Written on the Wind (1956)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Réalisateur:

Douglas Sirk

Writers:

Robert Wilder (novel)
George Zuckerman (writer)

Release Date:

décembre 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!

Plot:

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

Plot Keywords:

Physical Abuse | Depression | Ukulele | Told In Flashback | Wedding Anniversary

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Vertiginous, violet and tongue in cheek social comment.

Ensemble

Rock Hudson	...	Mitch Wayne
Lauren Bacall	...	Lucy Moore Hadley
Robert Stack	...	Kyle Hadley
Dorothy Malone	...	Marylee Hadley
Robert Keith	...	Jasper Hadley
Grant Williams	...	Biff Miley (service station attendant)
Robert J. Wilke	...	Dan Willis (proprietor, The Cove)
Edward Platt	...	Dr. Paul Cochrane (as Edward C. Platt)
Harry Shannon	...	Hoak Wayne
John Larch	...	Roy Carter (with Marylee at The Cove)
Joseph Granby	...	R.J. Courtney (County Solicitor at inquest)
Roy Glenn	...	Sam (butler)
Maidie Norman	...	Bertha (maid)
William Schallert	...	Jack Williams (reporter)
Joanne Jordan	...	Brunette
Dani Crayne	...	Blonde
Dorothy Porter	...	Secretary
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Gail Bonney	...	Hotel floorlady (uncredited)
Paul Bradley	...	Maitre d' (uncredited)
Robert Brubaker	...	Hotel manager (uncredited)
Carl Christian	...	Ben (country club bartender) (uncredited)
Kevin Corcoran	...	Boy on Electric Hobbyhorse (uncredited)
George DeNormand	...	(uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Restaurant patron (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey	...	Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Phil Harvey	...	College boy at party (uncredited)
Bert Holland	...	Court clerk (uncredited)
Jane Howard	...	Beer drinker (uncredited)
Carlene King Johnson	...	College girl at party (uncredited)
Chester Jones	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Glen Kramer	...	College boy at party (uncredited)
Robert Lyden	...	Kyle as a boy (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm	...	Hotel proprietor (uncredited)
Coleen McClatchey	...	College girl at party (uncredited)
Susan Odin	...	Marylee as a girl (voice) (uncredited)
Cynthia Patrick	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Floyd Simmons	...	Beer drinker (uncredited)
Robert Winans	...	Mitch as a boy (voice) (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Douglas Sirk

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Robert Wilder		novel
George Zuckerman		writer

Produit par
Albert Zugsmith	....	producer

Musique originale
Frank Skinner

Image
Russell Metty

Montage
Russell F. Schoengarth

Direction artistique
Robert Clatworthy
Alexander Golitzen

Décorateur de plateau
Russell A. Gausman
Julia Heron

Création des costumes
Bill Thomas		(gowns)
Jay A. Morley Jr.		(uncredited)

Maquillage
Joan St. Oegger	....	hair stylist
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist

Assistant réalisateur
William Holland	....	assistant director
Wilson Shyer	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
Leslie I. Carey	....	sound
Robert Pritchard	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Clifford Stine	....	special photography

Editorial Department
William Fritzsche	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1956) (USA) (theatrical)
• ClassicLine (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Ecrit sur du vent (France) [fr]

Durée:

99 min | UK:100 min (re-release)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Finland:K-12 (1989) | Finland:K-16 (1956) | USA:Approved (PCA #17932) | Australia:PG | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:6

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Anecdotes:

Title song is sung by The Four Aces. The song is featured very prominently, and the group is fully credited.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson) takes a phone call in front of Kyle Hadley (Robert Stack) but says nothing about its contents. Kyle immediately jumps up and reacts to the contents of a call he did not hear, even repeating part of the call, saying, "He said 'the Hadley girl', didn't he? Well, I'm the Hadley boy."

Guillemet:

Jasper Hadley: Welcome to Hadley. The town and the family.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wonder Boys (2000)

Soundtrack:

WRITTEN ON THE WIND

Vertiginous, violet and tongue in cheek social comment.

One of the most oddly colored (violets,bright yellows and reds) wildly flamboyant films made in the 50's, expatriate German director Douglas Sirk made this as a soap opera with a nasty satiric bite. Although Lauren Bacall and Rock Hudson as staid camp followers of a wealthy Texas family are the "stars", it's the perverse characters played by Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone who make the film such a vivid nightmare of the Eisenhower era of outdoor barbecues and post-war wealth. Malone in particular, playing a nymphomaniac oil heiress who dances wildly while her father dies of a heart attack, breaks the mold of the sexually sequestered decade.