{"id":13200,"date":"2024-03-16T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13200"},"modified":"2024-03-16T16:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T16:55:51","slug":"film-dark-victory-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13200","title":{"rendered":"FiLM: Dark Victory, 1939"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8958-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8958-1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8958-1-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8958-1-768x603.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_07_threehalf-1-3.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_07_threehalf-1-3.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_07_threehalf-1-3-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I came home from work, today, and this was on the TV. I was surprised to see Bumphrey Hogarth and Ronald Raygun are in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plot involves Bette Davis\u2019 flighty socialite Judith Traherne discovering she\u2019s terminally ill, after her Doc\u2019 &#8211; George Brent as Dr Steele &#8211; trying to keep the news from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8964-2-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8964-2-1.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8964-2-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Davis and Reagan seek solace in spirits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s full of dated themes, some of which the movie doesn\u2019t address at all. And some it only addresses partially or momentarily &#8211; such as relations between the rich and their  servants &#8211; but it still packs quite a punch, for addressing such a hefty issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"799\" height=\"597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8959.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8959.jpg 799w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8959-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8959-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bogie as Irish stable hand Michael O\u2019Leary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately it\u2019s really very moving. We all face death. And this film faces that awful topic head on. It\u2019s also interesting in how it deals with cancer, which Steele, first Traherne\u2019s doctor, and then her husband, can\u2019t help her. It\u2019s perhaps even more poignant now? Because of how cancer treatment has come on since then, and yet remains one of our chief killers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8960-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8960-1.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8960-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8960-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The lovers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also very moving is how it treats the idea of protecting a loved one. Although perhaps nowadays we\u2019d counsel straightforward honesty, in favour of noble self- sacrifice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the way it ends remains <em>very<\/em> powerful, <em>very<\/em> moving. I blubbed like baby. but then I\u2019m a big softy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came home from work, today, and this was on the TV. I was surprised to see Bumphrey Hogarth and Ronald Raygun are in it. The plot involves Bette Davis\u2019 flighty socialite Judith Traherne discovering she\u2019s terminally ill, after her Doc\u2019 &#8211; George Brent as Dr Steele &#8211; trying to keep the news from her. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13200\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FiLM: Dark Victory, 1939&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3qU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13200"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}