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Almas en el mar

Título original: Souls at Sea
  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 32min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
6,8/10
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Gary Cooper, Olympe Bradna, Frances Dee, George Raft, and Henry Wilcoxon in Almas en el mar (1937)
AcciónAventurasHistoriaRomance

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaCooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.

  • Dirección
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Guión
    • Grover Jones
    • Dale Van Every
    • Ted Lesser
  • Reparto principal
    • Gary Cooper
    • George Raft
    • Frances Dee
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    6,8/10
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    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Guión
      • Grover Jones
      • Dale Van Every
      • Ted Lesser
    • Reparto principal
      • Gary Cooper
      • George Raft
      • Frances Dee
    • 18Reseñas de usuarios
    • 9Reseñas de críticos
  • Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro
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    • Nominado para 3 premios Óscar
      • 3 premios y 3 nominaciones en total

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    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
    George Raft
    George Raft
    • Powdah
    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Margaret Tarryton
    Henry Wilcoxon
    Henry Wilcoxon
    • Lieutenant Stanley Tarryton
    Harry Carey
    Harry Carey
    • Captain of 'William Brown'
    Olympe Bradna
    Olympe Bradna
    • Babsie
    Robert Cummings
    Robert Cummings
    • George Martin
    Porter Hall
    Porter Hall
    • Court Prosecutor
    George Zucco
    George Zucco
    • Barton Woodley
    Virginia Weidler
    Virginia Weidler
    • Tina
    Joseph Schildkraut
    Joseph Schildkraut
    • Gaston de Bastonet
    Gilbert Emery
    Gilbert Emery
    • Captain Martisel
    Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield
    • Toymaker
    Paul Fix
    Paul Fix
    • Violinist
    Tully Marshall
    Tully Marshall
    • Pecora
    Monte Blue
    Monte Blue
    • Mate
    Stanley Fields
    Stanley Fields
    • Captain Paul M. Granley
    Norman Ainsley
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    • Dirección
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Guión
      • Grover Jones
      • Dale Van Every
      • Ted Lesser
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    7malvernp

    Who Will Live and Who Will Die?

    Souls at Sea (SAS) is an unusual film from Gary Cooper's peak years with Paramount Studios. It is obscure and hard to find. However, SAS is now available on YouTube, so those who are unfamiliar with it now have the rare opportunity to judge its merits for themselves.

    SAS was originally planned to be a much more important film than the one we now have before us. Somewhere along the way, Paramount abandoned its ambitions for SAS. What eventually emerged, while hardly an epic, is an interesting entertainment that deals with important issues and deserves a larger audience.

    The plot considers a back story involving the notorious slave trade that persisted into the nineteenth century, and the efforts by some individuals to take matters into their own hands to curtail the practice. But the more important part of the film deals with an unexpected shipwreck and the resulting inadequate lifeboat space available to accommodate its survivors. Cooper as the first mate faces the incredible dilemma of suddenly having to "play God" and determine which survivors must be sacrificed in an effort to save the lives of all the others.

    This part of the story is based on fact. The actual case, U. s. v. Holmes, is a famous Supreme Court precedent known to anyone familiar with Criminal Law and the legal subject of homicide. Holmes, the first mate, was actually tried for manslaughter in connection with the deaths of those he consigned to die hoping to save the rest of the survivors. Was the defense of justifiable homicide available to Holmes under these facts? The legal answer was no. However, shortly after he had been found guilty of manslaughter, Holmes was freed from imprisonment. So what does the case stand for? Legal scholars argue about it to this day.

    SAS presents the Holmes case in a fictional setting, yet it retains a similar ending. The Cooper character, now called Taylor, is set free after his trial. But the circumstances of this development may be more the result of his involvement in the back story of the plot than in the moral and ethical quandary of having to "play God" with the lives of innocent people to save others who might otherwise have perished.

    For another take on the Holmes story, check out the Tyrone Power British film Seven Waves Away/Abandon Ship! (1957).

    SAS has an extraordinary cast of supporting actors and splendid camera work--particularly in the climactic sequence involving the shipwreck. Cooper and George Raft make a surprisingly good "buddy" pairing, and SAS provides a rare opportunity to see the exotic beauty Olympe Bradna in one of her few Hollywood films.

    All in all, SAS is a film that is well worth seeing, and deserves a wider audience than it now enjoys.
    7AAdaSC

    Yo-di-yo-di-yo

    Gary Cooper (Nuggin) is on trial for manslaughter at sea. He is accused of playing God and deciding who lives and who dies on a sinking ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The verdict is pronounced and then George Zucco (Woodley) steps forward to give a statement and we head into flashback for the film's story. It is one that is set on the seas and involves slavery versus anti-slavery, romance and is partly a buddy-buddy movie with Cooper and his friend George Raft (Powdah). There is also tragedy and the story is based on an incident that set a precedent in maritime law.

    It's an entertaining film with twists as to who is doing what so pay attention. It also has an interesting angle due to the legal significance of the story, and all the cast play their roles well. If you take note at the beginning of the film during the prosecutor's speech in the court case, he mentions some of those who didn't survive the tragedy. We will be introduced to these characters when the film moves onto the doomed ship.

    Would you throw people out of a lifeboat to ensure the survival of at least some of them rather than the death of all of them? Every man for himself or do passengers come first? Why not just fly instead?
    7adrianovasconcelos

    Fine filmmaking, acting; uneven tragicomic script

    Although not in the same lofty class as William Wyler, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder or Fred Zinnemann, Henry Hathaway remains one of my favorite Hollywood directors. I particularly like CALL NORTHSIDE 777, RAWHIDE and NIAGARA, but will quickly add that I found SOULS AT SEA a gem.

