Moontide (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 94 min · dir. Fritz Lang
A Great New Star to thrill you! Strange romance to intrigue you!
- Drama
- film noir
- Crime
Synopsis
Moontide is a 1942 American romantic drama film with elements of a thriller. It was produced by Mark Hellinger and directed by Archie Mayo, who took over direction after the initial director Fritz Lang left the project early in the shooting schedule. The screenplay was written by John O'Hara and Nunnally Johnson (uncredited), based on the 1940 novel Moon Tide by Willard Robertson. The film features French star Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell and Claude Rains.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writer
- Willard Robertson
- Composer
- Cyril J. Mockridge
- Cinematography
- Charles G. Clarke
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 1942-05-29
- Running time
- 94 minutes
Cast & crew
Fritz Lang Director
John Kelly
Arthur Aylesworth
William Forrest
Vera Lewis
Tully Marshall
Jerome Cowan
Gertrude Astor
Arthur Hohl
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Barge angel · 20cent · 2020-11-11
The first and very strong echo of "Moontide" is "Street Angel", by Borzage. So few movie directors know as well how to show love, like a Monet paints sunlight, Van Gogh yellow sunflowers, or like Kafka describes life below meaning. Seems childish, but it is not : some sorte of wisdom. And this confidence : I discovered Ida Lupino thanks to Internet Archive : "Hitch-Hicker", "Road House", "The Ghost Camera", "Private Hell", "The Big Knife" with Jack Palance"... A discovery that made me more deeply admire the 5th Art.
