{"id":25929,"date":"2012-05-18T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T18:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25929"},"modified":"2022-02-22T09:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:33:44","slug":"corn-is-green-the-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25929","title":{"rendered":"Corn is Green, The (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you ever get tired of lessons?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Poster.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nUpon moving to the Welsh countryside, a schoolteacher (Bette Davis) decides to establish a classroom in her own house to help teach the village children. One student (John Dall) stands out as particularly gifted, and she helps him begin preparations to attend Oxford &#8212; but the tarty daughter (Joan Lorring) of her housekeeper (Rosalind Ivan) has other plans in mind for Dall.\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>Bette Davis Films<\/li>\n<li>Femmes Fatales<\/li>\n<li>Irving Rapper Films<\/li>\n<li>John Dall Films<\/li>\n<li>Mildred Dunnock Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIrving Rapper directed Bette Davis in no less than nine films, including this adaptation of Welsh author Emlyn Williams&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corn_Is_Green\">semi-autobiographical play<\/a> about a gifted young coal-miner attempting to gain entrance into Oxford. The storyline is often overly theatrical, and certain scenes (such as when the coal-miners sing impossibly beautiful ditties while walking to and from work) come across as heavy-handed &#8212; but Davis is such a nuanced and compelling actress that she consistently elevates the material, helping us remain invested and engaged throughout. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6-1024x746.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis6.png 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his film debut, Dall &#8212; best known for his starring roles in Hitchcock&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18528\"><em>Rope<\/em> (1948)<\/a> and Joseph Lewis&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24946\"><em>Gun Crazy<\/em> (1949)<\/a> &#8212; received a Best Supporting Actor nomination, and does an impressive job portraying his character&#8217;s deep sense of conflict:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5-376x270.png 376w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall5.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to understand why this strapping young man would both appreciate and resent the attentions paid to him by Davis. However, I&#8217;m less enamored with Lorring&#8217;s performance as a trollop who sets a key plot hitch in motion: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3-1024x753.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3-367x270.png 367w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Lorring3.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Davis apparently hand-picked her for the role, I find her performance overly broad; sure, she&#8217;s written as a no-good <em>femme fatale<\/em> whose very mother confesses to not liking her when she was born (poor thing!), but she&#8217;s a tad too one-dimensional in her sociopathic glee for my tastes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bette Davis as Lily Moffat<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1-376x270.png 376w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Davis-1.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Dall as Morgan Evans<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1-1024x743.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1-372x270.png 372w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Corn-is-Green-Dall-1.png 1427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037614\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1945\/03\/30\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-corn-is-green-starring-bette-davis-in-role.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/614\/the-corn-is-green\/#articles-reviews?articleId=21728\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/the-corn-is-green\/Film?oid=1073468\">Chicago Reader Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you ever get tired of lessons?&#8221; Synopsis: Upon moving to the Welsh countryside, a schoolteacher (Bette Davis) decides to establish a classroom in her own house to help teach the village children. One student (John Dall) stands out as particularly gifted, and she helps him begin preparations to attend Oxford &#8212; but the tarty daughter (Joan Lorring) of her housekeeper (Rosalind Ivan) has other plans in mind for Dall. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bette Davis Films Femmes Fatales&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25929\"> 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-25929","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\/25929","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=25929"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81636,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25929\/revisions\/81636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}