(1948) Whiplash
CRIME DRAMA
It has Michael Gordon (Dane Clark) being notified while hanging around with some kids at a beach in California that one of his paintings had just been sold by friend, Sam (S. Z. Sakall) owner of a beach diner. Michael believes it is not a legit sale, as he assumes the customer bought it, may have been drunk or hung over, and does not know what s/he was buying. Because he wants to refund the money the customer paid for it, he gets the address of that person who bought it, and it happens to be the character played by Alexis Smith she calls herself Laurie. As soon as she convinces him that she was neither drunk or on any type of substance, and that she thought it was worth the money she paid for, it was during then, Michael hits on her for a date, as she indicated to him she was not seeing anyone else. One day, while Laura was waiting around for Sam to make her some breakfast in his cafe, she ditches him as soon as she spots someone she have recognized. And we find out, when she left, that she left Michael 'high and dry' to have her things sent from California to New York City. By the time Michael makes the transition from California to NYC, his sponsor, Chris (Eve Arden) tries to cheer him up, and she invites him to join her and her date, Tex Sanders (Ransom Sherman) to club. And it was at this point, as a result of recognizing Laurie's singing voice, it turns out to be her, singing on front of an audience. After the chorus, Michael follows her to her dressing room, where we then see him knocking on her door, other people begin to take notice and step in. While Michael is able to push the first guy away, the second thug decides to jump in, and Michael succeeds to knock him out with his very first punch. Michael gets knocked out when the goon uses the bunt of his handgun. And by the time Michael comes too, he then wakes up to see a guy in a wheel chair, who introduces himself as Rex Durant (Zachary Scott) and that the lady, Michael wants to talk to very badly also happens to be his wife, Laurie Durant. And it was at this point as the movie is progressing, we get to learn about it's circumstances how it came about how Laurie became Rex's wife. Another revelation we find out that the goon Michael knocked out, also happens to be another upcoming boxer Rex sponsors. Rex then offers to sponsor Michael, as he used to compete in amateur boxing before he decided to became a painter. More revelations are exposed in terms of the circumstances regarding the relationship between Rex and Laurie, that includes Laura's brother, Dr. Arnold Vincent (Vincent Lynn)
The story sometimes appear that it was written as it was going along, and after my second viewing it was reminiscent to glimpses from Casablanca because the centered protagonist does not know a whole lot about the girl he was coming into contact with, the same way when the Bogart character did not know so much about the Ingrid Bergman character. And the movie "Body and Soul" a movie made one year earlier also about boxing starring John Garfield and Hazel Brooks as the love interest.
It has Michael Gordon (Dane Clark) being notified while hanging around with some kids at a beach in California that one of his paintings had just been sold by friend, Sam (S. Z. Sakall) owner of a beach diner. Michael believes it is not a legit sale, as he assumes the customer bought it, may have been drunk or hung over, and does not know what s/he was buying. Because he wants to refund the money the customer paid for it, he gets the address of that person who bought it, and it happens to be the character played by Alexis Smith she calls herself Laurie. As soon as she convinces him that she was neither drunk or on any type of substance, and that she thought it was worth the money she paid for, it was during then, Michael hits on her for a date, as she indicated to him she was not seeing anyone else. One day, while Laura was waiting around for Sam to make her some breakfast in his cafe, she ditches him as soon as she spots someone she have recognized. And we find out, when she left, that she left Michael 'high and dry' to have her things sent from California to New York City. By the time Michael makes the transition from California to NYC, his sponsor, Chris (Eve Arden) tries to cheer him up, and she invites him to join her and her date, Tex Sanders (Ransom Sherman) to club. And it was at this point, as a result of recognizing Laurie's singing voice, it turns out to be her, singing on front of an audience. After the chorus, Michael follows her to her dressing room, where we then see him knocking on her door, other people begin to take notice and step in. While Michael is able to push the first guy away, the second thug decides to jump in, and Michael succeeds to knock him out with his very first punch. Michael gets knocked out when the goon uses the bunt of his handgun. And by the time Michael comes too, he then wakes up to see a guy in a wheel chair, who introduces himself as Rex Durant (Zachary Scott) and that the lady, Michael wants to talk to very badly also happens to be his wife, Laurie Durant. And it was at this point as the movie is progressing, we get to learn about it's circumstances how it came about how Laurie became Rex's wife. Another revelation we find out that the goon Michael knocked out, also happens to be another upcoming boxer Rex sponsors. Rex then offers to sponsor Michael, as he used to compete in amateur boxing before he decided to became a painter. More revelations are exposed in terms of the circumstances regarding the relationship between Rex and Laurie, that includes Laura's brother, Dr. Arnold Vincent (Vincent Lynn)
The story sometimes appear that it was written as it was going along, and after my second viewing it was reminiscent to glimpses from Casablanca because the centered protagonist does not know a whole lot about the girl he was coming into contact with, the same way when the Bogart character did not know so much about the Ingrid Bergman character. And the movie "Body and Soul" a movie made one year earlier also about boxing starring John Garfield and Hazel Brooks as the love interest.