#high noon 1952

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[theonethatyoudreamon]

did they forget to tell his ass not to stare straight into the camera 😔

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✦ Katy Jurado & Lloyd Bridges in High Noon ( 1952 )

[kittimu]

i watched all of high noon and all i got out of it was several screenshots of lee van cleef

[pealeii]

me waiting for my mutuals to wake up

[zaat]

High Noon (1952) dir. Fred Zinnemann

[oscarupsets]

Apologies in advance! I have thoughts!

Circuses were nothing new in 1952, but the concept of the big Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey train and the big top tent peaked in the 1950s. DeMille used the 1951 circus troupe for the film, and many of the cast members were trained for their circus roles. The production was truly over the top.

The Greatest Show on Earth went onto be the US's highest grossing film of 1952, making $12.8M that year. It would also go on to be Cecil B. DeMille's penultimate film as director, so I'd credit some of the film's success to his legacy as well.

I don't usually consider myself a film hater but The Greatest Show on Earth is NOT it. It's maybe 30 minutes of meaningless plot intertwined into 2.5 hours of circus advertising. Only about half of the plot is even relevant to the circus anyway! Not even the opening plot of The Fabelman's, based on the train derailment scene, convinced me to rewatch this one (and I might be judging Spielberg a bit for that).

High Noon was working with a significantly lower budget and still managed to gross $3.4M in the latter half of 1952. The production value isn't flashy like The Greatest Show on Earth, and it doesn't need to be.

This western plays in real time, with the audience living through the hour leading up to the noon train with the characters.

High Noon still receives mixed reviews for being a non-traditional (anti-western) western. I'm not a die-hard traditional western kind of person, so I enjoyed the change up. I also liked the use of "The Ballad of High Noon" throughout the film. I can't remember a film prior to this one with such a memorable song.

At the 25th Academy Awards, a film called The Bad and the Beautiful took home the most Oscars of the night. It wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. Even the biggest awards of the night (Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Acting) were split between 7 different films.

Both films picked up a handful of awards at the 10th Golden Globes a few weeks prior, including some categories that missed an Oscar nomination altogether.

Rotten Tomatoes has The Greatest Show on Earth ranked as the second worst Best Picture winner (Broadway Melody still takes the #1 spot with a 38% critic rating).

High Noon prevails with solid critic and audience reception, and a slew of additional accolades.

I'm just beating a dead horse at this point.

Unofficial Review: It's been 71 years and I'm still upset over this one!! Give to anyone but that!!

[kittimu]

shane 1953 and also once upon a time in the west 1968

[highvolumetal]

High Noon , Fred Zinnemann , 1952.

[theflapperdamefilm]

high noon Pickwick theater with a three stooges short shot on the frontier

september 13 2023

My life at the movies

[week-of-wonders]

High Noon (1952)

[jasonsutekh]

High Noon (1952)

When an outlaw returns to kill the newly married sheriff, the law-man finds himself without the friends and community he though he had.

This film works primarily as a social story since it closely follows one married couple, how they are perceived, and what the town feels they owe them. It’s interesting to see how the crowd mentality changes some opinions and the excuses people make to choose self-preservation over helping a friend who also represents the law with apparently no power.

Despite having many of the usual clichés of the Western genre, the pace is rather slow. Much of the screen time is taken waiting for something to happen, so it’s little surprise when it eventually does and is true to the usual archetypes with no twist for the end besides that the gunfight occurs and there are a few details in who shoots whom.

An unusual feature is that the story unfolds in real time which is different in that it forces the subject matter to be done largely in discussion and with a deadline so there’s still some suspense. It also helps that by the nature of the antagonist, who is largely incidental, there is a guaranteed pay-off since not to include the gunfight at the end would have made it a fatally disappointing finale.

It didn’t really help the story much that the protagonist was a sheriff since it mainly served to highlight how woefully inefficient he’d been at the job since they were unprepared for an incursion with just four people. The sub-plot with the two women was more interesting than the main one and the moment after the fight could have had more impact since it’d been built up to for some long and the townspeople needed a more clear consequence.

3/10 -This one’s bad but it’s got some good in it, just there-

-John Wayne criticised the movie, largely due to the moment when the main character steps on the Marshal’s badge.

-The producer reportedly tried to have the screenwriter fired for being a communist but the lead actor spoke up on his behalf.

-Several shots of clocks are included to show that the minutes are being counted down in real time.

[hellish-cruelty]

The joy of hiding your face in a warm embrace

Movies - Before sunrise (1995), Vivre sa vie (1962), Cold War (2005), La Jalousie (2014), La Dolce Vita (1960), High noon (1952), Spellbound (1945), Double Identity (2009), It's a wonderful life (1946), Hiroshima mon amour (1959)

[citizenscreen]

Fred Zinnemann‘S HIGH NOON enjoyed its U.S. premiere in New York City #OnThisDay in 1952

[hollywoodlady]

Katy Jurado phographed for 'High Noon' (1952).

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End of month update - June

Hello, all! This is the end-of-month update, where I post Tumblr’s current top four films that have received the highest percentage of “yes,” “no,” and “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes.

As of today, the top four films with the highest percentage of “yes” votes are:

Finding Nemo (2003) | Shrek (2001) | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | The Lion King (1994)

Next, the top four films with the highest percentage of “no” votes are:

Sausage Party (2016) | Pinocchio(2019) | Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Finally, the top four films with the highest percentage of “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes are:

Faat Kiné (2001) | Now Add Honey (2015) | Like a Cat on a Highway (2017) | Dean Spanley (2008)

This top four changed through the new additions of Faat Kiné (2001) and Now Add Honey (2015), which replaced Monica and Friends: Bonds (2019) and Monsturd (2003).

Currently, The Incredibles (2004) is the still the only film to receive absolutely zero “haven’t heard of this” votes.

That’s it for June’s end-of-month update! Remember that you can view last month’s update by clicking here. Additionally, you can view the full ranked Letterboxd lists of movies that have come up on this blog by clicking the following links:

This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “yes” votes.

This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “no” votes.

This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes.

Remember to vote on the polls that are currently running: The Road Within (2014) | About a Boy (2002) | Spy Kids (2001) | Frozen II (2019) | High Noon (1952) | Horns (2013) | Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (1984) | In Bruges (2008) | Sideways (2004) | Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) | Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole (1995) | Mamma Mia! (2008) | Down with Love (2003) | Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010) | This is Spinal Tap (1984) | The Kids Are Alright (1979) | Lisztomania (1975) | A Little Chaos (2014) | Redline (2009) | The Stepford Wives (1975) | Blancanieves (2012) | Clerks (1994) | Promising Young Woman (2020) | What's Up, Doc? (1972) | The Apple (1980) | Broken (1993) | The Virgin Suicides (1999) | The Phantom of the Opera (2004) | The Wolf Man (1941) | The Boxtrolls (2014) | Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) | The Perfect Score (2004) | The Man from Earth (2007) | Shapeshifter (1999) | The Lighthouse (2019)

Also, remember that the ask box will open for requests some time before July 4th! There will be a post announcing when it's open, so keep an eye out for that if you'd like to request some movies!