Sensation on page 1

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Movie
German title Sensation on page 1
Original title The Story on Page One
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1959
length 123 minutes
Rod
Director Clifford Odets
script Clifford Odets
production Jerry Woods
music Elmer Bernstein
camera James Wong Howe
cut Hugh S. Fowler
occupation
synchronization

Sensation on page 1 (Original title: The Story on Page One ) is an American film drama with Rita Hayworth from 1959, which was also directed by the screenwriter Clifford Odets .

action

Josephine "Jo" Morris and Larry Ellis are charged with killing officer Mike Morris, Jo's husband. Jo's mother, Hattie, visits the young lawyer Victor Santini and asks him to defend her daughter in court. Santini is reluctant to take on the case, however. During his first interview with Jo, she told him her story: Her husband Mike was an aggressive drinker who could not contain his anger even with his ten-year-old daughter Avis. Out of frustration and loneliness, Jo moved to the sensitive widower Larry Ellis, with whom she soon fell in love. When Jo, Mike, and Avis returned from a family reunion one evening, Larry was waiting at their house to speak to Jo. After both Avis and Mike went to bed, Jo called Larry into the kitchen. But Mike heard a noise, became suspicious and went to the kitchen with his service weapon in hand, where he wanted to hunt down his rival. In the scuffle that followed, a shot went off and Mike fell to the ground, fatally hit.

The prosecutor meanwhile has a perfect murder theory ready: Mike stood in the way of the two lovers and should therefore give his life. While Larry had got himself a safe alibi for the evening , Jo would have made her husband drunk at the party, only to receive Larry unnoticed in her house afterwards, to give him the gun and to lure the unloved husband into the line of fire with cries for help. As a clear indication of his theory of the course of events, the public prosecutor points out a high level of life insurance that the man killed had taken out shortly before his death.

Lawyer Santini can refute the statements of all witnesses against his client , but Larry's alleged alibi seems to be an unbeatable trump card of the prosecution. To fight this, Santini must break resistance from Larry's defense attorney, who is paid by Larry's possessive mother. From the beginning she was against her son's relationship with Jo. Your questioning in court will ultimately be the crucial turning point in the process . In cross-examination, Santini reveals the true nature of Mrs. Ellis: She is vicious, mean, selfish and domineering. Larry had to protect himself and Jo from her with the alibi, of which the twelve jurors are ultimately firmly convinced. With the verdict “not guilty”, Larry and Jo can finally look forward to a future together with good cheer.

background

After None But the Lonely Heart (1944) with Cary Grant , Sensation on page 1 was the second and last directorial work by the American screenwriter Clifford Odets. When he wrote the script for Sensation on page 1 , he had Rita Hayworth in mind for the female lead from the start. He told columnist Louella Parsons that he "couldn't imagine anyone else to star."

In December 1959, Sensation was first shown in US cinemas on page 1 . The German premiere followed on February 26, 1960.

Reviews

"A circumstantial trial based on conventional American court films with some gripping court scenes and speeches," was the lexicon of international films . Paul V. Beckley wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that in Sensation on page 1 , Rita Hayworth was taking "a great step forward from mere glamor to serious and individual performance." According to Time , Hayworth, "the former pinup girl", showed in the film that she has now "dominated the role of the depressed woman". When she's in front of the camera, she “keeps the film in shape”. If it is not, "the tension in sentimental delicacies" dissolves. According to Daily Variety , "the entire cast" was "outshone by the idea of ​​Katherine Squire as Hayworth's mother." Squire achieved "an intensity and credibility that won't leave you indifferent when watching".

All Movie Guide's Craig Butler said in retrospect that Sensation on page 1 could have been "a better movie", "maybe even better if Clifford Odets had been happy just writing the script." Odets is "anything but a born director". The film suffers "from its cumbersome way of staging the admittedly complicated scenes". The "biggest problem", however, is Anthony Franciosa's idea. He is "never really convincing" in his role. Gig Young is "better", but not always. Only Rita Hayworth delivered "a consistently impressive, structured and cohesive performance among the main actors". "Freed from her glamor image, she plays her part like a well-tuned violin," says Butler.

German version

The German synchronous editing was created in 1959.

role actor Voice actor
Josephine Morris Rita Hayworth Gisela Trowe
Victor Santini Anthony Franciosa Horst Niendorf
Larry Ellis Gig Young Curt Ackermann
Mrs. Ellis Mildred Dunnock Roma train
Judge Nielson Hugh Griffith Konrad Wagner
Phil Stanley Sanford Meisner Gerd Martienzen
Prosecutor Nordeau Robert Burton Paul Wagner
Mrs. Hattie Brown Katherine Squire Elf tailors
Judge Carey Raymond Greenleaf Robert Klupp

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Peary: Rita Hayworth. Your films - your life . Heyne, Munich 1981, p. 164.
  2. ↑ Sensation on page 1. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed November 5, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ "Miss Hayworth takes a long stride forward here from mere glamor toward serious and individual performance." Paul V. Beckley in the New York Herald Tribune quoted. after Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 223.
  4. ↑ “Actress Hayworth, the onetime pinup girl, has now mastered the role of the beat-down broad, and when she is on-camera, she holds the show in shape. When she is not, the suspense dissolves into a mess of sentimental pablum. " Time quote after Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 223.
  5. ↑ “The whole cast is lit by the performance of Katherine Squire as Miss Hayworth's mother. Miss Squire achieves an intensity and credibility that is a thrill to watch. " Daily Variety cit. after Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 223.
  6. ↑ “ The Story on Page One would have been a better film (perhaps even a top notch one) if Clifford Odets had been content to simply write the screenplay. [...] Odets is anything but a natural director, and the film suffers from the clunky manner in which he stages (admittedly complicated) scenes. […] But the biggest problem is Franciosa's performance; he is never completely convincing […]. Gig Young is better, though uneven, but only Rita Hayworth among the leads gives a consistently powerful, textured, and cohesive performance. Freed from playing a glamor girl, she plays the part like a well-tuned violin. " Craig Butler, cf. omovie.com
  7. ↑ Sensation on page 1. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on November 5, 2018 .