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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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There is a great deal in Fallen Angel that does not stack up. The dialogue and characterisation of the heroine does not convince us as viewers, and therefore would not be potent enough to bring about the change in the characterisation of the film's anti-hero, and there his salvation. The hard-boiled cop from New York, with the farcical interrogation technique, does not gell either. But even with these significant flaws, the Fallen Angel qualifies as an outstanding film noir: Dana Andrews makes more than a good fist of the role, and portrays a vulnerability that you know compels him to do bad things, and Linda Darnell, in the femme fatale role, easily draws you in, as does the main location for plot development, the tiny diner on the quayside, surrounded by fog and a sense of foreboding. The flaws of the Fallen Angel are forgiven and, once seen, the film is not forgotten. Almost a masterpiece.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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America during the 1940s/1950s made many classic Film Noirs-including-FALLEN ANGEL-[1945,black and white],which starred DANA ANDREWS,ALICE FAYE,LINDA DARNELL,CHARLES BICKFORD,ANNE REVERE,JOHN CARRADINE.
Many other reviewers have already written about this thriller's story. I wanted to add that this classic Film Noir is made even better by the sultry beauty that was-LINDA DARNELL-[1923-1965]. Linda plays a great part as a Femme Fatale in this Noir classic. Darnell appeared in a variety of films-including-Film Noirs/Westerns/Adventure Pirate/Period movies to name a few.
As well as her stunning beauty in FALLEN ANGEL she will perhaps be best remembered for two films she appeared in[and looked so beautifully stunning]the 1946 John Ford black and white western classic-MY DARLING CLEMENTINE-with-Henry Fonda,Victor Mature,Walter Brennan,and the 1947 Period Drama Technicolor classic-FOREVER AMBER-which also starred-Cornell Wilde,Richard Greene,George Sanders.
This dvd comes with a very informative leaflet[four pages]about this films story.
Regards,Bill.
Many other reviewers have already written about this thriller's story. I wanted to add that this classic Film Noir is made even better by the sultry beauty that was-LINDA DARNELL-[1923-1965]. Linda plays a great part as a Femme Fatale in this Noir classic. Darnell appeared in a variety of films-including-Film Noirs/Westerns/Adventure Pirate/Period movies to name a few.
As well as her stunning beauty in FALLEN ANGEL she will perhaps be best remembered for two films she appeared in[and looked so beautifully stunning]the 1946 John Ford black and white western classic-MY DARLING CLEMENTINE-with-Henry Fonda,Victor Mature,Walter Brennan,and the 1947 Period Drama Technicolor classic-FOREVER AMBER-which also starred-Cornell Wilde,Richard Greene,George Sanders.
This dvd comes with a very informative leaflet[four pages]about this films story.
Regards,Bill.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Fallen Angel is directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who also worked with Preminger on the film Laura the year before. The film stars Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell & Charles Bickford. Seen as something of a lesser entry in film noir and on Preminger's CV (he claimed to not even remembering the film when quizzed about it once), the piece is famous for being the last film Faye made as a major Hollywood actress. Disappointed at how studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck and Preminger cut her role out of the picture (they were all about Darnell), Faye left the studio the day after a preview screening, and did not make another film for 16 years.
The plot sees Andrews as press agent Eric Stanton, who down on his luck gets turfed off the bus some 150 miles from San Francisco and finds that he is in the small coastal town of Walton. Here he meets sultry waitress Stella (Darnell) and frumpy recluse June (Faye). The former he is very attracted too, so is everybody else it seems, the latter has just come into a lot of inheritance money, something else that catches Eric's eye. Pretty soon his life will be surrounded by love, infatuation, jealousy and worst of all--murder.
More a mystery whodunit than an overtly dark venture into the realm of film noir, Fallen Angel is still a tidy and atmospheric movie. One where we can never be fully sure everything is as it at first seems. Especially the three main protagonists, where Preminger, in spite of not remembering doing so, misdirects the audience about the character's make ups. This greatly aids the whodunit structure where the killer is well disguised until the end reveal. Its also nicely shot by LaShelle, where the lighting is key for scenes involving the more vixen like Darnell and the more homely Faye, the difference, and what it says, is quite striking. It be a nice narrative line to follow on revisits to the film. The acting is safe, with Darnell leaving the red blooded men amongst us happy and wanting more. And in spite of some uneven threading of the plot in the last quarter, the end is a triumph and a genuine surprise. 7/10
Footnote: The source novel the movie was adapted from was written by Marty Holland. Also the author of The File on Thelma Jordan (1949), Marty was actually a she named Mary, of who little or nothing else is known about because after 1949 she upped and vanished never to be heard of again!
The plot sees Andrews as press agent Eric Stanton, who down on his luck gets turfed off the bus some 150 miles from San Francisco and finds that he is in the small coastal town of Walton. Here he meets sultry waitress Stella (Darnell) and frumpy recluse June (Faye). The former he is very attracted too, so is everybody else it seems, the latter has just come into a lot of inheritance money, something else that catches Eric's eye. Pretty soon his life will be surrounded by love, infatuation, jealousy and worst of all--murder.
More a mystery whodunit than an overtly dark venture into the realm of film noir, Fallen Angel is still a tidy and atmospheric movie. One where we can never be fully sure everything is as it at first seems. Especially the three main protagonists, where Preminger, in spite of not remembering doing so, misdirects the audience about the character's make ups. This greatly aids the whodunit structure where the killer is well disguised until the end reveal. Its also nicely shot by LaShelle, where the lighting is key for scenes involving the more vixen like Darnell and the more homely Faye, the difference, and what it says, is quite striking. It be a nice narrative line to follow on revisits to the film. The acting is safe, with Darnell leaving the red blooded men amongst us happy and wanting more. And in spite of some uneven threading of the plot in the last quarter, the end is a triumph and a genuine surprise. 7/10
Footnote: The source novel the movie was adapted from was written by Marty Holland. Also the author of The File on Thelma Jordan (1949), Marty was actually a she named Mary, of who little or nothing else is known about because after 1949 she upped and vanished never to be heard of again!
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An understated - and underrated - masterpiece
I happened to catch this film on TCM after the opening credits, and fortunately decided to press Record after the first couple of minutes. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Kinory
a weak performance after Laura
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Faye is a Fallen Angel but an Angel nevertheless
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Be fair to Alice Faye!
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a cigar which is just a cigar
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