His success in the role enabled him to be the first actor to bring cyrano to the big screen in english. Until it more or less stopped being shown in the late 1970s, most american tv watchers were familiar with this 1950 stanley kramercarl foreman stab at the classic story, an ambitious production made on a moderate budget. This movie is worth seeing for jose ferrers performance alone. Ace drummond 1936 don winslow of the navy 1942 robinson crusoe of clipper island 1936. Hed played the role many times on broadway, but his performance was captured for the ages in stanley kramers 1950 production. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several. It uses poet brian hooker s 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. November 18th, 2003 not yet rated 1 hr 52 min plot summary. The chivalrous cyrano sets up with christian an innocent deception, with tragic results. But it is this 1950 film interpretation with jose ferrer, threadbare as it may be, that wins. Sep 26, 2018 the charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. This may not be the best blackandwhite highdefinition video ive ever seen, but it is a successful effort, nevertheless. Feeling that his beloved could never care for one so ugly, cyrano speaks his devotion through the striking christian daniel sunjata until the handsome soldier can no longer speak for cyrano.
The 1950 film was produced by stanley kramer and directed by michael gordon. The garutso balanced lens is an insitu camera lens effectively simulating a faux 3d effect by keeping the foreground and background in focus at the same time. Its for the romantic in all of us, and if you arent moved by cyranos final speech to roxanne, you have ice water in your veins. Jose ferrer won an academy award for his portrayal of the largenosed swordsman with a poets soul. But for cyrano, his oversize nose is the chasm that keeps them apart. Ferrer was highly acclaimed in the role and won a tony for his performance. A charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves. Ellen in trance, hutter near home, nosferatus ship in wisborg 03. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages.
This may not be the best blackand white highdefinition video ive ever seen, but it is a successful effort, nevertheless. Im also surprised that, as something of a swashbuckler, the movie reportedly. Classic story of the 17thcentury parisian whose desire for a beautiful woman is frustrated by his enormous nose. Better this approach, you feel as the film proceeds, than panoramic realism. The charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play. Crisis 1950 official trailer cary grant, jose ferrer drama movie hd. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsmanpoet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous roxane. Brian hookers deft translation reminds us that cyrano is more about its couplets than its couples. It uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay.