Best Adventure Movies of 1955: 1. / Street Date August 13, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring: Stewart Granger, Jon Whiteley, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Liliane Montevecchi, Melville Cooper, Sean McClory, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, Donna Corcoran, Jack Elam, Dan Seymour, Ian Wolfe. [4] Reviews were excellent. (1955). A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne. ", Title: It wasn't a bad part."[14]. Maybe the guy thought giving out negatives would get his or her review posted on the front page. Even though shot in Cinemascope, Moonfleet is a budget movie using cheaper Eastmancolor, not Technicolor. I couldn't care less about the number of "not helpful" marks I got. Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. It was inspired by the 1898 novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner,[2] although significant alterations were made in the characters and plot. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. 1955, Action, 1h 29m. 1998. A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in … Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates. This Island Earth, 3. | Genre: Adventure, Pirates, Marine adventures, Century XVIII, Cloak and dagger. Nobody really cares. Was this review helpful to you? Add the first question. Moonfleet is a 1955 Eastman Color film filmed in CinemaScope directed by Fritz Lang which was inspired by the novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, although significant alterations were made in … At the end of the movie, when young Mohune leaves open the gate of Mohune manor, the gesture does not really change things. Jack Miles / Reno Lawrence (2 episodes, 1954-1955) The Man from Laramie (1955) Chris Boldt Wichita (1955) Al Moonfleet (1955) Damen The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series 1955) Shields (1 episode, 1955) Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Charlie Max Man Without a Star (1955) Knife Murderer (uncredited) Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Moonfleet is a British period television drama series which aired on BBC One in 1984. Plot summary; Cast; Production; Shooting; Reception; See also; References; External links; Plot summary. MCU fans, here are some streaming picks to watch while you wait for the next episode of "The Falcon and the Winter Solider. "[8] The little boy being referred to was obviously Jon Whiteley, as he was the only boy actor in the film. After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed. William Wright was originally going to produce. As he got near he heard: [German accent] "You are not a professional! The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess. The book was published in England in 1898 but not published in the US until 1951. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates. The duo went on a treasure hunt. 'The Eddie Mannix Ledger’, Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles, Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moonfleet_(1955_film)&oldid=1005396414, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 February 2021, at 13:18. MGM was a giant movie company from the start when it combined Goldwyn's studio with Metro. [1], The film was released in France in 1960 and had 917,219 admissions.[15]. In the 1750s, young orphan John Mohune ( Jon Whiteley) arrives at the seaside Dorset village of Moonfleet seeking Jeremy Fox ( Stewart Granger ), a one-time "friend" of his late mother, to whom she has turned over care of the boy. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates. According to MGM records the movie earned $567,000 in the US and Canada and $1,007,000 overseas. [9] Eventually Joan Greenwood was brought over from England. Fox (Stewart Granger), is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman intimately involved with smugglers. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. She is an actress, known for Don't Bother to Knock (1952), Moonfleet (1955) and Scandal at Scourie (1953). If so, a pathetic commentary on one useless human being who visited the "Moonfleet" IMDb page. Moonfleet (1955) Moonfleet. Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. IMDb: 6.9. But Jon was only nine years old during the filming and not eleven. Based on J. Meade Falkner's classic tale of smugglers and hidden treasure set in the 18th century on the seacoast village of Moonfleet in Dorset, Moonfleet finds Fritz Lang directing a CinemaScope adventure drama. A strange friendship grows as their adventures go on. We pay you a lot of money to be a professional actor, and it seems to me you are stupid, you are lazy, you are nothing at all...!" It made a loss of $1,203,000. In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates. In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer. "[8], Granger later said "I hated working with Fritz Lang – he was a Kraut and it was a bloody awful film. Houseman says one time during filming his associate producer, Jud Kinberg, "came down to the stage and heard this awful caterwauling. The smugglers work in the dark, on hazy days. ‘Gigantes’ Director Enrique Urbizu Talks Movistar Plus’ New Banner Series ‘Libertad’, The Best Movie Fight Scenes — IndieWire Critics Survey, Best Pirates, Knights & Mousquetaires movies. Donna Corcoran was born on September 29, 1942 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Drama. