{"id":20560,"date":"2011-12-14T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T19:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20560"},"modified":"2021-09-25T22:06:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T05:06:53","slug":"written-on-the-wind-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20560","title":{"rendered":"Written on the Wind (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll wait, and I&#8217;ll have you &#8212; marriage or no marriage.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Written-on-the-Wind-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Written-on-the-Wind-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Written-on-the-Wind-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Written-on-the-Wind-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Written-on-the-Wind-Poster.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe alcoholic playboy son (Robert Stack) of an oil magnate (Robert Keith) woos and marries a secretary (Lauren Bacall) who his best friend (Rock Hudson) is secretly in love with; meanwhile, Stack&#8217;s nymphomaniac sister (Dorothy Malone) will stop at nothing to convince Hudson &#8212; her lifelong crush &#8212; to marry her.\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>Alcoholism and Drug Addiction<\/li>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Malone Films<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Sirk Films<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Bacall Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Millionaires<\/li>\n<li>Robert Stack Films<\/li>\n<li>Rock Hudson Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary notes that this &#8220;tempestuous melodrama&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;produced by Albert Zugsmith&#8230; and directed by Douglas Sirk, the German emigre who made films about American life and family&#8221; &#8212; features &#8220;strong performances, especially by an extremely sexy Dorothy Malone&#8221; (who won an Oscar for her supporting work here), and &#8220;ranks with <em>The Tarnished Angels<\/em> [1957] as Sirk&#8217;s best work&#8221;. He points out that &#8220;as in all good potboilers, the characters are driven by their passions and are surrounded by destructive forces: those characters who are destroyed also have destructive forces emanating from the inside&#8221;. As argued by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/writt.html\">Tim Dirks on his Greatest Films site<\/a>, the film critiques &#8220;the underlying hollowness and shallowness of American society in the placid 1950s,&#8221; portraying &#8220;misfit lives stunted and corrupted by mental anguish, alcoholism, sexual frustration, and corruptible materialistic wealth&#8221;. And, as noted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightlightsfilm.com\/34\/34sirk.php\">Bright Lights&#8217;<\/a> review, the presence of &#8220;private jets, rivers of booze, barroom fisticuffs, shiny clothes, and a forest of phallic oil derricks&#8221; link this film inextricably to its heirs apparent &#8212; the popular television series &#8220;Dynasty&#8221; and &#8220;Dallas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While Sirk&#8217;s previous films &#8212; such as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21311\"><em>Magnificent Obsession<\/em> (1954)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20690\"><em>All That Heaven Allows<\/em> (1955)<\/a> &#8212; afforded audiences the opportunity to relate to the central female protagonist&#8217;s romantic and social crises, such an association is less obvious here. Presumably, audiences were meant to primarily sympathize with Bacall&#8217;s character:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography2.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who is lured into a world of wealth and privilege in part due to her compassion for such an obviously &#8220;broken&#8221; man as Stack (who comes across as oddly sympathetic, despite his character&#8217;s deep-seated flaws; Stack is in fine form). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hudson&#8217;s &#8220;Mitch Wayne&#8221; is a likable, no-nonsense counterpart for male audiences to relate to. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-1536x821.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson-505x270.png 505w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s Malone&#8217;s sexy, deeply troubled &#8220;Marylee&#8221; who is ultimately most memorable here, with her drunken, frenzied dervish (cross-cut with her father&#8217;s death) a disturbing highlight of the film. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death-Dance.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-1536x824.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Death2.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She and her brother are clear cautionary evidence of the way in which &#8220;those who have money&#8230; are doomed, as if money created bad genes&#8221;. One may leave the film feeling oddly grateful for not being wealthy. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dorothy Malone as Marylee Hadley<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Malone2.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robert Stack as Kyle Hadley<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-1536x830.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Stack4.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rock Hudson as Mitch Wayne<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-1536x825.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Hudson2.png 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vibrant sets and Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Written-on-the-Wind-Cinematography.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a mid-century melodramatic classic &#8212; and for Malone&#8217;s Oscar-winning supporting performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049966\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9506EFD61238E73ABC4A52DFB766838C649EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s273sirk.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=889\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/writt.html\">Greatest Films Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/written-on-the-wind\/review\/123199\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/96313\/written-on-the-wind#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightlightsfilm.com\/34\/34sirk.php\">Bright Lights Film Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GNZ1ZKNPB-Q\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll wait, and I&#8217;ll have you &#8212; marriage or no marriage.&#8221; Synopsis: The alcoholic playboy son (Robert Stack) of an oil magnate (Robert Keith) woos and marries a secretary (Lauren Bacall) who his best friend (Rock Hudson) is secretly in love with; meanwhile, Stack&#8217;s nymphomaniac sister (Dorothy Malone) will stop at nothing to convince Hudson &#8212; her lifelong crush &#8212; to marry her. 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