See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. As the story of murder and robbery passes on the screen it scarcely gives. Fog over frisco is a 1934 american precode drama film directed by william dieterle. Bette davis and margaret lindsay portray stepsisters from a society family in this atmospheric tale of crime and punishment in the city by the bay. Though physical action is at a minimum, fog over frisco is kept constantly on the move by director william dieterle, using every cinematic trick and optical effect wipe dissolves, irisouts, swishpans etc. Fog over frisco is an atmospheric, gritty little crime drama from warner brothers in the summer of 1934, which managed to appease the newly enforced hays code without losing its bite. Fog over frisco 1934 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Note the vertical sign at far left for the california theatre, san franciscos first real movie palace, which opened in 1917. Notably, the night club at the beginning of the film caters both to whites and asians. The movie looked interesting, so ive been watching for it to play again, but ive never noticed it on the schedule. Fog over frisco 1934 william dieterle, daniel reed. She was noted for her supporting work in successful films of the 1930s and 1940s such as jezebel 1938 and scarlet street 1945 and her leading roles in lowerbudgeted b movie films such as the ellery. Fog over frisco bette davis donald woods margaret lindsay 1934 a pampered socialite bette davis pays the price for hanging out with gangsters in a nightclub. Arlene bradford bette davis lives in her stepfathers.
See all comments about this movie and its vehicles. Impdb is under maintenance and on the read only mode but the page should be added asap this will be the third movie with this type of amphibious flying boat. It happened one night became the first film to perform a clean sweep of the top five award categories. Fog over frisco, movie, 1934 internet movie cars database. One sister is amiable, upright, eager to uphold the family name. Fog over frisco 1934 william dieterle, bette davis, donald woods, margaret lindsay march 12, 2019 arlene bradford is the quintessential high society bad girl. Fog over frisco this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc.
Thanks to tracey of human bondage 1934 mildred rogers. Fog over frisco 1934 two or three years ago i attempted to record fog over frisco from turner classic movies, but somehow it failed to record in its entirety. Bette davis, donald woods, margaret lindsay, lyle talbot, hugh herbert, arthur byron. Lcdigppmsc04691 digital file from original lcuszc23705 color film. Fog over frisco is an extremely fast paced warners programmer from 1934. Lee and eugene solow was based on the short story the five fragments by george dyer. Fog over frisco is not a bad movie, i really kind of liked it up to about this part of the film. I agree with everything you say about this one, but i watch it as a fast moving b, for the curiosity of seeing a pre star davis in a good performance, and because it plays like a serial more than a feature and enjoy it more. One sister is amiable, upright, upholding the family name.
Fog over frisco is a 1934 mystery drama directed by william dieterle, starring bette davis arlene bradford davis is a hellraising party girl accustomed to living it up in san francisco, which is not called frisco by anyone who lives there. Fog over frisco 1934 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. It remains quite violent, even slightly disturbing, but a pair of lovers turn out to be. Whats intrigued film buffs almost since its release in 1934 is why bette davis is so fond of this film. Fog over frisco 1934 approved 1h 8min crime, mystery, thriller 2 june 1934 usa the lifestyles of arlene and valkyr bradford, halfsisters from a respected san francisco family, diverge markedly as arlene takes up with criminals. Theres nothing better than discovering a great picture starring a favorite actor, and 1934 s fog over frisco is just such a movie. Fog over frisco is a film directed by william dieterle with bette davis, donald woods, margaret lindsay, lyle talbot, year. The movie was filmed in only 19 days from jan 22 to feb 10, 1934 and released on june 2, 1934.
Crook bette davis involving her patsy fiance in one of her schemes. Fog over frisco 1934 william dieterle, bette davis. Her society girl sister believes it is only innocent thrill seeking. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Killed by her accomplices after she attempts to go straight. The other is volatile, risktaking, and hovering too close to highliving lowlifes. Arlene bradford bette davis lives in her stepfathers grand san francisco mansion with his daughter val margaret lindsay. Find similar and related movies for fog over frisco 1934 william dieterle, daniel reed on allmovie. Made very closely to her acknowledged star breakthrough in of human bondage, this fastpaced thriller sees bette davis playing a wildcat heiress up to her crooked neck in criminal activity, and loving every moment of it. The directing of fog over frisco is top notch, with shots and scenes getting shorter as the film goes on to play up the intensity. The film is a typical warners product because this is.
Turner classic movies introduced me to this fantastic film and i have recommended this film to other classic movie film fans. Fog over frisco dvdr 1934 warner archive collection. A freespirited girl finds herself in danger when she gets involved with gangsters. There was a lot to not understand in fog over frisco, a film that managed to completely befuddle me despite only being just over an hour long. What fog over frisco, the new film at the warners strand, lacks in the matter of credibility, it atones for partly by its breathless pace and its abundance of action. Theres a misdirection in the movie that makes it appear one. The film was less effectively remade as spy ship in 1942. Fog over frisco 1934 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Davis was nominated for her first best actress oscar, for of human bondage 1934, the same year she made fog over frisco. William dieterles thrillermelodrama, starring bette davis january 14, 2019 by emanuellevy william dieterle directed fog over frisco, a routine precode thriller melodrama, produced by henry blank and robert lord, starring bette davis just months before she became a major star. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Director william dieterle jewel robbery, the fashions of 1934 cuts between conversations between different people across different locations.
Motion picture poster for fog over frisco shows an illustrated view of the city at night. Bourland sought to rank every single liveaction, nonsilent, nondocumentary englishlanguage movie released before the year 2000. Everson as one of the fastestmoving crime melodramas of the 1930s if not the fastest fog over frisco still manages to leave. She appears to be retiring from her fastliving ways, however, having gotten engaged to spencer, a dull banker.
Bette davis plays a reckless playgirl involved in a racket and margaret lindsay plays her good stepsister who cant believe davis is all bad. Theres more mystery surrounding fog over frisco 1934 than its title and plot. Fog over frisco the 1934 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Bette davis was a little more than three weeks away from the release of her breakthrough portrayal in of human bondage and the excitement surrounding her was electric when she played the reckless sister in fog over frisco. Best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, and best screenplay. If the title was supposed to refer to something else in this film then its one more thing about it that i dont understand. This feat would later be duplicated by one flew over the cuckoos nest in 1976 and the silence of the lambs in 1992. September 19, 1910 may 9, 1981 was an american film actress.
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