Moonrise (1948)

[@alanaronald244]

I love the atmosphere of this film, the simple characterization, the love stories within, and the persistent underlying theme of the importance of human dignity. Gail Russell is beautiful, with a certain fragile sense of her own place in the town, Dane Clark reminds me of John Garfield, with the "everyman" look, projecting bitterness, anger & hurt without plunging into melodrama, and I particularly like the scenes between him & the character Mose, and those with his grandmother. Social strata & mobility are lightly sketched, and the morality tale is heavy, but not sodden & bleak.

[@mimiluvfromsf]

Enjoyed the film and your comments on it.

[@gailjarvis2592]

Beautiful comments, thanks.

[@antoniofernandesdequeiroga6197]

A great movie and Frank Borzage, as always, a great director. The beautiful Gail Russell was an excellent actress.

[@jimshaul2784]

You gotta love it when people say it's slow. You mean it has a plot and part of the plot is to develop the characters so you can figure out who they are and what is really driving them Good movie

[@mikelipinski868]

Yes, well, those people have no appreciation of language or character. They're used to slap-dash junk that passes for entertainment. But a lot of people are getting wise to how hollow and cheap and deceitful and just plain onerous, stupid, gullible and greedy Hollywood is today. Oh, it was always about money, but not to the extent it is today. There has to be a balance between profit and cranking out quality stuff. Audiences in the 40s, 50s and 60s would have laughed some of the stuff they're putting on the screen today right out of the movie house!

[@patrickryan1515]

Good point.

[@allandavis8201]

Jim Shaul, The trouble with films like this that do require the characters to be developed is that without a synopsis provided by the uploader you don’t have a clue what is going on from the beginning and that makes it slow.

[@marlene-rr2ih]

@@allandavis8201 Good point.

[@nedludd7622]

They are the Tik Tok, Instagram, Twitter generation, or as might be said, the minillenials.

[@Elizabeth-wc8km]

This one lived up to its reputation. Thanks for giving me a chance to see it.

[@loveoldmovies2249]

thanks for posting this good movie; just wish it was a cleaner copy, but so grateful to be able to see it

[@jeccawillow3635]

This film needs full attention. It is profound, quite deep and a love story all in one. Wonderful casting, superb acting. Thank you for sharing.

[@edoedo8686]

Yes...a sensitive, real story...

[@DeniseFudge]

Oh at the beginning I want nice dreams now please 🙏…..

[@TimmysFavs]

Shame Gail Russel (36) died so young, the pressure of stardom? What a woman!!! Thanks for posting.

[@TheMoonflwr671]

Tim Bourbon she was an alcoholic.

[@TimmysFavs]

@@TheMoonflwr671 That's sad!😔

[@OmniRadio]

I've only seen like a clip of this and it was really interesting. And surprisingly the movie is way better then modern shows. Nice

[@darleneharris5157]

Good movie! Enjoyed it very much!!💕

[@mikesaunders4775]

A beautifully crafted, haunting film that deserves wider recognition.

[@jstearns918]

Excellent film...fine acting, great characters and direction. Just saw this is now on the Criterion Channel...glad I caught it here in YT!

[@gerryjames9720]

Wow! I had that same toy over my crib! Hmmmmm....

[@scottjustscott127]

I was totally in awe with David Street's singing. He should have been a top heartthrob singer of the forties. I know a good singer when I hear one. I was featured nightly in New York for almost 17 years as a jazz pianist/singer and also in San Francisco for a total of six years. I never heard of him but the guy could really sing. Sad about his life.

[@waderaney7]

A good 🎥in a fine clear print 😀

[@madjazzmike]

Hi 👋 - nice film etc 👍 the song “ moonrise “ also lovely ! , acting fab* - cheers .

[@siouxcoker7220]

5 Stars***** Wow what a great film! How did I miss this one?

[@melvina628]

How have I never seen this movie before??? It is a magnificent film!

[@cheevers304]

Great movie! Actors,plot and not a wasted scene.. I loved it..

[@blodwyndavies6395]

Slow but it kept you captivated throughout. Thanks for uploading.

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

Way above average character study. well acted and the visual effect is excellent. Nice to see Lloyd Bridges and Harry Morgan when they were young!

[@samsmom400]

Harry Morgan was in the movie, GONE WITH THE WIND. He was the soldier in the hospital scene that was having his leg amputated.

[@rosaliemerkel]

A Timeless Movie - Heartfelt - Beautiful Done - They Don't Make Movies Like This Anymore !

