jfsch
Joined Mar 2000
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Released in 1929, THE BLACK WATCH is an entertaining flick shot in black & white, and John Ford's first all-talkie film. It's based on the 1916 novel 'King of the Khyber Rifles' by Talbot Mundy.
Captain Donald King (McLaglen) goes undercover and leaves his regiment (Black Watch) to put down a rebellion in India at the at the start of WWI. There he finds the beautiful princess Yasmani (Loy) who plans to send her minions to attack British forces at the Khyber Pass.
As we would expect from a Ford movie it has a good look, especially the outdoor scenes. The Cave of Echoes scenes are well crafted with fine visuals and sound effects.
The problem the movie has is it's dialogue in many scenes, Myrna Loy's in particular, is stilted and stagy , as if they thought the mics couldn't keep up with their voices. Still, a good movie.
Captain Donald King (McLaglen) goes undercover and leaves his regiment (Black Watch) to put down a rebellion in India at the at the start of WWI. There he finds the beautiful princess Yasmani (Loy) who plans to send her minions to attack British forces at the Khyber Pass.
As we would expect from a Ford movie it has a good look, especially the outdoor scenes. The Cave of Echoes scenes are well crafted with fine visuals and sound effects.
The problem the movie has is it's dialogue in many scenes, Myrna Loy's in particular, is stilted and stagy , as if they thought the mics couldn't keep up with their voices. Still, a good movie.
To quote Robert De Niro's character in the last 10 minutes of the film,"This is a waste of time."
A most predictable early 60's movie stuck in 1950's fluff. Harmless fun with Hollywood production, Ms. Day has this shtick down pat. She's perky and feisty and sweet and innocent and gee it must be exhausting to be America's oldest divorcée virgin. But Dom DeLuise, Paul Lynne, Dick Martin , and John McGiver supply the laughs that really make it work. Rod Taylor hits his marks and gets out of the way. Arthur Godfrey has no reason to be here. And sadly this is Eric Fleming's last movie before is tragic death in Peru.
