry in the 1940s was. Not long afterwards he did the same thing for clark gable in comrade x 1940. Ausfuhrliche filmbeschreibung worum geht es bei comrade x. Wikiproject film rated startclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film.
The result was a film funnier and more entertaining than ninotchka, albeit on a different level. An american reporter smuggling news out of soviet moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful communist leave the country. At the time this film was released, in 1940, world war ii had already begun in europe, but the soviet. With a nod to ninotchka 1939, comrade x 1940 casts hedy lamarr as a moscow streetcar driver who is a devout communist, and clark gable as an american. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Edgar barrier, georges renavent usa 1940 english 90 blackwhite, 35 mm. In many ways, its kind of like a poor mans ninotchka, and hedy is no garbo interestingly, this film actually did better box office than ninotchka, although ninotchka gets the classic title these days. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Thompson has been secretly sending unflattering reports about the goings on in russia back to the states as comrade x.
Inspired by garbos ninotchka a much better film on any level king vidors. Soviet streetcar conductor theodore hedy lamarr is as lovely as a botticelli angel and as forbidding as a moscow winter. Red scare filmography cinema studies library guides at. Hotel valet, vanya felix bressart discovers that american reporter, mac thompson clarke gable is comrade x and blackmails mac to smuggle his dangerously outspoken daughter, theodore hedy lamarr out of russia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. Most likely mgm was hoping to repeat the success they had with that latter film and boost lamarrs career. Were it not for memories of my fathers praise for it years ago, i doubt id know of its existence at all. Clark gable and hedy lamarr publicity photo for comrade x 1940. Comrade x full movie online free, comrade x full movie free 1940 an american reporter smuggling news out of soviet moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful communist leave the country. Wow what a clever and witty little gem of a comedy.
Comrade film comrade film, production film company in iceland. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. If the snappy dialogue seems familiar its because it was written by the same guy who wrote the front page 1931 and its remake. This film tackles the red scare with a hefty dose of humor, attempting to answer the ageold question of whether people who believe in hot dogs and boogie woogie could ever truly be conquered by the communists. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of. Released 1940, comrade x stars clarkgable, hedylamarr, oscarhomolka, felixbressart the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. The last communist lives in an abandoned home and collects weapons. Comrade x 1940 ultimate classics collection on veehd. Mayer of mgm pushed along the production of comrade x, believing it would have great box office appeal since it was a spinoff of ninotchka. The films produced in hollywood before, during and after the cold war. Comrade film will be happy to shot on glacier or anywhere else in iceland for you. Gable is actually the mysterious comrade x, who has been smuggling provocative stories about the crumbling soviet government out of the country. May 05, 2017 comrade in americacia is a movie which impresses at some points but disappoints in a few others. Seine berichte, mit dem pseudonym comrade x unterzeichnet, sind sehr kritisch gegenuber dem kommunistischen regime.
Comrade x is a reporter in moscow smuggling out uncensored reports about the communist regime. Read the full synopsis of comrade x, 1940, directed by king vidor, with clark gable, hedy lamarr, oscar homolka, at turner classic movies. She gained attention from the film industry after starring in gustav machatys. Comrade x, 1940, just before the soviet union had to be presented as our. Mgms comrade x features clark gable and hedy lamarr in roles similar to those played by melvyn douglas and greta garbo in mgms ninotchka 1939. Ben hecht and charles lederer wrote the screenplay for this. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Indicative of the casting situation was the conclusion to be drawn from a study of. That is how, for example, he came to cowrite ninotchka,where, working with the director ernst lubitsch from a slender treatment by melchior lengyel, he constructed the entire film around greta garbo. Thompson learns that vanya, the valet in his moscow hotel, has discovered his secret identity when the old man demands that the reporter take his. Plus, we also have both sig ruman and felix bressart, who play iranoff and buljanoff respectively. Very reminiscent of ninotchka, in that we have a romance between a staunch soviet communist and a freewheeling playboy type.
