The lost rose
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The lost rose |
| Original title | The stripper |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| script | Meade Roberts |
| production | Jerry Woods |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| cut | Robert L. Simpson |
| occupation | |
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The Lost Rose (Original title: The Stripper ) is an American drama from 1963 based on the play A Loss of Roses by William Inge .
action
After her career as a dancer in film failed, Lila Green appeared in a second-rate stage show. The show tours the country and arrives in a small town in Kansas where Lila spent part of her childhood. Show manager Ricky Powers, Lila's lover, leaves a lot of money in town. Lila meets her old friend Helen Baird again and gets to know Helen's son Kenny. The young man is taken with Lila and leaves his girlfriend to propose marriage to Lila. At first, Lila is happy, but soon she sees that Kenny's proposal is the result of his youthful recklessness.
Ricky returns and offers Lila a new appearance. She is supposed to do a striptease, which Lila also accepts. Kenny watches the show and is bothered by Lila's apparent disparagement. He renews his marriage proposal. Lila refuses again, knowing that a wedding with Kenny would never work. She decides to start her new career as a stripper.
background
Director Schaffner was responsible for a cinema production for the first time. For Jerry Wald it was the last film as a producer. He died of a heart attack while filming.
The film is one of the few US productions that appeared earlier in Germany (June 14, 1963) than in the USA (June 19, 1963). The play on which the film is based premiered on November 28, 1959 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. 25 performances followed. Warren Beatty , who played the role of Kenny on stage, was nominated for a 1960 Tony Award .
Reviews
The lexicon of international films called the film a "psychological study which, in the final analysis, does not seem conclusive enough, but offers a sensitive study of the personality of a person between dreaming dreams and later self-knowledge in the constant alternation of a stylized theater world and realistic reproduction of reality".
Bosley Crowther of the New York Times saw a lack of artistic quality that could cover the fragile framework with a little seriousness. Variety thought the film was an unsuccessful attempt to give substance and claim to the Broadway flop.
Awards
At the 1964 Academy Awards , William Travilla was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Costume Design / Black & White category.
Joanne Woodward came fifth at the Laurel Award in the “Top Female Dramatic Performance” category.
Web links
- The Lost Rose in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The lost rose. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Bosley Crowther : Adaptation of 'Loss of Roses': 'Stripper' in Premiere at Several Theaters . In: The New York Times , June 20, 1963.
- ↑ See The Stripper . In: Variety , 1963.