{"id":10742,"date":"2010-05-02T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10742"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:58:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T17:58:51","slug":"one-two-three-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10742","title":{"rendered":"One, Two, Three (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Where I come from, everyone&#8217;s against the Yankees.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster-671x1024.png 671w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Poster.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Coca-Cola executive (James Cagney) in Cold War Germany panics when he learns that his ward &#8212; the teenage daughter (Pamela Tiffin) of his supervisor (Howard St. John) &#8212; has married a Communist (Horst Buchholz).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Billy Wilder Films<\/li>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Cultural Romance<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Cagney Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s difficult to understand how the director of such cinematic classics as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3986\"><em>Sunset Boulevard<\/em> (1950)<\/a> and <em>Some Like it Hot<\/em> (1959) could be responsible for helming this tediously unfunny Cold War comedy (based on a one-act play by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferenc_Moln%C3%A1r\">Hungarian author Ferenc Molnar<\/a>). In his final starring role, Cagney delivers his nonstop dialogue at an impressively rapidfire pace (indeed, Peary actually nominates him as Best Actor of the year in his <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/AlternateOscars.html\"><em>Alternate Oscars<\/em><\/a> book!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"741\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney.png 1500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cagney-547x270.png 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the story&#8217;s incessant madcap pacing, dated premise, irritating characters, and insipid dialogue (&#8220;Do you realize that Otto spelled backwards is Otto?&#8221;) conspire to make it a film you&#8217;ll likely suffer through rather than enjoy. Then again, it&#8217;s received uniformly positive reviews from critics over the years, so perhaps I&#8217;m a lone dissenter&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Fapp&#8217;s Oscar-nominated widescreen cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1817\" height=\"917\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4.png 1817w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4-1536x775.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography4-535x270.png 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1817px) 100vw, 1817px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1823\" height=\"907\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography.png 1823w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography-1536x764.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/One-Two-Three-Cinematography-543x270.png 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; definitely feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055256\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9D07E0DF153AE13ABC4A51DFB467838A679EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s911one.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/onetwothree.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/17693\/one-two-three#articles-reviews?articleId=62601\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/one-two-three-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Where I come from, everyone&#8217;s against the Yankees.&#8221; Synopsis: A Coca-Cola executive (James Cagney) in Cold War Germany panics when he learns that his ward &#8212; the teenage daughter (Pamela Tiffin) of his supervisor (Howard St. John) &#8212; has married a Communist (Horst Buchholz). Genres: Billy Wilder Films Cold War Comedy Cross-Cultural Romance Jimmy Cagney Films Play Adaptation Review: It&#8217;s difficult to understand how the director of such cinematic classics as Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Some Like it Hot (1959)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10742\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54386,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10742\/revisions\/54386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}