{"id":42341,"date":"2019-01-31T23:53:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T06:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42341"},"modified":"2020-12-04T23:49:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T06:49:23","slug":"you-only-live-once-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42341","title":{"rendered":"You Only Live Once (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot more good in Eddie Taylor than most people think.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Poster2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Poster2-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Poster2-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Poster2-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Poster2.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA recently released ex-con (Henry Fonda) marries his loyal sweetheart (Sylvia Sidney) and tries to go straight, but is foiled by a society that permanently rejects him. Soon he&#8217;s back in jail for a crime he didn&#8217;t commit, and begins to lose all hope &#8212; will his wife or a saintly priest (William Gargan) convince him to give a clean life one more chance?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Criminal Couples on the Run<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>Framed<\/li>\n<li>Fritz Lang Films<\/li>\n<li>Henry Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Star-Crossed Lovers<\/li>\n<li>Sylvia Sidney Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that in &#8220;Fritz Lang&#8217;s second American film&#8221; &#8212; as in many of Lang&#8217;s movies &#8212; &#8220;the innocent are usually judged guilty&#8221;. He notes that while the film (inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bonnie_and_Clyde\">Bonnie and Clyde<\/a>) &#8220;is very bleak&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;strongly acted (Fonda and Sidney play well together) and directed&#8221; &#8212; with &#8220;moody cinematography by Leon Shamroy&#8221; &#8212; and &#8220;it makes a powerful statement about American justice and the shabby treatment that people with no money or power must endure &#8212; they have no defense against the forces that take control of their lives.&#8221; He adds that &#8220;Lang makes it clear that his sympathies are with Fonda, and with Sidney, the only person to give an outcast a chance to prove good&#8221; &#8212; but this isn&#8217;t quite true, given the presence of both Gargan as a highly supportive priest:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1369\" height=\"1029\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan.png 1369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Gargan-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and Sidney&#8217;s surprisingly noble boss (Barton Maclane), who loves Sidney but is willing to help her out time and again on account of his sincere empathy for Fonda&#8217;s challenging past. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1381\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane.png 1381w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Maclane-365x270.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1381px) 100vw, 1381px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I find the film&#8217;s storyline a tad too overly simplistic. Would motel-owners (Charles &#8216;Chic&#8217; Sale and Margaret Hamilton) really be so eager to kick out the doe-eyed newlyweds without cause? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1379\" height=\"1023\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2.png 1379w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sale-Hamilton2-364x270.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1379px) 100vw, 1379px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why would Fonda&#8217;s post-release boss (Guinn &#8216;Big Boy&#8217; Williams) agree to hire him in the first place if he was so eager to fire him? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1389\" height=\"1027\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams.png 1389w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Williams-365x270.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1389px) 100vw, 1389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know the film is meant to represent archetypical injustice in black-and-white, but we desperately wish both of the main characters would make smarter &#8212; rather than fatalistic and\/or pre-determined &#8212; decisions. It doesn&#8217;t help that the &#8220;ending is overly sentimental and is Hollywood-style religious&#8221;. However, the movie is gorgeously made, and Fonda and Sidney are a convincing pair of star-struck lovebirds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1375\" height=\"1041\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple.png 1375w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Couple-357x270.png 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1375px) 100vw, 1375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lang fans won&#8217;t want to miss this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sylvia Sidney as Joan Taylor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney2.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney2-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney2-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Henry Fonda as Eddie Taylor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Fonda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Fonda.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Fonda.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Fonda-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Fonda-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Fonda-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leon Shamroy&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography2.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography2-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography2-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Sidney-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography3.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography3-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography3-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/You-Only-Live-Once-Cinematography3-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly recommended &#8212; and arguably could be considered must-see for its historical relevance as one of the earliest &#8220;couple on the run&#8221; <em>noirs<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029808\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6954&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s853once.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/96472\/you-only-live-once#articles-reviews?articleId=90518\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot more good in Eddie Taylor than most people think.&#8221; Synopsis: A recently released ex-con (Henry Fonda) marries his loyal sweetheart (Sylvia Sidney) and tries to go straight, but is foiled by a society that permanently rejects him. Soon he&#8217;s back in jail for a crime he didn&#8217;t commit, and begins to lose all hope &#8212; will his wife or a saintly priest (William Gargan) convince him to give a clean life one more chance? Genres, Themes, Actors,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42341\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42341","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=42341"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56269,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42341\/revisions\/56269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}