{"id":19422,"date":"2011-09-07T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19422"},"modified":"2020-12-10T00:12:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T07:12:21","slug":"house-by-the-river-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19422","title":{"rendered":"House by the River (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a limit to this business of being brothers.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA sociopathic writer (Louis Hayward) enlists the help of his brother (Lee Bowman) in hiding the body of a maid (Dorothy Patrick) he&#8217;s accidentally strangled.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Fritz Lang Films<\/li>\n<li>Hiding Dead Bodies<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Jane Wyatt Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis little-seen historical melodrama by Fritz Lang is arguably the film in his oeuvre <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2005\/cteq\/house_by_the_river\/\">&#8220;with the strongest camp appeal&#8221;<\/a>. Featuring a sociopathic protagonist we come to despise within 10 minutes of his appearance on-screen, the gothic storyline moves inexorably towards Hayward&#8217;s downfall &#8212; though there remains a fair amount of suspense in wondering just how he&#8217;ll get there, and how many other people he&#8217;ll manage to hurt along the way. As noted in Digitally Obsessed&#8217;s review, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=8049\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a pretty trashy soap opera of a movie, overheated and crammed with melodrama, the sort of picture that will have you cheering the hero and hissing the villain&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; and the film does suffer a bit from its rather predictable set-up (including an obligatory would-be romance between Hayward&#8217;s wife [Jane Wyatt] and Bowman). However, Lang does a fine job maintaining moody atmosphere throughout &#8212; thanks in part to Edward Cronjager&#8217;s cinematography &#8212; and Hayward is surprisingly memorable and weaselly in the lead role. Worth a look, but not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Louis Hayward as Stephen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Hayward.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Hayward-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Hayward-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Hayward-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Hayward-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Hayward.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Edward Cronjager&#8217;s atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Cinematography-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Cinematography-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Cinematography-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Cinematography-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/House-by-the-River-Cinematography.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0042579\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1950\/05\/02\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-house-by-the-river-with-louis-hayward-and-lee.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=8049\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/housebyriv.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mikegrost.com\/lang.htm#House\">The Films of Fritz Lang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2005\/cteq\/house_by_the_river\/\">Senses of Cinema Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/72297\/house_by_the_river.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a limit to this business of being brothers.&#8221; Synopsis: A sociopathic writer (Louis Hayward) enlists the help of his brother (Lee Bowman) in hiding the body of a maid (Dorothy Patrick) he&#8217;s accidentally strangled. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Falsely Accused Fritz Lang Films Hiding Dead Bodies Historical Drama Jane Wyatt Films Siblings Review: This little-seen historical melodrama by Fritz Lang is arguably the film in his oeuvre &#8220;with the strongest camp appeal&#8221;. Featuring a sociopathic protagonist we come&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19422\"> 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-19422","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\/19422","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=19422"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56687,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19422\/revisions\/56687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}