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Post by petrolino on Dec 3, 2017 3:36:47 GMT
I've not heard of 'Junie' (1956) before. Is it worth looking out for a copy? Julie is certainly worth a look. It's a B&W thriller whose modest scale and extensive location work suit the paranoiac atmosphere of a woman trying to escape the husband she comes to realize is dangerously deranged (an icily malevolent Louis Jourdan), and is grimmer and grittier than either the colorful thrills of The Man Who Knew Too Much or melodramatically atmospheric Midnight Lace. It does, come to think of it, have some things in common with Sudden Fear.While Julie does engage in its own melodramatics with an airliner-in-distress climax, that, too, is of modest and claustrophobic scale and Day pulls it off well with her characteristic, all-in commitment. Coming directly on the heels of Love Me Or Leave Me and TMWKTM, Day must have been quite wrung out and greatly relieved to jump next into The Pajama Game and Teacher's Pet after all that concentrated intensity. I'm officially on the lookout now. My sister's all-time favourite old-time movie star is Doris Day, she loves her comedies and musicals especially. I'll ask her if she has a copy of 'Julie' as she has a number of Day pictures on dvd.
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