[@cleanairninja9256]

This is the rare film that's not afraid to have an unsympathetic protagonist. I was almost wishing he would get the noose when he was happily hoping that another would be blamed for his crime. This is definitely an overlooked classic film.

[@Viracocha88]

This film is a poetic masterpiece and Frank Borzage is overdue for rediscovery as a master stylist.

[@anielkumar782]

Æ

[@charliewest1221]

I continued watching because of GAIL RUSSELL!

[@susannay.3437]

She's one of the most beautiful women. 🌷

[@deepad4546]

True

[@LSU01]

She is very beautiful and a wonderful actress!

[@jasoncollins1702]

A richly romantic melodrama boasting some superb art direction (the arrival of the unseen train was pure Cinema). Hollywood crime films frequently employ expressionistic touches, but as this is a character piece, the impact has far more range and much subtlety. A marvellous paean to ultimate innocence and unconditional love, if a little ponderous at moments. Moonrise received an Oscar nomination in 1948 for Best Sound Recording.

[@johnlorenzen4633]

Gaul Russell's acting is so natural, gentle interior and in the moment. Its really anti acting like Bergman. You cant take your eyes off her. How could she think she wasn't good at this? She doesn't betray an ounce of nervousness that was said of her. Dane Clark excellent too, charismatic, intense.

[@scotnick59]

Your thoughts about Gail would make her so very happy as she generally wasn't known for fine acting.

[@bak-mariterry9143]

@@scotnick59 Gail Russell WAS a great actress. Too bad her insecurities turned her to the bottle.

[@linwoodgordon5143]

Gail was such a fine actress at every age. Ditto, she was a beautiful 20 year old and as beautiful at 36. Imagine how she still moves folks 60 years since passing. Thanks Gail. RIP

[@Robbi496]

Guess you can only bully a person so far and he goes ballistic?

[@billsmith9711]

I think the guy who was killed was a young Lloyd Bridges.... looks just like him.

[@richardburriesci7723]

IT WAS INDEED LLOYD BRIDGES

[@davidhull1481]

Duh. Read the credits

[@jetblueseven]

even made amends with the dog! epic

[@JSB1882]

That was a great Film Noir - and I will watch anything with Ethel Barrymore. It was worth that 5-6 minutes to see her. She was incredible.

[@dizbrainanew]

Love Ethel Barrymore too.

[@sidneyjohnson892]

...a number of theses good films are just an hour and a half long...wow...I am surprised and glad...this film had a number of surprises that I enjoyed...wow an hour and a half!!!

[@interstat2222]

In the UK, these classics and film noir (I don't count this as film noir) like On Dangerous Ground, Narrow Margin, Beware My Lovely and The Window would always be on TV in time for Christmas and the holiday up until the early 2000s. They'd often show them in the afternoon. Growing up, they were windows to a magical era and sparkled off the screen black and white. I even remember the sound of them playing coming into the room when it was cold outside but with a fire indoors. They're still as magical every time I revisit them. Like a comfortable blanket, there's something I can't quite explain about how they engross me every time. Sometimes I think we don't appreciate the magic of cinema.

[@thankthelord4536]

@Randy White no it's not. There's no femme fatale for one thing.

[@thankthelord4536]

@Randy White from what I heard that's one the components of being a true film noir

[@liddyvasquez7919]

Gail Russell was gorgeous.

[@leslieellis5679]

6.34 I thought someone was coming ? NO DARLING THATS ME .. !!!!

[@davidjacob5828]

The hip bartender serving coffee was ahead of his time, trapped in a wrong decade. How can I not comment on the obvious 🤷🏿‍♀️? Gail Russell was an absolute beauty 😘💜🌹💜😘 🌹!!!

[@jamesedward8066]

I remodeled the house for Gail Russel's stunt double in 2014. She was living in terrible poverty. A very kind woman. It was like Gail Russel lived on through the life her double rip to both.

[@davidjacob5828]

@@jamesedward8066 that is so very cool 😊!

[@sylviabrightwell5348]

Wonderful full characters! Thanks !

[@corazonfernandez6247]

Thank you. It's a great movie and I enjoy it.

[@hernanimagisa9756]

An exemplar movie of yesteryears! I love watching movies of the past,as if I am living in their time too.a worth watching movie lots of moral lessons!

[@deepad4546]

Yeah,everyone says I was born in the wrong time.

[@corazonfernandez6247]

Thank you. It's an nice movie and I enjoy it.

[@None-zc5vg]

Dane Clark was described by a film-critic as "a poor man's Garfield ": discuss.

[@mariopinot9884]

Nice.

