The legendary clark gable is plantation owner hamish bond, who has a secret past of slave trading. Joan crawfords birthday joan crawfords birthday joan crawford was born was born lucille fay lesueur in san antonio, texas on march 23. Eventually a romance develops between them and he offers her freedom, but she. Band of angels is a very old movie what about slavery. Posted in fireballrelated and tagged band of angels louisiana, clark gable band of angels, clark gable civil war, clark gable gone with the wind, fireball carole lombard, fireball robert matzen, lombard gable, lombard screwball, louisiana film locations, twa flight 3 lombard on july 9, 2014 by rmatzen. I was a little surprised when i dived into the credits and found our old friend bob steele first noted in the burgess meredith line from of mice and men 1939. Clark gable gone with the wind, tragedy, and later films.
Of course, the movie, made for a presumptively overwhelmingly white. But what the earlier film captures in casting, detail, and overall production quality, band of angels exaggerates to garish proportions. Clark is wasted here in a role pretty much any runofthemill actor could have handled. Clarke gable movies such as this show me how paradoxic love is. At the beginning he is a wealthy plantation owner and retired merchant captain. Band of angels movie 1957 clark gable, sidney poitier. Watch band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney poitier movie hd movie trailers on dailymotion. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at.
He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in a wide variety of genres in a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Band of angels dvd academy award winners clark gable and sidney poitier star with yvonne decarlo in this story of an aristocratic young woman who falls from theheights of southern society to the absolute bottomand of the forbiddenlove that redeems her in a band of angels. Rent band of angels 1957 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Band of angels certainly had the potential to be an important film, but it became mired in melodrama by the screenwriters and wound up as a failure. William clark gable february 1, 1901 november 16, 1960 was an american film actor, often referred to as the king of hollywood. Based on a novel by robert penn warren, this southern potboiler stars yvonne decarlo as amantha starr, the daughter of a wealthy louisiana plantation owner. Image detail for clark gable and carol lombard who apparently loved each other dianapowell. The script is not free of a few groaners, and some of the characterizations call for some endurance.
Band of angels 1957 im continuing on the patric knowles lines that i first pickedup in episode 2 chisum. While it is not nearly as ambitious as its predecessor it is still an unusual offering for a film about the antebellum south made in 1957. Echoes of gone with the wind are heard in this lavish allstar production, particularly in the performance of clark gable and the lush melodies of max steiner who wrote the score for gwtw. Starting with the birth of a nation 1915, american civil warthemed films have flowed steadily onto movie screens. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent band of angels online on moviefone. Clark gable hollywood legend actor band of angels movie. Band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney poitier movie hd. Clark gable hollywood legend actor band of angels movie print.
Clark gable s son is born clark gable s son is born clark s only son, john clark gable, was born on march 20, 1961 to kay williams gable in the same hospital clark died in five months earlier. The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or god, to give him that. Band of angels 1957 starting with the birth of a nation 1915, american civil warthemed films have flowed steadily onto movie screens. The viewers introduction to gables character, for one, is of a us bully from the wesavedtheworld 1950s. Band of angels 1957 with clark gable and yvonne decarlo. I think a barking dog could have played jo van fleets part just as successfully, and the daughtersinlaw are all caricatures, except for eleanor. Clark gable basically plays a 1957 version of rhett butler albeit with a black son poitier. See more ideas about clark gable, movie posters and classic movies. But where gone with the wind explored the effects of the civil war on a formerly privileged southern girl, emphasizing yankees vs confederates, band of angels is all about race. Band of angels is an unusual 1950s melodrama with a fairly good cast. Clark gables role as hamish bond is a twofold character with a very valid message of what was in error during the civil war both with the confederacy and the union.
Clark gable is hamish bond whose professional lineage varies as the film progresses. Band of angels certainly had the potential to be an important film, but it became mired in melodrama by. Aug 03, 20 the film seems like a missed opportunity and apparently audiences at the time felt the same way as it was the clark gable film that lost the most money. Band of angels is a movie with a central theme comparable to a historical novel based on fact. Sensitivity to racial issues in movies has had some time to settle, but gone with the wind still receives its fair share of scorn for promoting outdated attitudes.
I never knew that sidney poitier and clark gable had been in a film together, and it is a treat to see two such great actors confronting each other. The film is too often compared to gone with the wind, for obvious reasons. Band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney. Gable out does himself as hamish bond, and sidney poitier, who plays bonds son as we find out carries the movie. I had about 100 different reactions when i first saw this scene. Band of angels dvd movie video at cd universe, in an attempt to carry on in his great rhett butler tradition, gone with the wind star clark gable once again flexes. It is like seeing the other side of rhett butler, a very dark side. Clark gables son is born clark gables son is born clarks only son, john clark gable, was born on march 20, 1961 to kay williams gable in the same hospital clark died in five months earlier. If you have read gone with the wind you know clark gable was not scripted to play rett as margaret wrote of him. Sep 03, 2019 starting with the birth of a nation 1915, american civil warthemed films have flowed steadily onto movie screens. Living in kentucky prior to the civil war, amantha starr is a privileged young woman. Jan 29, 2016 watch band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney poitier movie hd movie trailers on dailymotion. The film seems like a missed opportunity and apparently audiences at the time felt the same way as it was the clark gable film that lost the most money. Hamish owns multiple properties and treats all his slaves with dignity, and indeed has raised rauru sidney poitier as a son, but amantha remains unsure what hamish wants from her.
I never knew that african slaves got packed into ships like sardines until i saw the miniseries roots, yet in this movie clark gable reveals the shameful story of how africans were captured sometimes with the help of other africans and. Wary of period films after flopping in the costume drama parnell 1937, gable at first declined the role of rhett butler in david o. Her widower father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on. Band of angels 1957 stream and watch online moviefone. Selznicks production of the margaret mitchell best seller, gone with the wind 1936. Band of angels 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Clark gables role as hamish bond is a twofold character with a. Her widower father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and he sends her to the best schools. In the 1970s his encino, ca, estate was subdivided and turned into a very upscale tract development called clark gable estates. The legendary clark gable is plantation owner hamish bond, who has a secret.
Twenty years later came this return to the antebellum south, starring rhett, um, i mean, clark gable. Band of angels is a 1957 romantic drama film set in the american south before and during the american civil war, based on the. Clark gable full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Although parnell is usually mentioned as being clarks worst and most critically panned film, technically band of angels lost more money and received far worse. Apr 04, 2014 but what the earlier film captures in casting, detail, and overall production quality, band of angels exaggerates to garish proportions. Band of angels was made 18 years after gone with the wind, but gable doesnt look, act, or dress much differently from his rhett butler persona. Band of angels is a 1957 romantic drama film set in the american south before and during the american civil war, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by robert penn warren.
I dont consider this movie to be so much a romantic story as it is a story about forgiveness and the hope of a new and better era. Band of angels dvd movie buy it now at cd universe. The viewers introduction to gable s character, for one, is of a us bully from the wesavedtheworld 1950s. Clark gable clark gable gone with the wind, tragedy, and later films. Band of angels hamish bond 1957 the king and four queens dan kehoe 1956. A tale of redemption and forgiveness set in the old south, this is way worth your time. Band of angels 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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