{"id":20576,"date":"2011-11-23T10:58:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20576"},"modified":"2020-12-13T15:34:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T22:34:15","slug":"summer-storm-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20576","title":{"rendered":"Summer Storm (1944)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;When a man pities his rival, he&#8217;s preparing to pity himself.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Poster-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Poster-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Poster.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn pre-Revolutionary Russia, beautiful young Olga (Linda Darnell) is married off to an older peasant (Hugo Haas), but secretly loves an aristocratic judge (George Sanders); meanwhile, a foppish nobleman (Edward Everett Horton) lavishes Olga with gifts in hopes of buying her favors, and the upstanding daughter (Anna Lee) of a publisher mourns the loss of her fiancee (Sanders).\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>Anna Lee Films<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Sirk Films<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>George Sanders Films<\/li>\n<li>Linda Darnell Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Social Climbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on Anton Chekhov&#8217;s 1884 novella <em>The Shooting Party<\/em>, this historical melodrama is primarily remembered &#8212; along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4638\"><em>Hitler&#8217;s Madman<\/em> (1943)<\/a> &#8212; as one of Douglas Sirk&#8217;s first American studio pictures after his emigration from Germany. Film fanatics will likely be surprised to see iconic fey character actor Edward Everett Horton given a relatively substantial role here, playing a simpering, womanizing (!) aristocrat with comedic flair; unfortunately, as much as I&#8217;d love to give him kudos, his performance is ultimately more amusing than convincing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2-1024x672.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2-1024x672.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2-411x270.png 411w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Horton2.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanders is typecast in a somewhat serious role as a judge who falls head-over-heels for Darnell&#8217;s Olga; their romance isn&#8217;t particularly convincing either &#8212; though we&#8217;re meant to simply accept that Olga is such an intoxicatingly smoldering beauty she can&#8217;t help igniting the passions of all men around her. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1-405x270.png 405w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-1.png 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other than the rather pedestrian &#8220;suspense&#8221; surrounding Darnell&#8217;s social-climbing romantic aspirations (and an unexpected plot twist in the final half-hour), the film&#8217;s narrative tensions derive primarily from sticky class relations; indeed, the original story&#8217;s timeline was moved up a few decades to heighten the fact that Horton and Sanders&#8217; sense of entitlement would not last long in the face of an increasingly disenchanted proletariat. Watch for a memorable supporting performance by Laurie Lane (Lori Lahner) as a maid with a crush on Sanders. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linda Darnell as Olga<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Darnell-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Laurie Lane as Clara<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Lane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Lane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Lane.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Lane-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Lane-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography and direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography1.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Summer-Storm-Cinematography1-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Sirk completists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037325\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/summer-storm\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When a man pities his rival, he&#8217;s preparing to pity himself.&#8221; Synopsis: In pre-Revolutionary Russia, beautiful young Olga (Linda Darnell) is married off to an older peasant (Hugo Haas), but secretly loves an aristocratic judge (George Sanders); meanwhile, a foppish nobleman (Edward Everett Horton) lavishes Olga with gifts in hopes of buying her favors, and the upstanding daughter (Anna Lee) of a publisher mourns the loss of her fiancee (Sanders). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Anna Lee Films Cross-Class Romance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20576\"> 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-20576","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\/20576","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=20576"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57637,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20576\/revisions\/57637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}