[@weatherlye71]

Closing Comment: A movie hasn't made me cry for a long, long time. This one did.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

I love Gail Russell, just can't handle a sad story.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Imagine seeing this in the theater! Movie well worth your time!

[@DavidRice111]

Enjoy Dane Clark in everything I've seen him do. He was a one-woman man~ widowed in 1970, and remarried a year later till he died in 1998. He was made for film noir!

[@theviolingeek]

That was good! People are mean sometimes, especially kids! It was a self fulfilling curse that he would end up the same way his father did.

[@judibiggerstaff8054]

Way to give away ending.

[@richardnogan4579]

I enjoyed this movie, good acting and very good plot. Ah, humans.

[@scottelliott8588]

thank you for sharing. good film

[@dantesingleton8447]

🔥 Definitely an interesting premise 0:45 🔥💃💛💯 👇👇👇👇

[@Robnord1]

Viewers like descriptions. I would PIN this; In the tiny community of Woodsville, young Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark) is constantly tormented by his fellow townspeople because his father was put to death for killing another man. When he hopes to put his dark family history behind him and begin a relationship with warmhearted teacher Gilly Johnson (Gail Russell), local bullies try to put a stop to the romance by jumping Danny. After accidentally killing one of his attackers, Danny must struggle to escape the same fate as his father.

[@gingermurray]

No, they don’t and how do you know if viewers like descriptions? You just spilled the beans about the whole damn movie and what’s going to happen. Why would you do that? Why would you ruin the movie for people who haven’t seen it? Have you heard the phrase element of surprise? 🙄🙄

[@davidhull1481]

Sheriff seems like a decent guy. Unusual.

[@judibiggerstaff8054]

So she's engaged to Jerry and next night is in love with Danny. How ridiculous.

[@Eustice2]

Not really. I've seen it happen a few times.

[@nelsonandrade2925]

Esse filme parece ser bom, pena que não é dublado ou legendados em português. Não consigo entender nada mas se você conseguir vou me inscrever imediatamente. Obrigado pela atenção e vou ficar esperando.

[@captainbart]

In the tiny community of Woodsville, young Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark) is constantly tormented by his fellow townspeople because his father was put to death for killing another man. When he hopes to put his dark family history behind him and begin a relationship with warmhearted teacher Gilly Johnson (Gail Russell), local bullies try to put a stop to the romance by jumping Danny. After accidentally killing one of his attackers, Danny must struggle to escape the same fate as his father.

[@edoedo8686]

Yeah...rejoin the human race...it helps...

[@melanieohara6941]

I was born in 1948. Guess I am dated just like this movie. Luckily, times have changed-especially for women -on screen and off.🙋🏼‍♀️

[@terriluginbyhl161]

Melanie O'Hara ❤️❤️❤️

[@melanieohara6941]

Amazing how the black guy is the Shadow of Conscience for the white guy. Nice.🌠

[@MYODB-ov9bb]

:)

[@melvina628]

That is the usual relationship.

[@keithharvey7230]

Rex Ingram was the giant genie in The Thief of Bagdad.

[@KathrynPieta]

So sad about Gail Russell.!

[@maevawong6711]

lov Gail Russell...

[@totalt6600]

I tried to be skeptical, but this is a terrific movie. I bet allowing a performance by a Black actor, Rex Ingram, as a wise and caring, real Human, was not easy in 1948. Heck, not easy in 2020. Worth the whole movie. A shame such a talent as Gail Russell ended so tragically young. All around, a thoughtful adult story. Highly recommended. 👍

[@miapdx503]

I thought Rex Ingram's performance elevated this film.

[@weatherlye71]

Confirms the wicked nature of human beings. And I'm just a few seconds into it!

[@claudettedelphis6476]

Masterful Borzage

[@iannonhebel677]

Your playlist of classic films will look at. Merci

[@ljw2909]

A wonderful and very powerful film. Am I the only one who sees Karl Malden on the left side of the screen looking at the gallows as Danny's father is executed at the beginning of the film? It's not in Malden's filmography, but it is absolutely him.

[@evepeabody4738]

Looks just like him!

[@philmansfield8825]

Does look like him

[@weatherlye71]

Harry Morgan had a GOOD LONG career.

[@totalt6600]

And was so good in this movie.

[@shawnmalone9711]

I've read Eddie Muller's "Dark City" and he wrote it was a good Noir movie. I never saw it on TV ( believe it or not) and I must admit it was great!

[@Sumac44]

“Mose” the Black actor is portrayed by Dr. Rex (Clifford) Ingram who graduated from Northwestern University in 1919 with a degree in medicine before launching a brilliant acting career which spanned 50 years.

