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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419804908
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1419804901
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 14, 2005
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 34067
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1946
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Description:
Glamorous socialite Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) takes what she wants clothes, alcohol, men uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets brilliant young violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield). But this is one toy she can?t break. Instead, her love for Paul brings Helen to the breaking point. In this acclaimed and profound exploration of desire, Crawford makes Helen a rich, layered character torn between selfless love and selfish impulses. Garfield matches her as the driven genius. Humoresque?s production values extend to the musical interludes, dubbed by Isaac Stern. Garfield?s dazzling technique is thanks to two real violinists hidden behind him one to do the fingering and one the bow work. Bravo!
DVD Features:Featurette:The Music of Humoresque - RT: 9:42Theatrical Trailer:
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The greatness of John Garfield was that he was a tough guy who wasn't afraid to wear his sensitivity on his sleeve. What makes this such a great film is that director Jean Negulesco and his two writers (including Clifford Oddets) construct a complex web of ambiguity around Garfield's own torment. He's a violin virtuoso from the slums of New York who rises to the top with the assistance of socialite Joan Crawford (who was never better). There's a sexual intensity to his art that she wants to possess, and there's a vulnerability behind her lacerating façade that he wants to expose. They play each other like a couple of virtuosos, stripping each other's spirit away. What helps transcend this depression-era class struggle is its cool sophistication. It's a sublime noir about loneliness. Everyone knows his dream has hit a dead end, except Garfield. He refuses to give up, even after his soul is long gone. --Bill Desowitz
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Rating:  -
if you are a dedicated musician and had the rare opportunity to make it your life's work( which is near nil in today's world), then you will love this movie.It's the fight between the marriage of woman or music.music will always win because there is no separation of the man and his music, they are one and the same.
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This film is drunk on ego, drowned in misogyny and dead on arrival. Like Victor Wright said to his spouse: what do you know, I hit the bullseye. But I'm getting ahead of myself. First things first, the film title is repulsive. "Humoresque" sounds so incredibly pretentious. It doesn't describe the movie or the plot really. Instead, it's a useless title for an otherwise useless film.
I'm not sure who I despised more, Helen or Paul Boray (what do you know, another stuck-up-sounding name.) ... Read More
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This is the movie that made me fall in love with John Garfield. I personally think it is his finest film and shows that he could hold his own against any leading lady of his time. John Garfield was at his best as the guy who was trouble, but the guy you couldn't resist. In this film he is the ultimate bad boy, and Joan Crawford is perfect as the woman who falls for him, and falls hard. Because John Garfield died at such a young age, you may not know who John Garfield is. Take a look at this movie. ... Read More
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Warners was quick to capitalize on Crawford's Oscar-winning turn in "Mildred Pierce", promptly casting her opposite John Garfield in "Humoresque." Another intense performance from Joan is complemented by a steely turn from Garfield (with Isaac Stern doubling on violin). The inimitable Oscar Levant provides welcome comic relief as Paul's friend, Sid. "Humoresque" is a lavishly photographed, first-rate soap opera. Don't miss Joan's walk on the beach.
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My other favorite Joan Crawford movie being (what else) but Mildred Pierce. My only complaint, actually two are: a bit long (could have edited out some of the youth scenes of John Garfield) and no music credits/list of the compositions played throughout the movie.
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