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Marty

directed by Delbert Mann, 1955

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Betsy Blair and Ernest Borgnine in Marty (Delbert Mann, 1955)

Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, Frank Sutton. Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky. Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle. Art direction: Ted Haworth, Walter M. Simonds. Music: Roy Webb.  

That Marty is such an engaging little movie is largely because Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair have such remarkable low-key chemistry together and Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay brings them together convincingly and keeps them apart smartly. Chayefsky does overdo the "what do you wanna do tonight" shtick, which kept contemporary comedians busy far too long, and the self-pitying Italian mama stereotypes of Marty's mother, Mrs. Piletti (Esther Minciotti), and Aunt Catherine (Augusta Ciolli), but it's on the whole a well-made script. Some credit is obviously due to the director, Delbert Mann, who also directed Chayefsky's 1953 teleplay on which the movie is based. It was his big-screen debut and won him an Oscar, but he never followed up with another comparable film -- his best later work was probably on two Doris Day comedies, Lover Come Back (1961) and That Touch of Mink (1962). Oscars also went to Borgnine, Chayefsky, and the film itself, and nominations to Blair, Joe Mantell as Marty's pal Angie, Joseph LaShelle's wonderfully atmospheric cinematography, and to the art directors. In fact, if Marty has any lasting claim to fame other than being a satisfying romantic drama, it's in the Academy's uncharacteristic recognition of a "little" film -- especially noticeable in the mid-50s when the prevailing Hollywood trend was to "give 'em something they can't get on television." Since they had already gotten Marty on TV two years earlier, the Oscar attention was especially surprising. It didn't signal any sort of trend, however: The following year, the best picture winner was Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson), a typically bloated extravaganza loaded with movie-star cameos, and for the first time, all of the best picture nominees for 1956 were filmed in color. It was as if the Academy had said, "Fine, we did our duty, now let's get back to business."

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From the Golden Age of Television

Marty    -   NBC   -   May 25, 1953

Drama

A Presentation of Goodyear Television Playhouse

Running Time;  60 minutes

Stars:

Rod Steiger as Marty Pilletti

Nancy Marchand as Clara

Esther Minciotti as as Mrs. Pilletti  

Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Catherine

Joe Mantell as Angie

Betsy Palmer as Virginia 

Lee Philips as Tommy

Rosanna San Marco as Woman

Howard Caine as Bartender

Nehemiah Persoff as Critic

Don Gordon as Young Man

Andrew Gerardo as Patsy

George Maharis as Dancer at the Dance Club

Only Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli and Joe Mantell repeated their 1953 TV drama roles in the 1955 film adaptation.

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[Last Film I Watched] Marty (1955)

[Last Film I Watched] Marty (1955)

Title: Marty Year: 1955 Country: USA Language: English Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Delbert Mann Writer: Paddy Chayefsky Music: Roy Webb Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle Cast: Ernest Borgnine Betsy Blair Joe Mantell Esther Minciotti Karen Steele Jerry Paris Augusta Ciolli Frank Sutton Jerry Orbach John Beradino Robin Morse Rating: 7.4/10

MARTY, Delbert Mann’s director feature debut still…

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Natalie Wood

July 20, 1938 ~ November 29, 1981 The Star, Gypsy, Love with the Proper Stranger

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