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Öksüz kalmış John Mohune (Jon Whiteley), Moonfleet köyüne gider ve burada Jeremy Fox’un (Stewart Granger) koruması altına alınır ve onunla birlikte yaşamaya başlar. In a lot of ways, this movie is a reflection of the decline of Hollywood and the importance of movie studios in general. Watch Moonfleet (1955) - Avontuur Movie: Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. He gets into a little difficulty with a hood named Goebel who... See full summary », Somewhere in eighteenth century Great Britain, noble, but penniless, young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, 4. A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case. Looking as good as it ever will until the movie has a full restoration, Moonfleet is just too slow paced, without real kinetic energy. It is based on the classic 1898 adventure novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, about smuggling on the Dorset coast in the eighteenth century, earlier made into a 1955 film of the same title directed by Fritz Lang. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. Watch Moonfleet (1955) - Avantura Movie: Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. [10], Filming took place in September 1954. But then we began to have fun with it, and embroider it."[8]. American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Moonfleet ( 1955) Moonfleet. Somewhere in eighteenth century Great Britain, noble, but penniless, young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. "We are trying to make it one of the best of its type", said Houseman. (Error Code: 102630) A young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet, in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but is a leader of a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers. Fox exudes an aura of class and bravado, along with an obvious love of life and the finer things it can offer, all of which combine to make him a beguiling … Someone in 2006, probably another reviewer, seems to have decided to hand out multiple negative ratings to almost all the earlier reviews. It was a grim story, a realistic adventure story about pirates and a little boy who accidentally got himself involved with them. Stewart Granger was still under contract, and the other starring roles are handled by European actors, who worked for less. Moonfleet Moonfleet (1955) IMDB 6.7. Based on J. Meade Falkner's classic tale of smugglers and hidden treasure set in the 18th century on the seacoast village of Moonfleet in Dorset, Moonfleet finds Fritz Lang directing a CinemaScope adventure drama. The fatalistic atmosphere that permeates many scenes in Moonfleet may be Fritz Lang's doing, but it could just as well be that it was hard for MGM staffers to think about happy endings as their studio was going under. Contents. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates. There was no sex. "[12], The movie was shot almost entirely on the MGM backlot, augmented by a few shots of the California coast. For all of that, the picture is interesting as it deals with 18th century English smugglers and the story of young John Mohune. And MGM's decline mirrored what was happening in the rest of Hollywood.Under the conditions then, it was an accomplishment for the studio to make Moonfleet, hiring the talent not on payroll, preparing the sound stages for production and shooting the movie using the cheap Eastmancolor film. Jon Whiteley, Actor: The Kidnappers. Moonfleet was not Lang's type of film – it is a romantic child's film. A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet. During filming, James Dean visited the set; Stewart Granger said his manner was rude and dismissive. The duo went on a treasure hunt. The Court Jester, 2. [7] Houseman later recalled, "the novel was written back about 1890, was as successful as Treasure Island had been, and then was totally forgotten. 108 min. Moonfleet Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 87 min. Moonfleet is a 1955 Eastman Color film shot in CinemaScope directed by Fritz Lang. Moonfleet, 5. A strange friendship grows as their adventures go on. Use the HTML below. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. "Journey to the Lost City" is not a specific film by Fritz Lang but the combination of Tiger of Bengal (1959) with its sequel The Indian Tomb (1959), done in 1960 by American International Pictures. 26 of 40 people found this review helpful. Less than 30 years after that silent, the MGM studio was like the desolate Mohune family manor, its contract players and staff released, its Loew's theaters sold on the cheap, its Hollywood studio barely holding on as its New York board of directors decided to fire production head Dore Schary and cut movie production, placing the studio's survival on big pictures like Raintree County, Ben-Hur and How The West Was Won.Moonfleet is still with us, but MGM is now completely gone, its name tagged onto a film releasing company but the last of its small studio staff given their walking papers about two years ago. A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. Donna Corcoran, Actress: Don't Bother to Knock. A young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet, in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but is a leader of a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers. But he was very anxious to make a picture at Metro, and he rather wanted to make a picture with me. After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer. Still, why hand out more than one negative to the same review? This FAQ is empty. "Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan, played by Jon Whiteley, who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. I wanted to produce and act it in Cornwall and made them buy the book. Jud came around the corner, and saw that the recipient of this was a little boy of eleven! 