[@pmullins1495]

Opening scene of nighttime multiple executions, by hanging (but by whom, Nazis, Communist, political-Police, .. and WHY). This depressing creepy opening scene triggered my PTSD & Anxiety !! ..going postal now, going for my pc banned weapons . . . . I'll show'em !! 😂

[@natashabates4736]

This dark drama gives me the creeps. If a woman meets a man like this she should run, not fall romantically into his arms! Movies like this of this era normalized abusive relationships. The man is a mentally ill criminal regardless of his tragic childhood. I'm having trouble watching it to the end.

[@marysmith5645]

Loved it!

[@suzimanipur2983]

👍

[@judyalvarez203]

Yes, that was a good movie. At first, Daniel was getting on my nerve, but oh boy! I was wrong. Thank you .

[@affliction6911]

The KZbin channel could at least give some description about the movie, or is that disclosing too much copyright information.

[@donnao8950]

It’s bizarre to see Henry Morgan play a deaf and dumb person as he eventually becomes one of the most recognizable face on TV as Colonel Potter on mash

[@leslieellis5679]

1.05.06. Jake got his HEARING back

[@victor-oq7dl]

Trying to quit my pipe then I see that black fella smokin .

[@williams3631]

Yeah well, I wanted a more profound ending, but you can't often get what you want.

[@phillipelder8709]

kind of a hillbilly version of crime and punishment

[@Mayormyk123]

I'm depressed after watching this...

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Dane Clark was good on 3 s companies

[@jacirdias4991]

Quantos filmes maravilhoso sem legendas nao assisto

[@mariadosocorropereira1353]

Com certeza

[@philthycat1408]

Seen it.

[@tmac1586]

Am I seeing horns in the background in many settings, asking 4 a friend.

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

Daniel shudda taken his girl to Grandmas, and they both left the country from there.

[@shirleylangton7967]

Loved this movie. I always liked Dane Clark in movies. The character shows there is good in everyone.

[@thinkaboutit3366]

Guilty conscience needs no accuser 😒

[@kellyp2665]

Luv the old classics!

[@KCStuffedAnimal]

It was great to see Rex Ingram in a dramatic role.

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

Leaving aside Danny's father's fate, if the motivation for killing Jerry was real honest to goodness competition for the girl, it's not that immoral a murder. I just thought of the Vedic custom of times past where a fight was customary between suitors. Who got to marry was the winner, and the red line in the part of the bride's hair was decorated with the loser's vermillion blood, and the dot of the forehead as well. The girl felt proud of her new victorious husband, and society accepted the union. People can't understand. They simply criticise and misunderstand morality. They take truth as lies, and lies as truth.

[@davidhull1481]

That makes a human no better than an animal.

[@davidhull1481]

@Mister Google Exactly my point.

[@User-4-mn3or]

Really surprised by this movie! It's very good! Dane Clark is a very underrated actor. Thanks for this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@Jinars.]

"I don't know what you're talking about bad blood. Blood is red. It keeps you alive. It doesn't tell you what you have to do"

[@smvanwers6300]

After a couple of minutes, it's endless buffering. I have to pass on this :(

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

Perhaps change ISPs? This film is a worthwhile watch....!! :-)

[@HENRYFOLEY]

No problem here perfect throughout

[@TimmysFavs]

Change your Internet provider!

[@judibiggerstaff8054]

I knew immediately that Danny would kill him with a rock. So predictable, but then I watch a lot of movies and true crime.

[@waderaney7]

A 👍 Gail😉

[@terrysundy640]

Great except for “Dixie” number at end. Tear jerker up there with “Imitation of Life.”

[@aitchtea]

32 minutes in, mose says, “he was sentenced to 15 years for making love to the constable’s daughter when she didn’t want any. do you think he was bad?” "well, he was guilty." "sure, but at first he was lonesome. well, i think he got 15 years for being lonesome." and EVERYONE on youtube just passes over one of the character who acts as the film’s (& society’s?) conscience’s easy dismal of violent rape?!! really, this didn’t bother anyone?!!!!!!! inside such “a wonderful film”?!!! a “profound,”and “deep.” film etc. good god.

[@KJ-ek2ze]

Oh boy, only recently saw Angel and the Bad Mand and did Gail Russell do a number on me.

[@DavidRice111]

Well it was pretty good until that final sappy line.

[@stephaniehand503]

Thanks

[@leonardvaivada9046]

OK

[@markturner5115]

Great movie, but the end would have been in the court room why movie do this ?😳