{"id":49412,"date":"2020-07-19T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T20:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49412"},"modified":"2021-01-15T20:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T03:17:06","slug":"lady-in-the-lake-1947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49412","title":{"rendered":"Lady in the Lake (1947)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We have a nasty little motto around here: every man has his price.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Poster-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Poster-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Poster.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nPrivate eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) is hired by the editor-in-chief (Audrey Totter) of a publishing house to locate the missing wife (Ellay Mort) of her boss (Leon Ames).\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>Audrey Totter Films<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Robert Montgomery Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRobert Montgomery&#8217;s directorial debut was this decidedly unique attempt to film a Raymond Chandler novel from the perspective of the narrator (Marlowe) &#8212; a trick which is widely agreed to not have been all that successful. Indeed, it&#8217;s somewhat astonishing how clumsy and distracting this approach is &#8212; it&#8217;s pretty much impossible to forget about the presence of a camera when being forced to look at the world through the perspective of one. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Young-Totter.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps due to logistical constraints, far too many scenes are static, simply showing Marlowe&#8217;s conversation partners talking into the camera, most of them over-emoting without subtlety. (Faring particularly poorly is Jayne Meadows as Mildred Haveland, a landlady whose nerves appear to be merely skin-deep.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2-1024x750.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2-1024x750.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Meadows2.png 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The storyline is standard private eye fare, with shady women, belligerent police, a tanned lothario (Dick Simmons):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Simmons.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; fistfights, and plenty of secret identities &#8212; but it&#8217;s hard to remember much about this flick once it&#8217;s done other than the highly experimental way in which it was filmed.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A unique directorial approach<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror-1024x752.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror-1024x752.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lady-in-the-Lake-Mirror.png 1383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course it&#8217;s worth a look as a curio. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039545\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1947\/01\/24\/archives\/at-the-capitol.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/80661\/lady-in-the-lake\/#articles-reviews?articleId=78305\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2051noir.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have a nasty little motto around here: every man has his price.&#8221; Synopsis: Private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) is hired by the editor-in-chief (Audrey Totter) of a publishing house to locate the missing wife (Ellay Mort) of her boss (Leon Ames). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Audrey Totter Films Detectives and Private Eyes Robert Montgomery Films Review: Robert Montgomery&#8217;s directorial debut was this decidedly unique attempt to film a Raymond Chandler novel from the perspective of the narrator&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49412\"> 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-49412","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\/49412","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=49412"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63531,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49412\/revisions\/63531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}