{"id":84304,"date":"2022-05-23T11:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84304"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:45:43","slug":"love-with-the-proper-stranger-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84304","title":{"rendered":"Love With the Proper Stranger (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m sick and tired of the kind of life I lead.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Poster.png 541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a department store clerk (Natalie Wood) seeks out the musician (Steve McQueen) who got her pregnant, she&#8217;s disappointed to learn he doesn&#8217;t even remember her. Soon Angie (Wood) is considering marriage with an earnest restauranteur (Tom Bosley) who her mother (Penny Santon) and overprotective brothers (Herschel Bernardi, Harvey Lembeck, and E. Nick Alexander) want her to be with &#8212; but do Wood and McQueen actually have a chance at romance after all?\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>Musicians<\/li>\n<li>Natalie Wood Films<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Robert Mulligan Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Steve McQueen Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDirector Robert Mulligan&#8217;s follow-up film after <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37728\"><em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> (1962)<\/a> was this romantic &#8220;dramedy&#8221; about a young Italian woman (Wood) who uses her unexpected pregnancy as a catalyst for moving away from her dominating family and living life on her own terms. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Clerk.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, both Wood and McQueen undergo significant character arcs in this film, with time and space given in the pacing of the screenplay to show the inner shifts occurring for each of them. McQueen is at first presented as a self-absorbed hustler living with an equally narcissistic showgirl (Edie Adams) whose apartment is littered with evidence of her love for herself (and her dogs): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Apartment2.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while Wood is literally smothered on all sides by her domineering Italian family, who want to monitor her every move. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Crowded.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It makes sense that both Wood and McQueen would gravitate towards a less extreme, more balanced existence of some kind &#8212; but meanwhile, Wood&#8217;s pregnancy needs taking care of, and we&#8217;re shown the extreme challenges of this situation in a pre-Roe v. Wade world. While the movie&#8217;s tone is a bit uneven &#8212; veering from more serious drama to slapstick (i.e., how clumsy both Bosley and Wood are during dinners with their respective families) &#8212; this remains overall a well-filmed drama with good use of authentic New York location shooting. It&#8217;s worth a one-time look.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natalie Wood as Angie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Wood2.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steve McQueen as Rocky<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-McQueen.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tom Bosley as Anthony<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Bosley.png 1307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Edie Adams as Barbie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The daring abortion &#8220;clinic&#8221; sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Illegal.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good use of NYC locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-NY-Streets.png 1313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Milton Krasner&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Love-With-the-Proper-Stranger-Still2.png 1298w\" 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 Wood&#8217;s performance and as an overall good show. Listed as a Sleeper 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\/tt0057263\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4309\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trailersfromhell.com\/love-with-the-proper-stranger\/\">Trailers From Hell Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4690\/love-with-the-proper-stranger#articles-reviews?articleId=188913\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/love-with-the-proper-stranger\/review\/2000029186\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sick and tired of the kind of life I lead.&#8221; Synopsis: When a department store clerk (Natalie Wood) seeks out the musician (Steve McQueen) who got her pregnant, she&#8217;s disappointed to learn he doesn&#8217;t even remember her. Soon Angie (Wood) is considering marriage with an earnest restauranteur (Tom Bosley) who her mother (Penny Santon) and overprotective brothers (Herschel Bernardi, Harvey Lembeck, and E. Nick Alexander) want her to be with &#8212; but do Wood and McQueen actually have a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84304\"> 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-84304","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\/84304","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=84304"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84328,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84304\/revisions\/84328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}