tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post3968226838841939872..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: A Fever in the BloodRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-23154213781374994072021-05-09T04:03:32.664-04:002021-05-09T04:03:32.664-04:00Thought this was a terrific thriller with the emph...Thought this was a terrific thriller with the emphasis on the D.A. and judge rather than the accused and the politicial aspect. Tons of twists and turns. Unlike yourself, I felt it had gathered enough steam to hold up all the subplots. themagnificent60s.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311866874281831062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-79860132593719539032017-09-01T05:49:03.141-04:002017-09-01T05:49:03.141-04:00Nothing beats a well-done political drama and, des...Nothing beats a well-done political drama and, despite the last half hour, this one sounds worth it. Thanks for the tip re: Warner streaming.Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-81307674140918990392017-08-31T18:17:04.721-04:002017-08-31T18:17:04.721-04:00Since nobody else mentioned it ...
This was the f...Since nobody else mentioned it ...<br /><br />This was the feature film debut of Carroll O'Connor, playing a powerful newspaper publisher in the State, with considerable clout in the Party.<br />For much of the previous decade, O'Connor had been working on TV, live and filmed, in New York and Hollywood.<br />When he made <i>A Fever In The Blood</i>, O'Connor was thirty-seven years old, but his character was supposed to be 15-20 years older. It was a smallish part, but O'Connor made an impression - at least that's what I thought when I watched <i>Fever</i> this morning in order to write this.<br /><br />Interesting side note:<br /><br />Years afterward, when Carroll O'Connor produced and wrote his version of <i>The Last Hurrah</i> for TV, he engaged Vincent Sherman, who directed him in this movie, to perform that task in the new TV-movie.<br /><br />Funny follow-up:<br />When the TV <i>Last Hurrah</i> aired, one of the better-known "critics" panned it, singling out Vincent Sherman as <i>one of those new-fangled TV directors who go from camera 1 to camera 2 and back</i>. (That isn't a direct quote, which is why I italicized it.)<br />This "critic", who had won major awards for his TV columns, was unaware that Vincent Sherman had directed features for Warners, going back to the '30s, and that the new <i>Last Hurrah</i> was shot <i>as a movie</i>, with one camera.<br />And that's why I never trust TV critics ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com