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Neither knew what tomorrow might bring...Disgrace for her? Death for him? Only war could create a sudden love like this!
Andress, Watson and Johnson, pilots with a Royal Air Force squadron in France, are tasked with a deadly mission.
Body and Soul
1931 Directed by Alfred Santell
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22 Feb 1931
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Any synopsis of this film is a love crime and a war crime. Elissa Landi is a 1-in-a-million performer and watch when she dances or rolls on the ground and dips in and out of focus, isn’t that very powerful!?!? People who are attracted to the idea of flying planes are insane (somehow less so when they get on their fly-high horse about saving yourself for death like our main guy here who is voluntarily celibate because he wants to touch God). People who love these people, even more!
There’s a guy who came to see The Mad Genius last night and this film tonight and he left really early both times. Are you that guy? Why, that guy? Is it…
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I think I managed to see all the Charles Farrell melodramas in the Fox retrospective…with the minor exception of every Borzage film. Oops! Five years before The Petrified Forest, Bogart is not yet the persona but still riveting. The third act contains some hilarious implausibilities—unless you pretend the general was court-martialled and demoted after the credits rolled—and i don't know what to make of Myrna Loy in this transitional period between vamp and Nora, but Charles Farrell is always great and Elissa Landi was astounding: she had a lot to work with and she made the most of it, in a very different role from The Warrior's Husband.
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Ngl could not tell the men apart in this, but I had fun with the goofy twist (on twist on twist). Elissa Landi gives a great performance as her character goes toe-to-toe with the men and clearly remains in control. Best scene is the one that culminates in her scolding a man for “not knowing anything about women and sin” (the subtext is…basically text)
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Really enjoyed this one. Wonderfully photographed. Some nice Elissa Landi eyebrow-furrowing Garbo-esque moments. And not a huge Charles Farrell fan in the talkies, but he was (IMO) better than usual here.