I had several "WTF", "OMG" and "FTW" moments while watching the film and there were just way too many choice images I wanted to capture. This movie just lent itself to screen caps. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Read full article Invisible Stripes (1939) Screen CapsBy Google profile on From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogĪbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. My Review -Better than You Might Think- Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Lloyd Bacon The Lowdown A recently released convict (George Raft) does his best to go straight after prison, but his conscience gives way to the need to support his family. Read full article Invisible Stripes – 1939By Bogart Fan on From The Bogie Film Blog Cliff Taylor (George Raft) and Chuck Martin (Humphrey Bogart) are pr. Lawesįirst viewing/Netflix rental I thought this social drama was OK with a good cast. Written?by Warren Duff and Jonathan Finn based on the book by Warden Lewis E. Read full article Invisible Stripes (1939)By Beatrice on From Flickers in Time This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them.?As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. The stripes are invisible, but the film's overall slick proficiency is on clear display.Watching 1939: Invisible Stripes (1939) on From Comet Over Hollywood On a sour casting note, Flora Robson is asked to play Raft's mother despite being six months younger, and there is an ickiness to the excessive nuzzling between mother and son. Jane Bryan as his generic girl gets one scene to shine, bumping up against the dreams and reality of rich society. In his second major role, William Holden is relatively bland and superficial compared to his more weathered co-stars. George Raft is in his element and immediately convincing, while Humphrey Bogart generates his own electricity fuelled by abrasive resentment. The cast members easily fit into the material. Despite Cliff's best intentions and notwithstanding the Taylor brothers' short tempers, he is more pushed back rather than pulled into the orbit of crime in order to survive. Both the warden and Cliff's parole officer are on his side and want him to succeed, but trust for an ex-con is in short supply among business owners, factory workers and yard bosses. Lawes, a proponent of prison reform, and Invisible Stripes invests well-meaning effort in exploring the tricky seam between good intentions and societal barriers. The film is based on a novel by real-life warden Lewis E. Morality, repentance, family, social barriers, bank hold-ups, shootouts and the eternal dilemma of choosing between good and evil are wrapped into a tidy 80 minute package. studio at their absolute sweet spot, director Lloyd Bacon delivering a straightforward and compact crime drama with a mix of established and future stars. The title refers to the stench of prison garb enduring upon release, and what Invisible Stripes lacks in originality it more than makes up for in polish. The option of joining Charles' criminal exploits becomes more difficult to dismiss. Cliff has to talk him down from thinking about crime as a quick pathway to riches, but Cliff himself finds life as a parolee difficult, as employers are unwilling to trust him. Tim is financially struggling, hot headed and eager to live the good life. Charles has a more jaundiced view of society and quickly seeks out his old mobster buddies and reenters the crime world.Ĭliff reconnects with his mother (Flora Robson) and younger brother Tim ( William Holden), a car mechanic who is engaged to Peggy (Jane Bryan). Cliff still has a year on parole, but regrets his criminal past and is intent on living a straight life. A gangster drama, Invisible Stripes examines the lingering stigma of prison and the ever attractive shortcuts to riches offered by crime.Ĭliff Taylor ( George Raft) and Charles Martin ( Humphrey Bogart) are released from New York's Sing Sing prison on the same day.
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