First National Pictures, 1934. Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry. ![]() Fog Over Frisco (1. Changes . Als der Betrug auffliegt, gesteht sie ihrem Verlobten, dass sie ihn nur ausgenutzt hat. ![]()
![]() Fog Over Frisco. There's more mystery surrounding Fog Over Frisco (1. What's intrigued film buffs almost since its release in 1. Bette Davis is so fond of this film. Director William Dieterle never saw anything special in this story of a society girl (Davis) who gets mixed up with the mob as much for the thrill of it as for any monetary reward. As far as he was concerned, it was just another of the potboilers he'd made while waiting for his big break at Warner Bros. And co- star Lyle Talbot, cast as Davis' unlucky fianc. Fog Over Frisco (1934) Ads. In this movie guide, you can find the most important information about TV films and premieres in 3D in the U.S. Fog Over Frisco (1934) 9.0. Add to list; Mark as Favorite; Add to Watchlist; Rate It! Find out where to watch on. Bette Davis and Margaret Lindsay portray. As Talbot would tell Lawrence Quirk, the author of Fasten Your Seatbelts: The Passionate Life of Bette Davis, Davis studied the script endlessly, . Her absolute dedication was unnerving. Part of one's curiosity about Davis' affection for the film comes from her relatively small role. She doesn't even make it to the final reel, and in a film that's only 6. In fact, co- star Margaret Lindsay is the picture's real leading lady. Of course, Davis never objected to smaller roles if they had enough meat to them. Two years after Fog Over Frisco, she fought unsuccessfully to play the one- scene role of Nana, the prostitute who inspires the notorious novel named for her in The Life of Emile Zola(1. Clearly she saw something in Fog Over Frisco she could sink her teeth into. But there really was more than that behind her dedication. For one thing, this was her happiest film with Dieterle, a director she had long admired. They had teamed already for the disastrous musical Fashions of 1. The Maltese Falcon, Satan Met a Lady, a 1. Warner Bros. Their only other teaming was Juarez, in which Davis played Mexico's mad Empress Carlotta, but that film was so dominated by male star Paul Muni that most of Davis' best work ended up on the cutting room floor. So, by default, Fog Over Frisco marked their best experience together. The film also was her first with cameraman Tony Gaudio, a Warner Bros. She always felt that he and costume designer Orry- Kelly had made her look believably glamorous in Fog Over Frisco, and for an actress fighting complaints from executives that she was lacking in sex appeal, that was a big breakthrough. Of all the factor's involved in making Fog Over Frisco, however, the most important may have been timing. For months Davis had been fighting to convince studio head Jack Warner to lend her to RKO Pictures to play the role of Mildred, the cheap, two- timing waitress in W. Somerset Maughm's Of Human Bondage (1. Warner was always reluctant to lend his contract stars to other studios, for fear they'd make too much money for the competition. Moreover, he thought playing such a thoroughly unpleasant character would destroy Davis' career before it even got off the ground. But Davis persisted as only she could. She may very well have accepted the secondary role in Fog Over Frisco to show Warner what a good team player she could be. It must have worked, because two weeks into filming, Warner notified her that he had worked out the loan to RKO (or, as he put it, . A week after finishing Fog Over Frisco she started Of Human Bondage - the film that made her one of Hollywood's top dramatic stars. Word of mouth on her performance was so strong, that Warner promoted her from third billing in Fog Over Frisco to the star spot, eager to take advantage of Davis' success in a film he'd never wanted her to make in the first place. Director: William Dieterle. Producer: Robert Lord. Screenplay: Robert N. Lee, Eugene Solow. Based on The Five Fragments by George Dyer. Cinematography: Tony Gaudio. Art Direction: Harold Mc. Lernon. Music: Leo F. Forbstein. Principal Cast: Bette Davis (Arlene Bradford), Donald Woods (Tony Sterling), Margaret Lindsay (Val Bradford), Lyle Talbot (Spencer Carleton), Hugh Herbert (Izzy Wright), Robert Barrat (Thorne), Irving Pichel (Jake Bellow), Alan Hale (Chief O'Malley), William Demarest (Spike Smith).
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