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Director: Frank Borzage
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From Time Out Film Guide
Perhaps Borzage's greatest film, Moonrise, a brooding tale of a murderer's son (Clark) driven to violence by others harping on his past, is the perfect answer to those critics who have derided Borzage as a 'mere' romantic, a mere celebrator of the magic of love. Deeply melancholic, the film (from a novel by Theodore Strauss) creates a sense of physical reality with its low key lighting and harsh compositions that Borzage's lovers on the run cannot defeat: their 'Seventh Heaven' in an abandoned mansion is only temporary.Author: PH
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- annette nicholas said...
- Posted on Mar 02 2008 13:56 I like the old B&W films this was screeened early this moring-It was a treat to see it-the photography was excellent in addition to the music and Dane Clark's acting.Later read that it was nominated for the music-wonder who got the edge to win it?
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Cast & crew
Director: Frank Borzage
Producer: Charles Haas
Cast: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Harry Morgan, Rex Ingram, Lloyd Bridges, Selena Royle full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 90 mins
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