{"id":56586,"date":"2020-12-09T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T17:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=56586"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:18:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:18:03","slug":"ruby-gentry-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=56586","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Gentry (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;No woman like her: one minute fighting, scratching, the next minute she&#8217;s as sweet and soft as any woman alive.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-56587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster-671x1024.png 671w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Poster.png 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young woman (Jennifer Jones) from the &#8220;wrong side of the tracks&#8221; &#8212; who has been adopted by businessman Jim Gentry (Karl Malden) and his sickly wife (Josephine Hutchinson) &#8212; is dismayed when her lover (Charlton Heston) decides to marry a wealthy socialite (Phyllis Avery). Ruby (Jones) makes the best of things by marrying Malden once his wife passes away, but society still won&#8217;t accept Ruby &#8212; and when a tragic accident ensues, the town&#8217;s relentless disparagement drives Ruby to seek revenge.\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>Charlton Heston Films<\/li>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Deep South<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Jones Films<\/li>\n<li>Karl Malden Films<\/li>\n<li>King Vidor Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary doesn&#8217;t review this King Vidor-directed melodrama in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, but he designates it as a Personal Recommendation in the back of his book, and names Jones one of the Best Actresses of the Year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>. Unfortunately, I&#8217;m more in alignment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1392ruby.html\">DVD Savant&#8217;s critical review of the film<\/a>, which he refers to as a &#8220;ragged bush-league soap opera&#8221; in which &#8220;a lusty female is the source of all evil&#8221;. Savant writes that while &#8220;Jones had great gifts as an actress,&#8221; her &#8220;roles in many of her American films post-<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49284\"><em>Duel in the Sun<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; including this one &#8212; &#8220;are gross caricatures&#8221;; and he notes that while &#8220;the forced theatrics are not quite as exaggerated as Pearl Chavez&#8217; antics in <em>Duel in the Sun<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;they&#8217;re also not as entertaining&#8221; &#8212; though &#8220;fans of champion scenery chewing will find plenty of delight amid Heston&#8217;s strutting and Jennifer Jones&#8217; over-emphatic presence.&#8221; Indeed, there&#8217;s very little to recommend about this clunker, which seems poorly conceived on every level. The voice-over narration by a timid doctor (Barney Phillips) secretly in love with Ruby feels out of place, and Ruby&#8217;s character veers wildly from beginning to end. She&#8217;s most enjoyable about an hour into the film, when things suddenly get a lot more interesting &#8212; though at this point there are only 20 minutes left in the all-around unbelievable storyline, and we&#8217;re simply waiting to see how things will resolve.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russell Harlan&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-1536x897.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones-462x270.png 462w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Jones.png 1615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-1536x884.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction-469x270.png 469w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Direction.png 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-1536x876.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Gentry-Cinematography.png 1639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one. Listed as 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\/tt0045109\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/ruby-gentry\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1392ruby.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviediva.com\/website\/MD_root\/reviewpages\/MDRubyGentry.html\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2884&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1952\/12\/26\/archives\/at-the-mayfair.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No woman like her: one minute fighting, scratching, the next minute she&#8217;s as sweet and soft as any woman alive.&#8221; Synopsis: A young woman (Jennifer Jones) from the &#8220;wrong side of the tracks&#8221; &#8212; who has been adopted by businessman Jim Gentry (Karl Malden) and his sickly wife (Josephine Hutchinson) &#8212; is dismayed when her lover (Charlton Heston) decides to marry a wealthy socialite (Phyllis Avery). Ruby (Jones) makes the best of things by marrying Malden once his wife passes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=56586\"> 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-56586","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\/56586","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=56586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69312,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56586\/revisions\/69312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}