{"id":1092,"date":"2006-05-18T18:42:52","date_gmt":"2006-05-19T01:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2021-01-08T18:25:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T01:25:05","slug":"storm-warning-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1092","title":{"rendered":"Storm Warning (1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Without us, a girl like you wouldn&#8217;t be safe on the street at night.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Storm-Warning-Poster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Storm-Warning-Poster1-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Storm-Warning-Poster1-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Storm-Warning-Poster1-92x128.jpg 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Storm-Warning-Poster1.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA woman (Ginger Rogers) witnesses her brother-in-law (Steve Cochran) participating in a killing by the Ku Klux Klan, and must decide whether to stay quiet or talk.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Doris Day Films<\/li>\n<li>Ginger Rogers Films<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Reagan Films<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this tragic social drama &#8212; the &#8220;first Hollywood picture since <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49037\">1936&#8217;s <em>Black Legion<\/em><\/a> to take a persuasive stand against the Ku Klux Klan&#8221; &#8212; does indeed &#8220;keep you on the edge of your seat&#8221;. However, it&#8217;s deeply disappointing that once again, nothing at all is mentioned about the Klan&#8217;s racist ideology; instead, the Klansmen are simply presented as a white-hooded version of small-town mob mentality.  Fortunately, the genuine tension between the primary protagonists carries the film, and Rogers&#8217; dilemma &#8212; whether to tell what she saw, or keep quiet for the sake of her sister&#8217;s happiness &#8212; is authentically compelling. As an added note, the dynamic between Marsha (Rogers), her sister Lucy (Doris Day), and Lucy&#8217;s husband Hank (Cochran) reminded me of the claustrophobic tension between Blanche, Stella and Stanley in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44325\"><em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em><\/a> &#8212; though Cochran&#8217;s hunky Hank is infinitely more idiotic than Stanley, and Marsha far less fragile than Blanche.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ginger Rogers&#8217; &#8220;gutsy&#8221; performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-rogers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-rogers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4754\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Doris Day in a sympathetic early screen role (Peary notes that her &#8220;dramatic portrayal&#8230; is what earned her the lead in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10409\"><em>The Man Who Knew Too Much<\/em><\/a>&#8220;)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-doris-day.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-doris-day.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4755\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ronald Reagan as a local journalist determined to expose the Klan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-reagan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-reagan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4756\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An effective tale of loyalty versus justice<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-trio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-trio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4753\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4751\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A rare mid-twentieth-century American film to address the Klan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-klan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/storm-warning-klan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4757\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s definitely worth watching. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0044075\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1951\/03\/03\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-storm-warning-new-warners-film-on-klan.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Without us, a girl like you wouldn&#8217;t be safe on the street at night.&#8221; Synopsis: A woman (Ginger Rogers) witnesses her brother-in-law (Steve Cochran) participating in a killing by the Ku Klux Klan, and must decide whether to stay quiet or talk. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Courtroom Drama Doris Day Films Ginger Rogers Films Ronald Reagan Films Small Town America Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this tragic social drama &#8212; the &#8220;first Hollywood picture since 1936&#8217;s Black&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1092\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092","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=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62368,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions\/62368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}