{"id":90529,"date":"2023-03-19T16:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90529"},"modified":"2024-06-16T17:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T00:38:29","slug":"this-property-is-condemned-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90529","title":{"rendered":"This Property is Condemned (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;And you&#8217;ll stay, and you&#8217;ll stay &#8212; because of all you give me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-is-Condemned-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-is-Condemned-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-90530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-is-Condemned-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-is-Condemned-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-is-Condemned-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-is-Condemned-Poster.png 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Depression-era Mississippi, a gangly teen (Mary Badham) relates the story of her older sister (Natalie Wood), who fell tragically in love with a new lodger (Robert Redford) in the boarding house owned by their self-serving mother (Kate Reid).\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>Charles Bronson Films<\/li>\n<li>Deep South<\/li>\n<li>Depression Era<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Natalie Wood Films <\/li>\n<li>Robert Blake Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Redford Films<\/li>\n<li>Sydney Pollack Films<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee Williams Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nInspired by a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, this Technicolor soaper &#8212; directed by Sydney Pollack, with screenplay input from Francis Ford Coppola &#8212; is referred to by several reviewers as a distillation of Williams&#8217; classic themes all rolled into one less-than-satisfying tale. While Wood gives a heartfelt performance: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Period-Sets.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Reid is effectively witchy as her brutally mercenary mother: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid3.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; bland Redford and awkward Badham (clearly recreating some version of her most famous role as Scout in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37728\"><em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/a>) fare less well, and both Charles Bronson and Robert Blake get short shrift as would-be lovers of Wood. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Swing.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In its favor, the film is beautifully photographed by James Wong Howe. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natalie Wood as Alva<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood6.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kate Reid as Hazel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Reid-Badham-Cash-in-Advance.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>James Wong Howe&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Snow-Globe.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/This-Property-Wood-Candles.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a Wood fan. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061089\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/this-property-is-condemned\">Time Out Capsule Review (spoiler alert!)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4272\/this-property-is-condemned#articles-reviews?articleId=1055446\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1037prop.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And you&#8217;ll stay, and you&#8217;ll stay &#8212; because of all you give me.&#8221; Synopsis: In Depression-era Mississippi, a gangly teen (Mary Badham) relates the story of her older sister (Natalie Wood), who fell tragically in love with a new lodger (Robert Redford) in the boarding house owned by their self-serving mother (Kate Reid). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Charles Bronson Films Deep South Depression Era Flashback Films Natalie Wood Films Robert Blake Films Robert Redford Films Sydney Pollack Films Tennessee&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90529\"> 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-90529","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\/90529","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=90529"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97961,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90529\/revisions\/97961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}