    For starters, Gary Cooper and Frances Dee were at the height of their physical beauty, in addition to punching in terrific performances - Cooper always with a comic touch, Dee delightful in every nuance of her lovely eyes.

    They are ably seconded by George Raft, Cooper's chum and a rather uneducated but senior shiphand who picks up some cultural pointers from Cooper and ends with sensitive, even sentimental moments.

    Terrific enmical exchanges between Cooper and Henry Wilcoxon as Dee's devious brother. The two have issues over slavery, which the former actively sabotages and the latter sees as a major income opportunity.

    Glorious B&W cinematography from Merrit Gerstad and Charles Lang, with terrific sequences at sea, notably as the little girl inadvertently starts a fire and the bad ship William Brown goes down.

    The screenplay by Grover Jones and Dale Van Every includes some highly comic scenes, such as when Cooper, Dee and Wilcoxon all have hiccups at the same time, some very touching ones between Raft and love interest Olympe Bradna, and some very tragic decisions that Cooper has to make as the ship sinks.

    Despite narrative ups and downs, the production values are very high, and the film remains engrossing throughout. 7/10.
    9ROCKY-19

    Great Hathaway action tale

    Here is a film that inexplicably has been given little exposure to modern audiences. Paramount threw in a lot of its top talent to tell a good story with drama, humor and lots of action.

    Nuggin Taylor (Cooper) has waged a one-man war against slaves ships in the 1840s. His best friend Powdah (Raft) has been a slaver, if a half-hearted one, for years. The two board a packet from Liverpool to America in a plot to undermine the slave shipping lines, but also on board is their main nemesis and his sister. Naturally Taylor has a "thing" for the sister. When a tragic accident befalls the ship, Taylor must take drastic action to save passengers and is ultimately charged with multiple murders.

    Cooper again plays the aw-shucks persona he perfected but here combines it with the literate, committed character of Nuggin. Note that in the lengthy opening sequence he says nothing, but is the center point of every word. Raft, who was always at his best for Henry Hathaway, gets crimped hair and an earring and the package works for the uneducated, footloose Powdah, who is ironically terrified of water. Raft's trademark unblinking stare is used to great effect and even humor. Copper and Raft, who sing together so pleasantly here, remained good friends after making this film.

    The picture took three photographers. Estimable Charles Lang split the cinematography duties with Merritt Gerstad. Gordon Jennings was in charge of the special photographic effects in the climactic ship disaster. Their decisions were mostly excellent. Especially effective were the constant tilted angles aboard ship. The black-and-white filming offers up rich tones and texture, instantly setting the stage with the slave cargo sequence. The action scenes are outstandingly photographed and executed.

    In period pieces, Hollywood tends to go overboard with layers of decorations. In 'Souls at Sea' art directors Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson are magnificently restrained and very accurate. That and A.E. Freudeman's interior decoration make the film seem really in Philadelphia, really in Liverpool and really on board a ship in 1842.

    This is a great example of Hathaway's work, weaving appropriate humor into the human drama and relationships. There is an amusing montage as Taylor is scouring Liverpool for Powdah, and that relationship's integrity is maintained throughout.

    This is a classic well worth making the effort to find.
    GManfred

    Interesting Historical Drama

    I was hoping for a melodrama instead, but the emphasis here is on the narrative rather than on action. But I am pleased to report that my headline is accurate, because "Souls At Sea" is a very interesting story about a subject barely touched upon in Hollywood's long, colorful history. Reading through other reviewers takes on the film, it qualifies more accurately as a semi-historical drama, although not the first story Hollywood has taken liberties with. The temptation is to call "Souls At Sea" a 'seafaring yarn', but, as I said, it is heavy on talk and light on second unit work.

    In any case, this offbeat movie has Gary Cooper faced with a moral dilemma as an abolitionist involved in the slave trade in the middle of the 19th century. His sidekick is George Raft, in as sympathetic a role as he ever had and one of his best acting jobs (never one of his strong points). Frances Dee is an ingenue on board the ship in question, and George Zucco plays a good guy for a change. Particularly effective is the background music which won an AA nomination for composer Milan Roder. Henry Wilcoxon is an effective bad guy and Olympe Bradna, whose film appearances were too few, is touching as a maidservant and love interest for George Raft.

    Very well done, as is the norm with a Henry Hathaway picture. The story is so absorbing that the viewer nearly forgets about the lack of action scenes, and is well worth my rating of seven.

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    • Curiosidades
      When Nuggin and Powdah are in a tavern, the bartender immerses a hot iron into their beer mugs. This was most likely part of making a popular sailor's drink at the time called a "flip". It was made with beer, rum, sugar or molasses (and possibly a spice like cinnamon or cloves). The hot poker caramelizes the sugar. The technique was also just a quick way to warm beer during the winter.
    • Pifias
      Reading Hamlet aloud, Gary Cooper says, "the thousand natural shocks that the flesh is heir to." The second "the" is a mistake--it spoils the scansion.
    • Citas

      Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor: The floor of the ocean is paved with the bones of slaves.

    • Conexiones
      Referenced in Dejad paso al mañana (1937)
    • Banda sonora
      Susie Sapple
      (1937) (uncredited)

      Music by Ralph Rainger

      Lyrics by Leo Robin

      Performed by George Raft and Gary Cooper

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 3 de septiembre de 1937 (Estados Unidos)
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      • Estados Unidos
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      • Souls at Sea
    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, Estados Unidos
    • Empresa productora
      • Paramount Pictures
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