14- Moonfleet (1955) – IMDb Puanı: 6,7 Adını filmin geçtiği İngiltere ‘deki bir köyden alan Moonfleet, 18. yüzyılda geçer. [13], Houseman said, "I got along fine with Fritz Lang, even though we screamed and yelled at each other. View production, box office, & company info. Somewhere in eighteenth century Great Britain, noble, but penniless, young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. MGM turned it into a big colour film. Moonfleet is a 1955 Eastman Color film shot in CinemaScope directed by Fritz Lang.It was inspired by the novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, [2] although significant alterations were made in the characters and plot.. "[8], The film was a critical and financial failure on release. In October 1953 the film was officially put on MGM's schedule. A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment. It observes Scottish child actor Jon Whiteley as a young boy named John Mohune who becomes sent by his dying mother to remain under the protective custody of her former lover, Jeremy Fox, … [3] On the run from the law, Mohune and Fox must decipher a coded message in their pursuit of a fabulous diamond hidden long ago. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The talent is there, but probably for reduced budget reasons, Moonfleet can't grab your attention and keep it for even 87 minutes.Addendum: I just watched parts of Moonfleet again, from a download of a bittorrent file made from the French Time Warner DVD of this movie (An AOL Company was still part of the logo then, only two years ago). Al Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express. Written by Cast. Take a look ahead at all the major movie releases coming to theaters and streaming this season. On the whole, we managed to turn out something very much off the beaten track-and... we had a good time. Synopsis by Bruce Eder. The Indian. I plan to light my principals just as you would in a play, dropping shadows on the sides of the stage to concentrate on the main action and the players involved in it. Fox, played by Stewart Granger, is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates." The MGM logo included a gate in it, the entrance to a great movie studio. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Adventure, Certificate: Passed [11], Director Fritz Lang said the story "calls for mood, for atmosphere. Moonfleet is worth watching, it has a great cast but the movie needed a bigger budget to pay for better production values and scenes showing what Stewart Granger's character did after leaving Mohune manor. Running time: 89 min. MGM modified existing sets, cleaned off old costumes and started the camera rolling. The prestigious French film publication Cahiers du Cinéma named Moonfleet as one of the 100 most essential films ever made, listing it at #32. Yepok. [5], MGM bought the film rights and announced Stewart Granger as the star immediately. Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. This video file cannot be played. [6], Then the job of producing went to John Houseman. MGM executives must have decided that even with Fritz Lang, Moonfleet was not going to be a hit, which could explain the truncated story line and the always gloomy (cheaply processed) photography. But to me, the picture is too much of a downer, the photography too dim and the storyline incomplete. Amazingly talented child star Jon Whiteley was born Jon James Lamont Whiteley on February 19, 1945 in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and put together an enviable, albeit brief, career in 1950s film drama. There is a silent 1926 documentary made by MGM showing the different departments in the dream factory, from warehouses full of period furniture to group shots of directors and cameramen and even a garage where wind machines and power trucks were kept. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Moonfleet is only 87 minutes long, there are no expensive exterior action scenes and dimly lit interior scenes are the norm. Director Fritz Lang worked for the UFA movie studios in the 20s making silents, made talkies in the 30s first in Europe then in Hollywood, and was running out the string in Hollywood when he made Moonfleet. A gothic melodrama set in England during the 18th century, the film is about John Mohune, a young orphan (Jon Whiteley), who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with his mother's former lover, Jeremy Fox. Houseman later said, "It ended up being rather a crazy type of picture – still much admired by European filmmakers – but, commercially, it was a disaster. Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his… Country: USA Genre: Adventure 13 Reviews 500+ Ratings You might also like. By 1954, MGM wasn't going to gamble on spending a lot of money on Moonfleet.20 Oct 2012: Just looked at the review ratings here. The man [J. Meade Falkner] never wrote anything else. I like the movie Moonfleet, but in watching Moonfleet, you are also watching the demise of a great studio, still trying to turn out quality pictures as the Hollywood studio system is collapsing and movie budgets are shrinking. Certificate: Passed At one stage Merle Oberon was going to be the female lead. Moonfleet. On the TCM broadcast I saw, Moonfleet was in widescreen and had closed captioning.
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