tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post1367061295546734032..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: They Won't Believe Me (1947)Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-65891649810083734982010-11-11T18:33:20.234-05:002010-11-11T18:33:20.234-05:00Hi, missreha, thanks for stopping by. It is an in...Hi, missreha, thanks for stopping by. It is an intersting performance, isn't it? He was very good as a cad.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-3299997519231231602010-11-11T17:29:06.598-05:002010-11-11T17:29:06.598-05:00I remember first seeing this film years ago in my ...I remember first seeing this film years ago in my early twenties when my only exposure to Robert Young's work had been Father Knows Best and Marcus Welby,M.D.. It was such a shock to see him being a cad. I've just now finished looking at this film again as part of the collection of Robert Young movies I'm building and it was much better than I remembered it being. Thank you for this great review.missrheanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-81025001549056623522010-10-08T06:19:51.551-04:002010-10-08T06:19:51.551-04:00No time to watch movies, after becoming a manager....No time to watch movies, after becoming a manager..but after reading the review..Hope for sure i will watch the movie this Saturday! thanks lolSample Invitation to attend an Exhibition Letterhttp://www.sampleletters.in/sample-invitation-to-attend-an-exhibition-letter.html/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-19270089156381769502009-06-05T09:40:01.429-04:002009-06-05T09:40:01.429-04:00I'm so pleased "They Won't Believe Me...I'm so pleased "They Won't Believe Me" and Robert Young have so many fans. You're right, Rupert,it's an underrated gem.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-75829365438554323112009-06-05T07:33:58.039-04:002009-06-05T07:33:58.039-04:00I saw this movie for the first time several years ...I saw this movie for the first time several years ago and thought it was very good. I had never heard of it before I stumbled upon it then and haven't heard alot about it since. It is one of those underrated gems that more folks need to check out. Young, far from his Jim Anderson role in Father Knows Best, is great and shows his range and depth as an actor. Thanks for sharing and letting people know about this interesting film.<br /><br />RupertRuperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526556689348727001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-56072998950213633292009-06-01T07:36:42.932-04:002009-06-01T07:36:42.932-04:00Thanks, Panavia999. Well, there seems to be a con...Thanks, Panavia999. Well, there seems to be a concensus here about "The Second Woman." I'd better see that pretty soon.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-42567558805008807272009-05-31T20:56:22.911-04:002009-05-31T20:56:22.911-04:00Enjoyed your comments on the movie. I saw it on T...Enjoyed your comments on the movie. I saw it on TCM recently. "The Second Woman" is pretty good too. Good ensemble cast.panavia999https://www.blogger.com/profile/12022750065016664499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-2872174165053102112009-05-25T08:06:52.347-04:002009-05-25T08:06:52.347-04:00Moira, you're spot-on, as usual, in your observati...Moira, you're spot-on, as usual, in your observations about the film, and I agree about Susan Hayward. I regret I've never seen "The Second Woman." I look forward to your post about it. One of the results of blogging about old movies is the appalling realization of how many good ones I have not seen.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-22052826466363921292009-05-24T13:42:33.427-04:002009-05-24T13:42:33.427-04:00If you don't start talking like Jack Webb after wa...If you don't start talking like Jack Webb after watching several film noirs, you might start flipping your hair like Susan Hayward does in numerous movies when she is trying to make us believe that she has the world by the tail! (Actually, I think Hayward had everything but one crucial element to make her a more compelling actress--humor).<br /><br />I love this movie, and felt as though I'd discovered a secret door into the real Robert Young when I first saw this film after growing up enjoying his lighter-veined paternal roles in such movies as Sitting Pretty and of course, the series, Father Knows Best and Marcus Welby, M.D. I don't think that They Won't Believe Me (1947) is a perfect movie, as you pointed out, but then, part of the pull here is Young's subversive acknowledgment that he doesn't want perfection in himself or anyone else. One of the problems I have with They Won't Believe Me tends to be the Rita Johnson character. Why she needs and wants him so is a mystery without many solid clues, don't you think?<br /><br />There is another Robert Young movie that is generally overlooked by those who love noirs, the intriguing The Second Woman(1950). I suspect that it is less well known because the people in The Second Woman aren't thoroughly rotten as they sometimes became as the noir genre developed into its baroque and later rococo phases. They are just flawed people who are quite confused, psychologically and ethically. Other commentators I've come across have dismissed The Second Woman as "a weeper", which seems too simplistic a view to me.<br /><br />I think I'll be posting briefly about the latter film soon. Thanks so much for reminding me of how good this actor could be when given a decent role.Moira Finniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626493736940699514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-36128934885615858892009-05-21T17:49:55.175-04:002009-05-21T17:49:55.175-04:00Thanks, John. I don't know what it is about film ...Thanks, John. I don't know what it is about film noir that makes one flippant. Watch enough film noir and you start talking like Jack Webb.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-29220970587441098882009-05-21T15:09:05.982-04:002009-05-21T15:09:05.982-04:00A fantastic review-- the line "the hand of fate, t...A fantastic review-- the line "the hand of fate, though uncredited, has a major role in this movie" is worth the price of admission by itself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.com