Storm warning was a daring film for its time and was banned in the south and condemned by some as communistic, which is absurd. Ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day and steve cochran. Only a tenminute stopover is planned, but marsha wants to stay and spend the night, visiting her sister lucy doris day. Ronald reagan is the man, he had all the dolls, in this movie he is with doris day and ginger rogers, now thats as good as it gets. Bacall turned it down and was put on suspension by warner bros. This was one of five 1951 films doris day made while under her seven year contract with warner brothers. Approved 1h 33min drama, filmnoir 10 february 1951 usa. Storm warning 1951 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Definitely a film that deserves more recognition and relatively unknown by todays film fans.
Its important because just when the movie ought to be about rogers and. Storm warning for all i knew it was i still remember knowing what you always did three summers past and i. Doris day doris mary ann kappelhoff was an american actress, singer, and animal welfare activist born on april 3, 1922, in cincinnati, ohio and died on th may 2019. Starring ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day, steve cochran. The nashville ice storm of 1951 national weather service. Storm warning loses some of its narrative momentum during the inquest scenes, which follow standard patterns of courtroom noir, and the movie as a whole is less politically pointed than it might have been.
Although the chief business of the reallife kkk has always been terrorism and oppression based on race, the films murder victim is a white. Marsha mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a ku klux klansman. Start making your own 3d movies and animations with great 3d animation software from moviestorm now. Storm warning 1951 stream and watch online moviefone. The worst ice storm in the history of nashville, tennessee, known as the great blizzard, began on monday, 29 january 1951 and ended on 1 february, causing a complete shutdown of transportation in nashville for two days. Hawaiian time an emergency message went out that this is not a drill. Stuart heislers storm warning 1951 is a noirish message picture.
She happens to witness the beating death of a man at the hands of the kkk. Storm warning is a 1951 american film noir thriller directed by stuart heisler and starring ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day and steve cochran. The film also features ronald reagan and doris day. Combining elements of deliverance and straw dogs, follows a yuppie couple as they embark on a fishing trip gone very wrong.
A still from after the storm in the hands of another filmmaker, this situation might be the. Every element that went into the filming of storm warning is of the best calibre. Husband and wife rob robert taylor and pias nadia fares weekend boating idyll quickly turns into a holiday nightmare when the weather turns bad and their craft gets lost in the storm, landing them in a desolated swamp. Find them all here, plus the hottest sex scenes from movies and television when you visit mr. She had her first hit as a bigband vocalist during world war ii. When first time ive seen this murder mystery, it was keeping me guessing until the very end. His shot selection is spoton, the camera moves always accentuating the play without intruding on it, and the matchcutting on action a heisler trademark is not just flawless. Storm warning, a 1951 release directed by stuart heisler, is unsettling from the start. May 3, 1999 is a date forever etched in the memory of every oklahoman. Storm warning 2008 18 01172008 ua horror 1h 26m user score. Read the full synopsis of storm warning, 1951, directed by stuart heisler, with ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day, at turner classic movies. Released 1951, storm warning stars ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day, steve cochran the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. A bus carrying smalltime model marsha mitchell ginger rogers arrives in the town of rock point late one evening. Hercules hit boston and most of the northeast hard over the past 24 hours, and certain areas are still feeling the brunt from high tide flooding, so were thinking sitting in front of the tv.
As a hard core gingerologist, i must admit to being more than a little biased about anything done by miss rogers, but this film does rank as one of her best performances in my opinion. The goodies are dull and wooden, though the female lead comfortably comes away as the strongest character and best actor. She was arguably the top female boxoffice star in hollywood history, with a no. Seeking refuge in a dilapidated house, the couples problems only worsen when the owners hillbilly rednecks with a barn full of marijuana return and proceed to enslave. Storm warning 1951 is a bold slice of moody noir that is unabashedly a message film and is successful, however, by neither lecturing opponents, nor preaching to the choir, but by holding up a mirror and whispering, is this you. But the subject of the klan is handled a little too lightly to be believable. The violence and subject matter in storm warning is depicted fairly graphically for 1951, and it definitely keeps you riveted. Storm warning 1951 official trailer ginger rogers, ronald reagan movie hd marsha mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a ku klux. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A series of 70 twisters tore through the state with unprecedented fury, leveling entire towns, killing 37 people, damaging or.
A yuppie couple lost in a thick, brushfilled marsh seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover theyve jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. Download moviestorm filmmaker moviestorm for filmmakers. Doris day, ginger rogers, and ronald reagan star in this tale about a girl who arrives in town to visit her sister, sees a man shot and recognizes one of the killers as her brotherinlaw. Internet adult film database in the text above should be linked to. Storm warning is directed by stuart heisler and written by richard brooks and daniel fuchs. Storm warning nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Storm warning is about ginger rogers visiting sister doris day and. Storm warning 1951, stuart heisler the stop button. Storm warning 1951 movie clip i just saw a man murdered. Ronald reagan played a county prosecutor working to solve a crime involving the klansman. Rogers soon discovers that the whole town is controlled by this vigilante group, and that her loutish brotherinlaw steve cochran is one of the groups members. If you use our data, wed appreciate a link back to this page. It then reverts to noir, albeit of an even darker shade, for films shockingly violent and tragic conclusion. All of this builds to a vivid conclusion, rife with madness and klan imagery.
Ginger rogers and steve cochran featured in this clip from 1951s storm warning. When a rainstorm kicks up, the duo debarks and waits for. It is an obvious blind spot for the film, but as far as old hollywood goes. Storm warning audio drama, a doctor who audio drama. Storm warning nude scenes 3 images and 2 videos including appearances from nadia fares. Storm warning 1951 official trailer ginger rogers, ronald. At least, they were confronted with the what do i do portion. Storm warning 1951 official trailer ginger rogers, ronald reagan movie. Storm warning is a film directed by stuart heisler with ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day, steve cochran, year. The performances, notably those of ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day and steve cochran, are superb. In storm warning, ginger rogers stars as a model visiting relatives in an unnamed small town. Storm warning 1951 movie clip i just saw a man murdered traveling model marsha ginger rogers, arrived in a small southern town to visit her newly married sister lucy doris day, has just witnessed a klan killing, undetected, early in storm warning, 1951. The biggest pleasure of storm warning is watching heisler at the top of his craft, directing the hell out of what he thought was sure to be a hot, controversial film. A yuppie couple lost in a swamp seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover theyve jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
Storm warning 1951 ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day. Storm warning, the 1951 film starring ronald reagan. The unspeakable nearly happened for the people of hawaii. Few movies dealt with the kkk at the time and,of course,we are far from birth of a nation where they were the good guys who saved the cameron family attacked by the villains the black men. Ginger rogers celebrity profile check out the latest ginger rogers photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. It stars ginger rogers, ronald reagan, doris day and steve cochran. Rose meteorologist national weather service old hickory, tennessee. Music is by daniele amfitheatrof and cinematography by carl e.
Ginger rogers tribute major albert warner, steve cochran, ronald reagan and ginger rogers at the miami beach premiere of storm warning, jan 1951. Lauren bacall was originally cast in the part eventually played by rogers. Storm warning 1951 official trailer ginger rogers, ronald reagan movie hd marsha mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern. Doris day biography, age, marriages, husband, net worth. Welcome to the fandango movieclips trailer vault channel. In my opinion storm warning is a quite exciting human drama. The data for storm warning was compiled by the internet adult film database.