Y aunque no haya ningún tipo de subtítulo, me parece que merece la pena que a los que nos apetezca conozcamos esta rubia de hielo en sus venas y carámbanos en el corazón. Caramba, sí que apetece, ¿no?
Blonde Ice.
(La rubia satánica)
(Usa, 1948) [B/N, 73 m.].
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Dirección: Jack Bernhard.
Argumento: Whitman Chambers (novela, "Once Too Often")
Guión: Kenneth Gamet.
Fotografía: George Robinson.
Música: Irving Gertz.
Productora: Martin Mooney Productions.
Sinopsis: Cuando una ambiciosa reportera (Leslie Brooks) obtiene información específica en el diario en que trabaja de pistas fundamentales de un crimen cometido por dinero, no duda en planear un siniestro método que le permita apoderarse de los bienes de la víctima.
There're critically acclaimed film noirs that have books analysing every aspect of them. Then, there's something like Blonde Ice. It is also film noir, but being made on cheap with unknown actors, the film was lost for generations. It's up to film historians and collectors, like Jay Fenton to uncover these little gems. Blonde Ice is a talky melodrama, staged in stuffy rooms, going outside only once or twice. Thankfully, we have Leslie Brooks who steals the film as the title character. She is no Phyllis Dietrichson of Double Indemnity - she can kill off rich husbands herself, and when everything goes wrong, can frame her lover. Like the tagline says, "ICE in her veins - ICICLES in her heart"
BLONDE ICE is typical of the noir genre, but everything is done so well that even detractors of this film form will have to acknowledge that it is a paradigm of its kind.
Thought lost since the early 70's, BLONDE ICE tells the bizarre tale of a beautiful society columnist who's desire for money and position turn her into a serial killer-----a story most Hollywood studios of the 1940's wouldn't touch! The tagline "ICE in her veins-ICICLES in her heart" perfectly describes Claire Cummings as she eagerly seduces rich and powerful men. This recently discovered "B" film gives new meaning to the phrase "willing victims" and shows what film noir on a tiny budget could look like.
Enlace:Two things make BLONDE ICE a real find. One is the highly professional cast of character actors surrounding leads Brooks and Robert Paige. The 30’s and 40’s were the great era of the character actor. They were cast in the same part over and over again so that whenever they walked on the screen the audience knew exactly what their personalities would be. There was James Griffith, the catty, intrusive “bitch in trousers”; Walter Sande, the loyal, good-natured best friend of the hero; James Whalen, the dignified politician who always seemed to fall in love unwisely; and David Leonard, the kindly but suspicious psychiatrist with the hint of a German accent. It was a simpler era when audiences liked “types” and found them the easiest to accept on the screen. It also helped reinforce the very satisfying human idea that a person’s personality was directly related to his appearance.
The other outstanding quality of BLONDE ICE is the cinematography by George Robinson, one of Universal’s most gifted “house” cameramen, who was responsible for the menacing atmosphere of DRACULA’S DAUGHTER, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN, Universal’s Spanish language version of DRACULA, etc. Who better than an expert in horror films to show the human monsters of film noir?
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