{"id":77108,"date":"2021-10-11T22:17:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T05:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77108"},"modified":"2021-10-12T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T18:06:04","slug":"sea-wife-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77108","title":{"rendered":"Sea Wife (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why shouldn&#8217;t I love you? You&#8217;re young and beautiful and brave and good.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster-673x1024.png 673w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Poster.png 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former officer during World War II (Richard Burton) reflects back on his experiences as a castaway with an incognito nun (Joan Collins), a racist white man (Basil Sydney), and a black purser (Cy Grant). Will the quartet be able to survive together given racial tensions and Burton falling in love with the unattainable Collins?\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>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Joan Collins Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Nuns<\/li>\n<li>Race Relations and Racism<\/li>\n<li>Richard Burton Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2350coll.html\">DVD Savant accurately describes<\/a> this flashback-driven wartime melodrama as &#8220;colorful, reasonably well acted and almost completely unsatisfying&#8221;. The central conceit &#8212; that Collins won&#8217;t reveal her true identity as a nun to Burton &#8212; makes no sense whatsoever, driving a storyline that keeps us increasingly frustrated as we wonder why (oh, why) she doesn&#8217;t just tell him already. No &#8212; because then there would be no tension at all, other than the secondary subplot about Sydney&#8217;s toxic racism driving him to literally want to snuff out Grant. Ew. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-1536x643.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Grant.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the characters won&#8217;t stop referring to each other by silly nicknames: Biscuit (Burton), Seawife (a.k.a. &#8220;mermaid&#8221;) (Collins), Bulldog (Sydney), and Number 4 (Grant) (great way to dehumanize him even further&#8230;). There&#8217;s really nothing here worth watching, other than the beautiful scenery; one imagines Peary included it in <em>GFTFF<\/em> because young Collins is as gorgeous as ever: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-1024x417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-1536x626.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton-604x246.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Collins-Burton.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and we know he had a childhood crush on her from seeing her bare midriff in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37624\"><em>Land of the Pharaohs<\/em> (1955)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine location footage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-1024x417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-1536x626.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3-604x246.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sea-Wife-Still3.png 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; definitely feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050944\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2350coll.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down to 2nd review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/seawife\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why shouldn&#8217;t I love you? You&#8217;re young and beautiful and brave and good.&#8221; Synopsis: A former officer during World War II (Richard Burton) reflects back on his experiences as a castaway with an incognito nun (Joan Collins), a racist white man (Basil Sydney), and a black purser (Cy Grant). Will the quartet be able to survive together given racial tensions and Burton falling in love with the unattainable Collins? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: At Sea Flashback Films Joan Collins&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77108\"> 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-77108","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\/77108","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=77108"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77131,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77108\/revisions\/77131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}