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The Story of Temple Drake, produced in 1933 (at the height of Pre-Code sophistication and confidence), is one of the most daring and disturbing of these films. Mick LaSalle, in his book Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood , describes the film as "humid with sex, a sense of animal-like motives beneath the surface."
Temple Drake is a fictional character created by William Faulkner. She appears in the novels Sanctuary (1931) and Requiem for a Nun (1951). The 1962 play Requiem for a Nun and the films The Story of Temple Drake (1933) and Sanctuary (1961) also feature the character. In the two films she is played, respectively, by Miriam Hopkins and Lee Remick .
The tawdriest aspects of the novel have been toned down substantially and it seems too cute for what it is rather than signifying the real danger Temple Drake (Miriam Hopkins) is in. The pacing is uneven and it still has the marks of that transitional period as the silent films were giving way to "talkies." It does get points for having some ...
3. Dez. 2019 · Like many films of that transitional moment, it bears the marks of the conflicts surrounding its production. But for all its internal contradictions—and considering that Sanctuary had its own share of contradictions—the restored Story of Temple Drake impresses as a work of unsuspected power. Indeed, the blatant juxtaposition of those ...
THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE. Directed by. Stephen Roberts. United States, 1933. Drama, Crime. 70. Synopsis. A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang’s leader lusts after her, and ...
The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the story ...
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21. Sept. 2015 · The degree of Temple’s complicity in her rape and culpability for Trigger’s murder is unresolved. Third, the one lesson taught by the story of Temple Drake is the poetic justice in unlawful vengeance. In being raped, Temple receives just comeuppance for her sexual teasing for advertising promiscuity while being ‘just a fake’.
