Re: The Silver Screen Oasis Welcomes Monika Henreid!
Posted: July 10th, 2013, 1:49 pm
Hello again to all you wonderful, inquisitive fans . : ) I am delighted to continue this dialog. Thanks for inviting me.
I must ask you to be patient with me, Erik, on any comments regarding THIEF OF DAMASCUS. I have not seen it in many, many years. Luckily, for us, it is playing on TCM on Tuesday July 16th, 11:45pm Pacific time(very early morning of the 17th -Eastern, central and mountain time) and I will be happy to comment then after a 'little refresher' viewing : )
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First of all, Masha, I must make a correction. Answering an earlier question, I said the logos on the train were in NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH. My mistake. My father noticed the incorrect logos on the train in a scene from GOODBYE MR.CHIPS and brought it up with the director who said there wasn't time to change it and besides no one would notice. Well, the audience DID notice and my father was very disapppointed. ( He would be disappointed in me if I hadn't made THIS correction : ) )
Between 1950 and 1955, my father made four buccaneer/pirate type movies. LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS-1950, THIEF OF DAMASCUS-1951, SIREN OF BAGDAD-1952 and PIRATES OF TRIPOLI-1955. They were not "great" movies but were all quite fun. Good 'popcorn' fare. : ) All of them will be shown on Tuesdays on TCM this month. He also made films in England, STOLEN FACE-1951 and MAN IN HIDING-1951, that I remember.
This was part of his blacklisted period so these were done to 'pay the bills/feed the family'. They were "B" films not expected to do particularily well but have a 'comfortable' release. No one could say for sure if they would be moneymakers. As always there are two sides...good news, bad news. The bad news was that because these were independent productions, my father wouldn't be paid his full salary. The good news was, that because of that, he took a percentage of the profits and as they were all successful -except for SIREN OF BAGDAD-, he made a healthy living despite being blacklisted by the major studios.
I would need a little time to think about the next question, Masha. As a child, one is not always privy to the thinkings and doings of adults. Maybe I will remember something.
No matter what, my father always invested himself - his whole self - into a project, like it or not, obligated or not. He had great integrity. Good work and fulfilling his word of honor were of critical importance to him.
I must ask you to be patient with me, Erik, on any comments regarding THIEF OF DAMASCUS. I have not seen it in many, many years. Luckily, for us, it is playing on TCM on Tuesday July 16th, 11:45pm Pacific time(very early morning of the 17th -Eastern, central and mountain time) and I will be happy to comment then after a 'little refresher' viewing : )
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First of all, Masha, I must make a correction. Answering an earlier question, I said the logos on the train were in NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH. My mistake. My father noticed the incorrect logos on the train in a scene from GOODBYE MR.CHIPS and brought it up with the director who said there wasn't time to change it and besides no one would notice. Well, the audience DID notice and my father was very disapppointed. ( He would be disappointed in me if I hadn't made THIS correction : ) )
Between 1950 and 1955, my father made four buccaneer/pirate type movies. LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS-1950, THIEF OF DAMASCUS-1951, SIREN OF BAGDAD-1952 and PIRATES OF TRIPOLI-1955. They were not "great" movies but were all quite fun. Good 'popcorn' fare. : ) All of them will be shown on Tuesdays on TCM this month. He also made films in England, STOLEN FACE-1951 and MAN IN HIDING-1951, that I remember.
This was part of his blacklisted period so these were done to 'pay the bills/feed the family'. They were "B" films not expected to do particularily well but have a 'comfortable' release. No one could say for sure if they would be moneymakers. As always there are two sides...good news, bad news. The bad news was that because these were independent productions, my father wouldn't be paid his full salary. The good news was, that because of that, he took a percentage of the profits and as they were all successful -except for SIREN OF BAGDAD-, he made a healthy living despite being blacklisted by the major studios.
I would need a little time to think about the next question, Masha. As a child, one is not always privy to the thinkings and doings of adults. Maybe I will remember something.
No matter what, my father always invested himself - his whole self - into a project, like it or not, obligated or not. He had great integrity. Good work and fulfilling his word of honor were of critical importance to him.