His name was Parrish
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | His name was Parrish |
| Original title | Parrish |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 119 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Delmer Daves |
| script | Delmer Daves Mildred Savage |
| production | Delmer Daves for Warner Bros. |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| cut | Owen Marks |
| occupation | |
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His name was Parrish (original title: Parrish ) is an American feature film directed by Delmer Daves from 1961. It is based on the novel Parrish by Mildred Savage .
action
The widow Ellen McLean comes with her son Parrish to Connecticut on tobacco - plantation of Sala post. He is also widowed, and Ellen is supposed to be the chaperone for his eldest daughter, Alison . Parrish starts working on the plantation and starts an affair with the farmer girl Lucy. However, the young man is also interested in Alison and begins a romance with her. His mother Ellen marries the tobacco magnate Judd Raike. Parrish moves into Judd Raike's house with his mother and is supposed to work for his stepfather. He leads the tobacco business with his two sons Edgar and Wiley unscrupulously in the fight against his rival Sala Post, which is met with reluctance by Parrish. He quits and goes to the Navy . Alison feels abandoned by Parrish and marries Wiley Raike out of defiance. In the meantime, Lucy is pregnant by Edgar Raike.
Parrish comes back two years later. He leases land from Sala Post. Sala Post has meanwhile given up competition with Judd Raike. However, Parrish struggles to hire field workers for his plantation as the workers fear the repression of Judd Raike. Against all odds, Parrish receives support from Paige Raike, Judd's young daughter. She organizes working groups for field work among her schoolmates for the weekends. The harvest seems to be secured at first. Edgar Raike finally tries to set Parrish's fields on fire, but is caught by Parrish. Parrish beats him up in front of Judd Raike. Judd does not come to his son's aid and realizes that Parrish has won the battle for his tobacco planting and, ultimately, for the heart of Paige Raike.
background
The role of Ellen McLean was the last movie role for Claudette Colbert. Vincent Gardenia can be seen in a small, unnamed role .
The novel Parrish by Mildred Savage has appeared in the German-speaking area under the titles Parrish , His name was Parrish and In the valley of hot earth .
Reviews
"Shallow entertainment that doesn't get any better even with old star Claudette Colbert and at best produces involuntary comedy."
“Staged with all the clichés of southern melodrama about pride, passion and prejudice. A side work by the director of The Broken Arrow . (Rating: 1 of 4 possible stars - weak) "
literature
- Mildred Savage : Parrish. Roman (original title: Parrish ). German by Maria Wolff . 2nd edition (popular edition). Krüger, Hamburg 1966, 585 pp.
Web links
- His name was Parrish in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ His name was Parrish. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 737
- ↑ the later editions published in 1970 and 1974 by Bastei-Verlag Lübbe under the title In the Valley of Hot Earth are shortened editions of Maria Wolff's translation