{"id":3805,"date":"2007-07-31T12:39:22","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2021-01-17T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T17:31:10","slug":"hold-back-tomorrow-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3805","title":{"rendered":"Hold Back Tomorrow (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He wants to have some fun. Music, dancing &#8212; y&#8217;know. To kill time.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Poster.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs his final request, a death-row prisoner named Joe (John Agar) asks for a girl to be sent to his cell. When a suicidal prostitute named Dora (Cleo Moore) shows up, Joe is at first disappointed &#8212; but soon the two misfits realize they have more in common than they thought, and a last-minute romance ensues.\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>Character Arc<\/li>\n<li>Hugo Haas Films<\/li>\n<li>John Agar Films<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn this character-driven romance, director Hugo Haas tells a simple, occasionally derivative, but ultimately touching story of two lonely souls finding love at the brink of death. Moore (who starred in no less than seven of Haas&#8217;s films) gives one of her best performances as Dora, a woman so weary of life she barely reacts to the worst insults; Agar is much less impressive, but serves as a suitable foil for Moore &#8212; the true protagonist of the film. Haas&#8217;s dialogue occasionally descends into outright camp, as in the following melodramatic exchange later in the film: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Joe:<\/strong> &#8220;Shut up, you crazy dame! What are you trying to do?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Dora:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to help you &#8212; help you, you fool!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>but more often is simple and quiet, befitting the film&#8217;s low budget and lack of special effects. While no masterpiece, <em>Hold Back Tomorrow <\/em>fits squarely within the realm of Haas&#8217;s unusual B-level oeuvre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleo Moore as Dora<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Moore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Moore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Moore.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Moore-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Moore-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Moore-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An effective tale of romance between two misfits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Love.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Love.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Love-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Love-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Hold-Back-Tomorrow-Love-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended for fans of Hugo Haas&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0048174\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/hold-tomorrow\/review\/101049\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He wants to have some fun. Music, dancing &#8212; y&#8217;know. To kill time.&#8221; Synopsis: As his final request, a death-row prisoner named Joe (John Agar) asks for a girl to be sent to his cell. When a suicidal prostitute named Dora (Cleo Moore) shows up, Joe is at first disappointed &#8212; but soon the two misfits realize they have more in common than they thought, and a last-minute romance ensues. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Arc Hugo Haas Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3805\"> 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-3805","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\/3805","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=3805"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63881,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions\/63881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}