Despite the presence of big movie stars clark gable and hedy lamarr, 1940s comrade x seems to fall into the category of forgotten film. Gable is actually the mysterious comrade x, who has been smuggling. The leads in comrade x are played by clark gable, still at the top of his game and quite capable of delivering a fine. The poster for the film promised it would be the funniest love comedy since ninotchka.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The film ended with stuart capturing fanatical abolitionist john brown raymond massey at harpers ferry arsenal at the marylandvirginia border, leading to lunatic agitators hanging. Vanya fears for the safety of his daughter golubka theodore and blackmails mac into helping her leave the country. But behind his roue facade is his alter ego comrade x, who publishes. Made in 1940 extravaganza of a correspondent in moscow sending uncensored stories who is blackmailed by a german into marrying his ardently communist daughter and taking her to america. Comrade x 1940 journalist mckinley mac thompson clark gable is on assignment in preworld war ii moscow and secretly files uncensored stories critical of the stalinist government with an. X here doesnt stand for an unknown quantity you may be sure for metrogoldwynmayer, the producers of comrade x, have a definite hit on their hands which will result in large quantities of profits for them and large quantities of laughs for you. Comrade x 1940 king vidor, clark gable, hedy lamarr, oskar. Gottfried reinhardt became a producer with comrade x 1940, a variation on lubitschs ninotchka 1939, which had starred garbo, revamped for hedy lamarr and gable. Comrade x 1940 12 1940 us comedy, romance 1h 30m user score. Completion films is committed to the development and production of globally dynamic feature films and occasionally documentaries directed by some of the most talented filmmakers from africa.
Comrade x 1940 king vidor, clark gable, hedy lamarr, oskar homolka, comedy, romance august 6, 2017 mckinley b. Comrade x 1940 121940 us comedy, romance 1h 30m user score. Gable portrays a hard drinking and funloving american reporter named mckinley b. Thompson has been secretly sending unflattering reports about the goings. Comrade x 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The 1940s was a watershed decade for american cinema and the nation. In february 2020, the film was shown at the 70th berlin international film festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to king vidors career. At the start of the decade, hollywood shaking off the depression launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of its most memorable classics, including citizen kane, rebecca, the lady eve, sergeant york, and how green was my valley. Gable is actually the mysterious comrade x, who has been smuggling provocative. Gable and hedy lamarr publicity photo for the film comrade x, 1940. This one isnt legendary film making by any means, but its fun. Find movie and film cast and crew information for comrade x 1940 king vidor on allmovie. While at his sisters home, he comes across the last communist.
She had some military training and used conventional weaponry. Cast and crew credits for comrade x, 1940, directed by king vidor, with clark gable, hedy lamarr, oscar homolka, at turner classic movies. Centers around a 14 year old boy who leaves home to go live with his older sister. The screenplay was written by ben hecht and charles lederer, from a story by walter reisch. Debbie reynolds auction largescale miniature tank from comrade x. April 21, 2020 drama, filmnoir, mystery, thriller leslie calvin, traumatized from being the only survivor of a torpedo attack on the ship she was traveling by read more shooting high 1940 alfred e. Comrade xmadame x was one of the great espionage agents of the soviet union. Gable here is at his most debonair, schmoozing men and charming the ladies. In both cases reisch plotted the action, invented narrative, and.
For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic uscanada theatrical release. Comrade x 1940 king vidor synopsis, characteristics. The charming and talented monika ben is joining us to cover a very special movie, comrade x, the 1940s communist comedy starring clark gable and hedy lamarr. Comrade x reteamed clark gable and hedy lamarr who had just worked together in boom town 1940, alongside spencer tracy and claudette colbert. Mac thompson american reporter in moscow smuggles out uncensored news under the alias comrade x but hotel valet vanya discovers his secret. Threatened with exposure by a hotel porter felix bressart, gable agrees to help sneak the porters beautiful daughter hedy lamarr. Thompson, a newspaper reporter for the texas bugle, masquerades as an irresponsible roue in order to hide his identity as comrade x, the mysterious reporter who is sending embarrassing stories about russia to a big newspaper syndicate. Walter reisch who contributed to the screenplay and shared an academy award nomination in that category for ninotchka 1939 earned a best writing original story oscar nomination for this similar comedy drama starring clark gable and hedy lamarr in lieu of greta garbo and melvyn douglas. A halfhearted derivation of ninotchka, comrade x stars clark gable as an american news reporter stationed in russia. This list shows all films released in 1940, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. Comrade x 1940 king vidor, clark gable, hedy lamarr. Overview of comrade x, 1940, directed by king vidor, with clark gable, hedy lamarr, oscar homolka, at turner classic movies.
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