Johnny eager 1941 movie

The stepdaughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned. Metro has swathed her best assets in a toga, swears that she shall become an actress, or else. Johnny eager, directed by mervyn leroy, stars robert taylor as the titular gangster in an early filmnoircrime drama that has a decent story and an interesting. In one of the bedrooms in johnny s apartment at the track is a large painting, done in the art deco style, of a reclining blonde woman. Film noir misdaad film geregisseerd door mervyn leroy. Director leroy achieves this by adding to the cliches of sharp suited mobsters and their dolls anomalies as in the emotional, erudite gangster with ethics. Her next project was johnny eager 1941, a violent mobster film in which she portrayed a socialite. Van heflin won the oscar for playing jeff hartnett, a wellread alcoholic and johnnys best friend and confidant. Find release information for johnny eager 1941 mervyn leroy on allmovie. Buy johnny eager movie posters from movie poster shop. Johnny eager 1941 flickers in timeflickers in time. In the following decade, she established herself as a leading lady in hollywood with films such as johnny eager 1941, honky tonk 1941, ziegfeld girl 1941, and somewhere ill find you 1942. Johnny eager is a 1941 mgm gangster movie that can, at a stretch, be seen as a protonoir. After johnny eager robert taylor is released from jail, the unreformed gangster fools his parole officer henry oneill into believing his ways are changed.

Johnny eager half sheet style a 1941 single sided, decorative wall poster print. Coincidentally, this same painting is featured briefly but prominently in eyes in the night 1942, released the same year and also starring edward arnold, referred to in that film by marty as a blonde tomato. Jan 07, 2014 johnny eager 1941 is an interesting instance of movies that have a central heterosexual romantic relationship but in which the arguably more important relationship is the one between two male characters. Other than matt damon wasnt in it back in 1941 when the film was made. May 30, 2012 johnny eager s current video quality isnt even worth the cost of the disc its been burned on probably around four cents. Johnny eager, directed by mervyn leroy, stars robert taylor as the titular gangster in an early filmnoircrime drama that has a decent story and an interesting lead. Paroled convict johnny eager robert taylor pretends to go straight, but hes really trying to open a dogracing track.

No pinholes or tape and has never been hung or displayed. Hyde 1941 the same year, but make more of an impression later on in the postman always rings twice 1946. Johnny eager 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Johnny eager is an enjoyable little film from 1941.

Lana turner meets robert taylor in johnny eager youtube. Photo tribute to johnny eager 1941, with robert taylor and lana turner. In that case johnny eager 1942is a cliched gangster film. James agee of time magazine was critical of costar robert taylors performance and noted. Johnny eager is a 1941 film noir directed by mervyn leroy and starring robert taylor, lana turner and van heflin. The film was one of many spoofed in dead men dont wear plaid 1982. After being discovered at the age of 16, she garnered attention with her first film, they wont forget in 1937.

Eddie mullers intro to johnny eager 1941 on tcm noir alley duration. Johnny eager 1941passed 1h 47min crime, filmnoir, thriller 17 january 1942 usathe stepdaughter of a district attorney falls in love. Nov 06, 2019 johnny eager robert taylor is a recently paroled con who has fooled his parole officer henry oneill into thinking he is on the straight and narrow. The condition of this item is brand new mint condition. Moviechat forums johnny eager 1941 discussion this movie is absolutely terrible. But the cliched roles give way to nuanced characters, which have originality within their various slants of their respective stereotypes. The music is an instrumental version of the ruby and the pearl, with branford marsalis on saxophone. In the end it is johnny s newfound shred of humanity that ultimately leads to his downfall. Johnny eager movie poster half sheet style a 22 x 28. Johnny eager is like an emotionless robot, until liz comes along. No, warner has gone the quick and dirty route and fans ought to be outraged over their shortsightedness. Robert taylor toughened up his image considerably with this gangster movie, which was unusual both in its plot and origins, having come from mgm, which was.

The john lee mahinjames edward grant script for this gangster movie proposes an intriguingly sleazy scenario about a coldblooded hoodlum taylor. The paper size is approximately 22 x 28 inches 56cm x 72cm. A scene from the 1943 drama johnny eager with lana turner, robert taylor, and diana lewis please visit my blog. Johnny eager dvdr 1942 warner archive collection mod. Johnny eager 1941 full movie hd johnny eager 1941 full movie hd johnny eager 1941 full movie hd. Heflin won an academy award for best supporting actor. Jun 10, 2014 johnny eager directed by mervyn leroy written by james edward grant and john lee mahin 1941usa loewsmetrogoldwynmayer first viewingwarner archive dvd something about the title of. Vhs trailer for the film noir crime thriller johnny eager, directed by mervyn leroy, starring robert taylor, lana turner, edward arnold and. Turners character is a key component of johnny eager, but she spends considerable time offscreen. Johnny eager 1942 cast and crew after johnny eager robert taylor is released from jail, the unreformed gangster fools his parole officer henry oneill into believing his ways are changed. But johnny eager taylor uses his influences with the judges daughter turner, first falling in love with her and then sacrificing that love for a fake killing in which turner takes place, pulling the trigger and having a nervous breakdown. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.

Robert taylor toughened up his image considerably with this gangster movie, which was unusual both in its plot and origins, having come from mgm, which was generally not known for its crime movies. Johnny eager 1941 film noir, lana turner, robert taylor. Great performance, that is complimented by that of van heflin as. Robert taylor plays the role of a good looking shit heel as if hes born to it, huh. Johnny eager 1941 passed 1h 47min crime, filmnoir, thriller 17 january 1942 usa the stepdaughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned. May 04, 20 johnny eager is a 1941 mgm gangster movie that can, at a stretch, be seen as a protonoir. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Johnny eager was one of mgms early entries into film noir territory and its an atmospheric and tough crime melodrama that gives taylor and turner some.