![]() ![]() Although the South by no means has a monopoly on this type of behavior. It’s the duplicity of this brand of sing-song Southern hospitality with an undercurrent of venom. Lucy, a lady waiting, well-compensated at the local hotel. Even before his dear departed wife passed away, he kept Ms. His own daughter is skeptical of his deep-seated hypocrisy. has a group of mobilized hoodlums called the Finley Youth Club at his disposal.īecause if Boss Finley is a pillar of society and a Sunday morning Christian who promotes his virginal daughter and denounces communism and other prurient attacks on the American way, he’s cracked at the seams himself. They aren’t opposed to physical violence as Tom Jr. (Rip Torn) are bent on keeping her away from Chance. But her daddy, Boss, and the skeevy Tom Finley Jr. The other leg of his personal fantasy involves running off with his sweetheart, the aptly named Heavenly (Shirley Knight). On Sunday morning the bells ring - it’s Easter, after all - and Alexandra rises from her bedroom suite positively reborn! Chance goes off to the church. All the failures are kept on the outside looking in until they grow old and undesirable. He didn’t stop to consider Hollywood is a crazy land with walls all around it. Every man can hit the jackpot if he tries hard enough. He believed in the pie in the sky ideas of the local institution: Tom Boss Finley (Ed Begley). Because years of striving have found him little success. While Del Lago is on the way out, Williams flips the script with another revelation Chance is on the way out too - if he ever arrived at all. Alexandra need only say the word to the Louella Parsons and Walter Winchells of the world, and this nobody could hit the big time. Chance is looking to use her clout for all its worth because her seal of approval still means something in the industry. If Alexandra Del Lago, masquerading incognito as the Princess Kosmopolis, is his Norma Desmond, he is a sleazy sellout looking to wheedle his way into any amount of fame. He fluctuates between opportunism, blackmail, and virile charisma all in the name of getting himself said break. He has elected himself her PR man - stirring up headlines she doesn’t want - to benefit his own career no less. His companion is a fading movie star plagued by her self-medication and neuroses as she tries to stave off the advances of a has-been career. At least this is the illusion he looks to promote as he sets up in the local hotel. Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) returns to his hometown of St. Once more we have a sweaty, hot-blooded showcase for Paul Newman playing opposite a powerful Southern patriarch (in this case, Ed Begley) and other cast holdovers include Madeleine Sherwood. It’s yet another Tennesse Williams play directed by Richard Brooks for the screen, albeit neutered by the Production Codes of some of its controversy. This is hardly a new phenomenon. ![]() They are both looking to use one another, and they are not alone.Īlthough Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the more high-profile entry, the points of connection with The Sweet Bird of Youth are too many to ignore. If anything, his environment has turned him into the self-serving creature he’s become. In this interchange between Paul Newman and Geraldine Page, I couldn’t help adding my own connotations. “Well, I was born a monster.” – Alexandra Del Lago To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.“I like you. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. ![]() ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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