Word: valli
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Walk Softly, Stranger," the new Valli--Joseph Cotten epic proves only that the impact of "The Third Man" rested on a great deal more than the names in its cast. Perhaps with another superb musical background which could have created a powerful mood or submerged the action completely, these stony characters could have made the movie at least passable. But R.K.O. failed to take this precaution in its haste to whip up another Valli-Cotten pudding...
...moral, the other physical. Gambler Joseph Gotten arrives in small town Ashton, Ohio to establish a hideout and a new identity in preparation for holding up a New York gangster. He goes to work in the local factory and falls in love with the manufacturer's daughter (Valli), who has been confined to a wheelchair by a skiing accident. The stickup comes off on schedule, but when Cotten's Co-Thief Paul Stewart arrives in Ashton, the New York gunmen are at his heels...
...Third Man. Melodrama in postwar Vienna, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed; with Joseph Gotten, Orson Welles and Valli (TIME...
...climb is encumbered with a heavy load of symbolism. The mountain itself symbolizes Life, and each member of the climbing party is tagged with a different nationality and a different motive for climbing, i.e., for living. The climbers: a warmhearted Italian girl (Valli), a war-weary American (Glenn Ford), an unreconstructed Nazi (Lloyd Bridges), a decadent Frenchman (Claude Rains), a philosophical Englishman (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), a dutiful Swiss (Oscar Homolka). Before the peak comes into sight, they revert pretty much to national typecasting, and the plot maneuvers them to illustrate some simple homilies (e.g., Love conquers all; United we stand...
...awesome scenery and the photogenic excitement of mountain climbing. Against backdrops of fog, a blizzard and glaring snowscapes, Director Ted (The Window) Teztlaff skillfully conveys not only the hairbreadth perils and sheer exertion of the sport, but also a fair idea of its tricky techniques. A buxom, wind-blown Valli, with talent to match her good looks, helps to keep the Alpine vistas from stealing the picture...