![]() blugrade to this classic film and so we take this opportunity to promote Random Harvest for admission into the Criterion Collection.Ĭharles successfully takes over the family’s business interests and becomes the “Industrial Prince of England,” yet all is not well with him. Beloved as it is, fans now wait for a Warner Bros. Fans of the movie have remained faithful, voting the film onto DVD by a 2004 TCM webpoll. Since then, the critical view of Random Harvest appears to have changed as the spell cast by Garson and Colman seems to have worked its eventual magic. Miniver (William Wyler, 1942)) – but critics were cool on the popular film, finding it well acted but excessive and shallow in its content. The film was a smash success for MGM – earning Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Score, and Best Art Direction (and likely would have earned a nomination for Garson had she not been disqualified after already being nominated (and winning) for Mrs. As LeRoy noted in his autobiography, “between the two of them, the English language was never spoken more beautifully on film.” The movie’s charmed production began however with Ronald Colman becoming available and then joined by Greer Garson, who had become an overnight sensation with the film adaptation of Hilton’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Lost Horizon, and MGM quickly scooped up the rights, initially intending the film to star Spencer Tracy. Author James Hilton’s 1941 novel was a best seller, following in line with his past successes Goodbye, Mr. Random Harvest (1942) was already a smash hit even before director Mervyn LeRoy began filming. PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film scholar Glenn Erickson and Garson biographer Michael Troyan a new paperback edition of James Hilton’s hit novel. ![]() Partners and Some of the Best, two short promotional films by MGM featuring Random Harvest.Hallmark Playhouse radio adaption from 1949 starring Joan Fontaine.Lux Radio Theater adaptation from 1944 starring Colman and Garson.TCM Tribute to Greer Garson, a short feature on the actress narrated by Keith Carradine.Interview with Greer Garson by TVO’s Elwy Yost from 1985.New conversation between filmmaker Guy Maddin and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray.A box-office triumph honored with seven Academy Awards nominations, Random Harvest is a first class melodrama featuring two of the era’s most distinguished performers. Charles returns to his privileged life to become a successful industrialist but struggles with an unshakeable longing, all while Paula secretly suffers posing as the businessman’s executive assistant. Ronald Colman stars as Charles Rainier, an amnesiac World War I veteran who falls in love with beautiful music hall performer Paula Ridgeway (Greer Garson) until a sudden accident restores the man’s true identity while erasing from his mind his relationship with Paula. Chips and Lost Horizon, comes one of Hollywood’s most sentimental romances and one of 1942’s biggest hits. The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films presents Random Harvest.įrom the best-selling novel by James Hilton, author of Goodbye, Mr.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |