Gary Vitacco-Robles is the author of ICON: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe, Volumes 1 & 2 , and writer/producer of the podcast series, Marilyn: Behind the Icon. You can read all of Gary’s Marilyn: Behind the Icon articles for CMH here.
Dont bother to knock movie#
–Gary Vitacco-Robles for Classic Movie Hub B efore I get too deep into my complaining and criticizing, allow me to go on record as saying that I like Don’t Bother to Knock.It is an odd movie, based on a popular novella written by Charlotte Armstrong and entitled Mischief, originally published in 1950. Dont Bother To Knock is a deceptively profound thriller, with an engagingly humanist plot, commendable performances, and a satisfyingly deep well of humanity, successfully making for a singularly satisfying Noir-ish melodrama, with its uncommonly sympathetic, well-drawn characters, their entirely believable motivations maintaining strong. Monroe later told friend Hedda Rosten that Don’t Bother to Knock was one of her favorite films and considered Nell her strongest performance. Dont Bother to Knock movie reviews & Metacritic score: After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and. Hailed her: “Monroe-hitherto typed as a glamour girl-easily comes off best withĪ surprisingly effective impersonation of a mousy maniac.”Īrguably, Monroe effectively channeled her mentally ill mother and gives a believable performance as a vaguely written character in a script without any description of her personality. Seductiveness to sadness to desperation very compelling.” Newsweek Several successive changes of mood and makes her transitions from lethargy to
His 1952 essay “Blame the Audience,” film critic Manny Farber he pointed to theįilm as one of the ten best of the year: “Monroe takes her character through In a positive review, Variety announced Monroe “givesĪn excellent account of herself in a strictly dramatic role which commandsĬertain attention…the studio has an upcoming dramatic star in Miss Monroe.” In
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