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Questions about Call Her Savage
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:31 am
by Lokke Heiss
How does the "group mind" feel about this film?
Required pre-Code viewing, or is it just a sad penultimate last film for Clara?
I haven't seen it. It does seem to be available on the gray-market. Any suggestions on the best version available?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:19 pm
by Nancy Lorraine
It shows up on the Fox Movie Channel pretty frequently, although I don't see it listed in December or January.
Nancy
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:25 pm
by LouieD
I love this movie and it's worth seeing (for me anyway) for 3 reasons:
1. Clara is wearing a very light white shirt in the film that you can see her nipples right through it.
2. The cat fight scene between Clara and Thelma Todd.
3. Thelma Todd.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:49 pm
by FrankFay
Clara seems pretty confident in it, and it's pretty well directed. An added plus is the Pansy cafe scene.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:10 pm
by drednm
Father: Why are you whipping that man?
Clara: I'm practicing in case I ever get married.....
or something to that affect... It's a terrific pre-Coder. And Clara Bow is sensational in it.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:01 pm
by Danny Burk
Love it! One of my favorite pre-codes, and surely Clara's best talkie.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:49 pm
by dr.giraud
And don't forget that really odd scene with the dog.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:47 am
by gkoch
dr.giraud wrote:And don't forget that really odd scene with the dog.
Lucky dog!
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:55 am
by Einar the Lonely
Great, enjoyable film!
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:15 am
by Jim Roots
Clearly, the consensus is that this is a film that needs to be put out there on DVD!
(With captions!!!!)
Jim
(rabid Clara fan who has never seen this one)
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:19 am
by drednm
Yes this should be on DVD... it's a terrific pre-Coder and proves that Clara Bow was a solid talkie actress.... she goes through all the steps here: from the sly sexual innuendo to the all-out weepie segments. Probably only a handful of actresses of the time could have pulled this off. Barbara Stanwyck? Evelyn Brent? Kay Francis? Claudette Colbert?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:04 pm
by Hal Erickson
As usual, William K. Everson made one of the most pointed comments about this curious film, noting that if Clara Bow had actually taken up streetwalking, it's hardly likely that her first two clients would be Walter Long and Bert Roach.
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:54 am
by Jim Roots
Hal Erickson wrote:As usual, William K. Everson made one of the most pointed comments about this curious film, noting that if Clara Bow had actually taken up streetwalking, it's hardly likely that her first two clients would be Walter Long and Bert Roach.
Who would they be, then? Charlie Sheen and Nick Nolte?
Jim
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am
by drednm
I think Long and Roach were perfect choices if the filmmakers were trying to de-glamorize streetwalking as a profession.