Slant Magazine says, "[Director] Lewis gets you rooting quickly and fiercely for Foch, who is just amazing here." Rotten Tomatoes has an average critics rating of 100%.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
My Name Is Julia Ross
My Name Is Julia Ross is a 1945 gothic film noir about a woman desperately seeking employment who is taken advantage of. It stars Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, and George Macready. At only about an hour in length you can't go wrong spending the time with this.
Slant Magazine says, "[Director] Lewis gets you rooting quickly and fiercely for Foch, who is just amazing here." Rotten Tomatoes has an average critics rating of 100%.
Slant Magazine says, "[Director] Lewis gets you rooting quickly and fiercely for Foch, who is just amazing here." Rotten Tomatoes has an average critics rating of 100%.
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Have to make some time later today to watch this
ReplyDeleteI have become quite the fan of these shorter films. Sometimes I see run-times of over 2 hours, and I'm not even tempted lol
DeleteSounds quite good. Watched a film this afternoon and woke up refreshed....Valerie
ReplyDeleteI like those old noir films and the gothic films with big, mysterious houses :)
DeleteI don't think I ever saw a film get 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm going to go check this out.
ReplyDeleteThere's a list somewhere of movies that have a 100% critics score. Thry are out there. It's surprising to me that so often critics and audience members don't agree.
DeleteI hope you like it :)
For reasons now lost I was once a Dame May Whitty fan, But I had never seen this. Fun.
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She was 72 when she made her film debut, although her stage career seems to have begun while she was still in her teens. She was in Suspicion (1941) and Gaslight (1944). She died in 1948 after a 10-year film career. quote from Wikipedia: "I've got everything Betty Grable has —I've just had it longer." Worthy of fandom :)
DeleteI wish I had time to watch this today. It sounds like something I would like. And the Fresh tomatoes score has me extra enthused.
ReplyDeleteYes, these gothic-style noirs always attract me, and this one's well-done. And short, too, which never hurts its chances at getting watched around here lol
DeleteI just watched this one. Wasn't half bad. Really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteSo funny how times change. If ya woman was married she didn't work. I remember that as a young child. A wife couldn't even get a charge card without her husband's signature. Now they both need to work to keep a roof over their head most of the time. :)
It was 1974 before it became illegal to refuse a credit card to a woman for no other reason than that she was a woman. I remember when that bill passed and I found out it had been a legal reaon to refuse credit before then. Stunning. And it used to be that one income was enough to support a family so that one spouse could stay at home. That was an advantage in several ways in that if the husband couldn't work for some reason the wife could enter the work force, and if family (children, elderly parents) needed care they didn't have to hire someone. Now, they're lucky if 2 incomes can buy enough to support a family. Some women worked outside the home, but it was by choice and not by necessity. Scary :(
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