The story of temple drake 1933 cast and crew moviefone. The story of temple drake 1933 between 1930 and early 1934, in the years after hollywoods transition to sound and before the production code imposed a moral policeman to censor the content of hollywood movies, was a lively period referred to as the precode era. She appears in the novels sanctuary and requiem for a nun. Temple will do anything for a thrill, which plays right into the hands of a gang of kidnappers. In the two films she is played, respectively, by miriam hopkins and lee remick.
When she gets a call from nathan drake to help his long lost thought d. Apr 29, 2016 drake committed to views from the 6 worldbuilding all the way back in june 2014, barely easing up on advertising his perpetually imminent fourth studio album even as hes released two mixtapes. It tells the story of temple drake, a reckless woman in the american south who falls into the hands of a brutal gangster and rapist. The story of temple drake 1933 stephen roberts, stephen r. While out carousing with one of her beaux, she finds herself stranded with a gang of bootleggers, one of whom, trigger, rapes her and makes her his sex slave. Shes loved by lawyer stephen benbow, whom she likes but doesnt love. Temple drake is a southern belle who leads men on with her sexuality but usually leaves them wanting. Produced at paramount at a time when the studio was floundering under financial hardship, the story of temple drake is perhaps the most legendary film in the sordid history of the precode era. The story of temple drake call her savage ucla film. Seeking a better way, in 1943 a young electrical engineer, with a significant background in radio design for major industrial concerns, launched the r. The film was made in 1933, just when the hays office was cracking down, monitoring films more closely and exercising more control than they had in the previous few years. Garrett, based on the novel sanctuary, by william faulkner. After, she and her sister, along with charlie cutter continued finding ancient dangerous artifacts or cities. Miriam hopkins plays the title role, the promiscuous daughter of a southern judge.
Drake, temple article about drake, temple by the free. The gangs leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her. A hedonistic woman kills her rapist and admits to it during trial to save a man who is falsely accused. Apr 26, 2010 the story of temple drake is an even more special case. I dont know about you, but i like to know as little about a movie before watching it as i can. The story of temple drake 1933 stephen roberts, miriam. The tale about rape and murder was simply impossible to show based on the dictates of the new system. In short, this was ok but the 1962 version of temple drake s story sanctuary, which was a major hit in theaters that year, is much preferable in my book. May 14, 2016 the screen adaptation of william faulkners sensational novel sanctuary, the story of temple drake is a case study for how hollywood adapted sensitive subjects to be permissible under the production code prior in the precode era. Lee remick plays a ginsoaked jazz baby to perfection, and yves montand is absolutely magnetic as candy man. Thus, paramounts adaptation of sanctuary went out as the story of temple drake, fooling no one who could read. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion.
A wealthy but neurotic southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. A scene from the 1933 film the story of temple drake, with miriam hopkins, jack larue and william gargan. The story of temple drake 1933 the criterion collection. Feb, 20 a scene from the 1933 film the story of temple drake, with miriam hopkins, jack larue and william gargan. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. The story of temple drake 1933 directed by stephen roberts. If you are a new customer, your efile password was included in the email confirming your purchase. The man who cheated vegas casinos for years and stole millions cheating vegas s1 ep2 wonder duration. Dec 18, 2016 the man who cheated vegas casinos for years and stole millions cheating vegas s1 ep2 wonder duration. The story of temple drake 1933 directed by stephen. Dec 08, 2011 by the time the story of temple drake was released, on may 12, 1933, only seven or so months of cinematic freewheeling morality remained until the production code administration pca clamped down on the uncontrollable consumption of martinis, cohabiting unmarried couples, and seethrough evening gowns on the silver screen. If anyone needs an example of the sort of movie that forced the hays office prudes to become moral watchdogs over the american film industry, the story of temple drake will serve just fine. Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10, windows 10 mobile, windows phone 8.
The story of temple drake is an infamous precode film that was withdrawn from circulation for two decades because the content of the movie was considered inappropriate after the new production code was put into effect in mid1934. Ill go ahead and warn you now, this is one where its impossible not to get bogged down into the details. Temple drake is a fictional character created by william faulkner. William faulkners novel sanctuary was a notorious bestseller upon its publication in 1931, and while it was successful enough that paramount pictures quickly snapped up the film rights, they were forced to change enough of the story to make it fit for the screen even in the precode era that by the time it reached theaters the title had been changed to the story of temple drake. The story of temple drake 1933 the story of temple drake. If you started watching not knowing it was a precode it would only. The play requiem for a nun and the films the story of temple drake and sanctuary also feature the character. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. The story of temple drake film online anpassung faulkners roman sanctuary. The story of temple drake wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. This is a movie that letterboxd made me want to see, when i first joined the site and was wandering through page after page of lists and filmographies blown away by how user friendly it was compared to imdb this film, or at least this poster, seemed to be everywhere. The story of temple drake 1933 a hedonistic woman kills her rapist and admits to it during trial to save a man who is falsely accused. If you have not set up a user account, you must sign in with your efin and efile password.
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