{"id":2518,"date":"2007-03-13T13:50:42","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:45:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:45:08","slug":"party-girl-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2518","title":{"rendered":"Party Girl (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Let&#8217;s put it this way: I need you, Tommy. You&#8217;re my boy, like a son. You walk out on me now, what happens to poor Rico?&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Poster.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA lawyer (Robert Taylor) working for a Chicago gangster (Lee J. Cobb) falls in love with a showgirl (Cyd Charisse) and tries to leave the mob; but he soon finds that this isn&#8217;t as easy as he thought.\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>Cyd Charisse Films<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>John Ireland Films<\/li>\n<li>Lawyers<\/li>\n<li>Lee J. Cobb Films<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Ray Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Taylor Films<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Showgirls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Party Girl<\/em> is a disappointing entry in Nicholas Ray&#8217;s otherwise impressive oeuvre. Despite high production values, fine performances by the leads (especially Cobb), a couple of fun dance numbers by Charisse: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-1536x748.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing-554x270.png 554w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-Dancing.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and occasional moments of directorial ingenuity, the film is ultimately hampered by an uninteresting script which covers material trodden many times over. Taylor&#8217;s character (a savvy, successful lawyer):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-1024x489.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-1536x733.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor-565x270.png 565w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Taylor.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>should know better than to assume he can simply leave his life with the mob behind him; and when things go wrong for both him and his new love (Charisse), it&#8217;s hard to feel either much compassion or curiosity about what will happen next. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lee J. Cobb as Rico<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-1024x481.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-128x60.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-1536x721.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3-575x270.png 575w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Cobb3.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charisse&#8217;s dancing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-1024x477.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-128x60.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-1536x715.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3-580x270.png 580w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse3.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography and production values<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-1024x488.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"305\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-1536x732.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction-567x270.png 567w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Direction.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"308\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-1536x740.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse-560x270.png 560w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Party-Girl-Charisse.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Although Ray does a competent job with the material he&#8217;s given, this is not among his best work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0052050\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1958\/10\/29\/archives\/screen-oldhat-gunplay-party-girl-stars-cyd-charisse-and-taylor.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/70804.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/365\/party-girl#articles-reviews?articleId=74690\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s put it this way: I need you, Tommy. You&#8217;re my boy, like a son. You walk out on me now, what happens to poor Rico?&#8221; Synopsis: A lawyer (Robert Taylor) working for a Chicago gangster (Lee J. Cobb) falls in love with a showgirl (Cyd Charisse) and tries to leave the mob; but he soon finds that this isn&#8217;t as easy as he thought. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cyd Charisse Films Gangsters John Ireland Films Lawyers Lee J&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2518\"> 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-2518","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\/2518","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=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58716,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/58716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}