Ellen loretta young narrates the tale of the most terrifying day of my life, how she was taking care of her bedridden husband george z. Suspense and intrigue abound in this 24 dvd collection of gritty and gripping films and television programs. Louisbased company, was a participant in the original shrp meetings that led to the 1994 intrusionalarm testing. Cause for alarm this 1951 film noir features music by andre previn with the underrated barry sullivan and loretta young starring. Okay ia no more excerpts of movies, must be fulllength and complete at all times. One day her husband barry sullivan tells her he believes that she and his doctor, a mutual friend, are planning to kill him, and that he has sent full details of their plot to the district attorney. You can find more information regarding this film on its imdb page. Cause for alarm cause for alarm 1951 is a mixture of suspense thriller and melodrama. Tales with not just a simple black and white, good versus evil tonebut with layers and. The gritty and glamorous days of 1940s film noir vanity fair. Only a talented actress could make this story work, and loretta young shines in the role of the distraught wife of a paranoid, dying. Classical hollywood cinema, or the classical hollywood narrative, are terms used in film history which designate both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures and a mode of production used in the american film industry between 1927 and 1963. Classic alfred hitchcock film starring laurence olivier and joan fontaine where a selfconscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husbands dead first. After all, when james bond, in the film version of from russia with love, needed a book to read on a critical train trip, he chose an eric ambler novelspecifically, a coffin for.
See the full list of cause for alarm cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Free ellen loretta young narrates the tale of the most terrifying day of my life, how she was taking care of her bedridden husband george z. Classic film noir movies from the 1940s and 50s that are freely available on youtube. With laurence olivier, joan fontaine, george sanders, judith anderson. Nicholas marlow, an english engineer engaged to a young doctor, one day, out of the blue, loses his wellpaid job. Its a bonus track and was originally released on international p. An invalid husband wrongly believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway. After several months of sheer desperation, he responds to an. Started in 1982 cause for alarm were more than just pioneers of the nyc hardcore sound but inspiration to many bands that exist today. Trivia this is one of a handful of metrogoldwynmayer productions of the 19501951 period whose original s were never renewed and are now apparently in public domain.
Made as the old hollywood was dying to be replaced by the new world of television, the film pointed to youngs successful move into the infant. The film looked more like a 1950s tv show than a feature film. This period is often referred to as the golden age of hollywood. Jones barry sullivan when he suddenly dropped dead. Jones is a invalid husband who wrongly thinks his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway. Think john le carre, ken follett, frederick forsyth, jeffrey archer, etc. Starring loretta young, barry sullivan this girl is in trouble. Many film noir playlists on youtube include movies that are actually no. Cause for alarm, 1951 loretta young plays a housewife caring for an invalid husband in postwar california. There are plenty of those british writers who specialize on spy novels during that time in europe and i could have easily given this at least a 3star rating. Theres a mystery afoot and this classic collection of crime dramas is packed with super sleuths, corrupt cops and damsels in distress. Danger, death and dames megapack mill creek entertainment. Definition of cause for alarm in the idioms dictionary.
When we were originally approached for this project by shrp, we designed our system to specifically address the highspeed, highcrash risk applications. The flashback the early flashback recalls previous tay garnett films. Cause for alarm is suspenseful, and creative, and the only film of its kind that i have ever come across. Cause for alarm 1951 as the delusional george jones barry sullivan struggles to recover from a crippling heart attack, he begins to believe his wife, ellen loretta young, and friend, dr. Still, this was the early fifties, and maybe such a cynical ending would. The resolution to cause for alarm is as sudden as they come. Producer arthur freed had wanted to remake the oscar hammersteinjerome kern milestone since becoming a producer. 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. The completed film, reuniting astaire and rogers after 10 years, opened on may, 1949 and was a huge success. Nice dialogue as a nurse wheels out a sailor in a wheelchair. Set in fascist italy in that year, the book is one of amblers classic spy thrillers. This 1951 film noir features music by andre previn with the underrated barry sullivan and loretta young starring. The winner of the best motion picture category was metrogoldwynmayer s an american in paris. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from cause for alarm at the discogs marketplace.
Sometimes credited as bradley steven mora, he originally was a mouseketeer before being withdrawn to appear on the disney miniseries, spin and marty 1955. In noir movies, people who live in suburbs, like the nice young couple played by loretta young and barry sullivan in tay garnetts cause for alarm. He sensed a surprise ending approaching and turned the tv off, the beter to view ca in its entirety. I knew there was a twist ending in this film and, while its a fairly good one, it would have been better if, having spent the entire time rooting for her, we discovered young and the doctor really had been planning to finish her husband off. The owner of this website is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon properties including, but not limited to,,, or. Danny kaye hosted the 24th academy awards ceremony on march 20, 1952, held at the rko pantages theatre in hollywood. For almost a decade, gregory and i have maintained, updated and altered the dvdbeaver complete list of generically labeled film noir titles now located here. Cause for alarm has all the ingredients of a typical wwii british espionage novel.
Reissue of the cause for alarm7, originally released in 1983. Cause for alarm cause for alarm 1994, vinyl discogs. From strangers in the shadows to the allure of femme fatales, this 50 movie assortment of stylized, provocative pulp fiction will. Cause for alarm is a novel by eric ambler first published in 1938. Later the plots wheels begin to turn and we of course get caught up. Taking place in just a few rooms of a modest home, it comes across more like a low budget rko film noir of the same period. Cause for alarm 1951 03301951 us drama, thriller, crime, mystery 1h 14m user score. Loretta youngs husband, barry sullivan, is very sick and dying. Show boat 1940s1951 this is another film that had been earmarked for judy for several years during her tenure at mgm. He was discovered by mgm at a talent show at the age of two.
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