The red danube 1949 janet leigh in the red danube 1949 see all 14. With walter pidgeon, ethel barrymore, peter lawford, angela lansbury. Watch the red danube online stream full movie directv. Sullivan and a very young angela lansbury in this film of human emotions and government bureaucracy. In a city that now lies across the river from soviet controlled eastern europe, british major john mcphimister works to repatriate war. The red danube is a strong 1949 film about postwar europe, starring walter pidgeon, peter lawford, angela lansbury, janet leigh, and ethel barrymore. Bathing beauty is a 1944 musical film starring red skelton, basil rathbone, and esther williams, and directed by george sidney although this was not williams screen debut, it was her first technicolor musical. One is the agreement among the allies to repatriate people to their native countries after the war. The red danube george sidney, walter pidgeon, ethel.
A russian ballerina in vienna tries to flee kgb agents and defect. John mcphimister peter lawford and audrey quail angela lansbury, relocate from rome to carry out their mission. Watch full length feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, world war ii propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours. The red danube s drama comes from the story by novelist bruce marshall, adroitly tackles communism on two fronts the human and the religious. Mgm used some of its top stars in this film including ethel barrymore, louis calhern, francis l. Assigned to repatriate soviet nationals from vienna after world war ii, col.
Directed by george sidney produced by carey wilson written by bruce marshall gina kaus arthur wimperis starring walter pidgeon ethel barrymore peter lawford angela lansbury janet leigh music by. The red danube is a film directed by george sidney with walter pidgeon. The red danube also features angela lansbury as a proud military woman who stands her ground against sexist male colleagues. The red danube 1949 walter pidgeon video dailymotion.
Modern audiences will likely view the red danube as little more than an anticommunist film, but it actually had somewhat loftier intentions. The red danube 1949 stream and watch online moviefone. Blossoms in the dust 1941 official trailer greer garson, walter pidgeon. Sure, it was intent on demonstrating that theres a big difference between red and red, white blue, but it also attempted to explore, however slightly, the role that allied acquiescence played in the postwar repatriation of soviet refugees. Although mgm assigned an allstar cast to the red danube, including a big budget, the film was a commercial failure. She is an actress, known for the red danube 1949, shower of stars 1954 and the shanghai story 1954. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring. Read the full synopsis of the red danube, 1949, directed by george sidney, with walter pidgeon, ethel barrymore, peter lawford, at turner classic movies.
The red danube 1949 passed 1h 59min drama, romance, war 14 october 1949 usa shortly after the end of world war ii, british colonel michael hooky nicobar is assigned to a unit in the british zone of vienna. The red danube full frame, remastered, manufactured on. Watch tcm is the convenient way to watch great classic films when you want, where you want uncut, commercial free. Marias plight turns into a political tugofwar involving a british colonel walter pidgeon and a soviet colonel louis calhern. These films dramatized history as it unfolded, capturing reallife fears of communism and fortifying cold war tensions in the united states. In the film industry, the purgatorial passage lasted until producerstar kirk douglas insisted that spartacus 1960 grant screen credit to dalton trumbo, one of the.
The red danubes drama comes from the story by novelist bruce marshall, adroitly. Man hunt 1941 hd 720p walter pidgeon, joan bennett, george. One of the more palatable of hollywoods anticommunist tracts of the late 1940searly 1950s was mgms the red danube. In the red danube from the novel vespers in vienna by bruce marshall, metro aims a haymaker at soviet repatriation methods in europe and general communist ideology, but the punch lands short of. The red danube could be grouped among cold war dramas and anticommunist propaganda, but its really a film that captures the changing views of allied namely british and u. The red danube also had a role to play in hollywoods reaction to the governments 1947 investigation into possible communist influences in the movie industry. The huac hearings involving the hollywood ten had shaken the town to its core, and in response to the scrutiny the film industry began to turn out several outwardly antisoviet movies.
Many of these videos are available for free download. Victor wood was born on october 4, 1914 in dublin, ireland. The red danube 1949 ethel barrymore louis calhern walter. Peter lawford is the british officer who tries to save her while his c. The red danube 1949 ethel barrymore louis calhern walter pidgeon. The cruelty and inhumanity of communism is on full display this movie. Of all the terrific characters in this movie it was the little girl mickey mouse that moved me the most. The red danube 1949 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Newcom, ethel barrymore, peter lawford, angela lansbury, janet leigh, louis calhern, francis l.
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The red danube 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The red danube is a 1949 american drama film directed by george sidney and starring walter pidgeon. This film is such a reminder that, as solomon said, there is nothing. Released 1949, the red danube stars walter pidgeon, ethel barrymore, peter lawford, angela lansbury the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A journey upriver from the black sea to the black forest, nick thorpe travels its full 1,770 miles, taking in the landscape, history, and people. Mgms the red danube 1949 was one of several anticommunist films produced by hollywood in the aftermath of world war ii. Hooky nicobar walter pidgeon is assigned to a unit in the british zone of vienna. Janet leigh plays maria buhlen, an eastern bloc ballerina who seeks political asylum in the britishoccupied zone of vienna.
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