A remarkably smooth 110minute adaptation of eugene oneills marathon eighthour play, strange interlude was advertised as the picture in which you hear the characters think, a nod to oneills. Overview of strange interlude, 1988, directed by herbert wise, with kenneth branagh, rosemary harris, julie eccles, at turner classic movies. It does make it a fascinating picture even if its not perfectly done, but it does also make the film. Strange interlude revival, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city mar 11, 1963 and played through jun 29, 1963. He saw the second film on tcm and thought the contemporary connection between the two would make for an interesting double bill. Cohesive in its oneill way, and well acted, the film is an intriguing, if dated, examination of female sexuality and the role of heredity in madness. This study guide consists of approximately 71 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of strange interlude. American graffiti making of part 12 ron howard harrison ford duration. Strange interlude strange interlude 1988 film serial. With norma shearer, clark gable, alexander kirkland, ralph morgan.
In animal crackers, groucho has a very strange set of monologues in which he steps out of the scene hes in and addresses the viewer, saying pardon me, while i have a strange interlude. In 1928, they had seen the new york production of eugene oneills play, strange interlude, but thalberg realized it could never be done as a silent film. After leaving home and going to work as a nurse, nina gives. While the film was cut down to a manageable 110 minutes or so, the experiment of stopping the action and allowing the actors to voice what they were really thinking was carried over to the movie. Strange interlude 1932 and me and my gal 1932 april 20, 20 tonights films are strange interlude and me and my gal. Complete summary of eugene oneills strange interlude. He and leeds discuss leedss daughter, nina, who has had a nervous breakdown following the death of her boyfriend, gordon, in the war. She marries the loyal sam evans alexander kirkland, but. It was produced in 1928 in new york city and was published the same year.
Strange interlude begins in august, 1919, in the library of professor leedss home in new england. Eugene oneills soapy saga strange interlude was nearly six hours long when it opened on broadway in 1928, and the audience got only one intermission, long enough for an unhurried dinner. A famous symphony conductor oskar werner embarks on an affair with a young journalist barbara ferris. American playhouse strange interlude tv episode 1988. Strange interlude is a rather bizarre hollywood film for its time. Ive seen a lot of sizzle but this just tops it imo. Strange interlude production information, other productions of strange interlude. Oneill began work on it as early as 1923 and developed its scenario in 1925. This film production is based upon a revival that opened february 21, 1985 at the nederlander theatre and ran for 63 performances. The film stars norma shearer and clark gable, and is based on the play strange interlude by eugene oneill. Too, it examines life with all its strange paths and disappointments. The works complicated plot is the story of a woman in her roles as daughter, wife, mistress, mother, and friend. Oneills prizewinning play first performed in 1928 although apparently completed in 1923, strange interlude was the play that won oneill the pulitzer prize for drama.
A remarkably smooth 110minute adaptation of eugene oneills marathon eight hour play, strange interlude was advertised as. Nina leeds nina leeds, a young woman driven to the verge of madness by the wartime death of gordon shaw, the man whom she was to marry. Nina leeds norma shearer loses the love of her life when he is killed in world war i. As a classic film lover, particularly of the 1930s, i cringe when people refer to some classic films as creaky. Watch strange interlude full movie in hd visit after nina leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husbands family. Norma shearer and clark gable, who provided potent screen chemistry in 1931s a free soul, smolder again in the 1932 film version of eugene oneills pulitzer prizewinning play, a compelling and. E ugene oneills 1928 play is famous for many things. Strange interlude was the climax to the season, broadcast in two ninetyminuteplus episodes on the consecutive sunday evenings of 23 and 30 march 1958. Strange interlude is a 1932 play by eugene oneill nina leeds is the daughter of a college professor in the years immediately following the great war. Clark gable and norma shearer in strange interlude 1932 clark gable in strange interlude 1932 may. Her great regret is not marrying, or at least bonking, her beloved fiance gordon, before he went off to france and was killed in action. Released december 30th, 1932, strange interlude stars norma shearer, clark gable, alexander kirkland, may robson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100. Previously filmed and truncated in 1932, eugene oneills marathon 1928 pulitzerwinning stage drama strange interlude was adapted for television in 1988. Strange interlude 1932 stream and watch online moviefone.
Provided to youtube by cdbaby strange interlude tom bright noirgasm. After nina leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husbands family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his. Strange interlude, pulitzer prizewinning drama in two parts and nine acts by eugene oneill. Click below to download the script to an ereader laptop, tablet, smart phone strange interlude or print it out small font, twocolumn to save time, ink and paper strange interludeprint. Print word pdf take our free strange interlude quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you. Telecharger strange interlude film complet en francais vf.
Strange interlude opened on broadway on january 30. Strange interlude was adapted by hollywood only once, in 1932. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Cudan meducin je drama americkog knjizevnika eugene oneilla napisana 1923. On stage, strange interlude was a long experimental play four and a half hours with a dinner break that won the 1928 pulitzer prize for drama.
The mgm film, which starred norma shearer as nina leeds and clark gable as dr. As both a duo and larger ensemble press and linngerstein design intimate. Strange interlude is an experimental play in nine acts by american playwright eugene oneill. This route will take us 41 minutes walking, 28 minutes by mass transit and 10 minutes by car.
Trivia the original broadway production of strange interlude by eugene oneill opened on january 30, 1928 at the john golden theatre, ran for 426 performances and won the pulitzer prize in drama in 1928. Ned darrell, was a shortened and toneddown version of the play. It has one of the most sizzling scenes i have ever seen. Strange interlude 1932 full movie download full hd youtube. But unfortunately that is the word i feel i must use to describe strange interludea film that has. Strange interlude 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Such is theill call it a warningat the beginning of strange interlude, a precode film that is indeedstrange. We do have a zipcar membership and there is a parking lot not far from the second venue. A remarkably smooth 110minute adaptation of eugene oneills marathon eighthour play, strange interlude was advertised as.
This is from a pre code with norma shearer and clark gable. Who wrote the play strange interlude, and the better known long days journey into night. The film is about shearers love for four different men. Eugene oneill won the nobel prize for literature in 1936, which was doubly ironic, first because most of his plays up to then are now held in very low critical regard and rarely if ever revived, while such masterpieces as the iceman cometh and long days journey into night all came later. Eugene oneill 18881953 a project gutenberg of australia ebook ebook no 0400161h. Based on a play by eugene oneill, this film seems to be a strange one for clark gable, but in fact it works very well, and hes terrific as a physician whose life is derailed by his love for norma shearer, a young woman who absolutely must, for her own good, get married. Marsden has just returned from world war i in europe, although he did not serve in the military.
Strange interlude is a 1932 american precode drama film directed by robert z. His wife the superb virginia maskell finds out and there is a very dignified but awkward scene where all three meet up for dinner at a restaurant and they behave with impeccable british reserve. It uses a lot of inner thoughts like hitchcock pioneered in murder 1930, but it takes it to exaggerated levels and it gets comical with the actors acting what they are thinking with facial expressions and awkward pauses. Strange interlude letterboxd social film discovery.