A Star On The Wane is Britain Bound 2013

2013 2013 2013 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FzWj212RNs/UhnCTa5F9JI/AAAAAAAAQGk/6rMk4AfQDqE/s1600/aaawatch3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FzWj212RNs/UhnCTa5F9JI/AAAAAAAAQGk/6rMk4AfQDqE/s640/aaawatch3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ginger Rogers in UK-Produced <em>Twist Of Fate</em> (1954)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7_lrnR6gBH4/UhnCVWyi4nI/AAAAAAAAQGs/abfzosPSz_g/s1600/aaawatch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7_lrnR6gBH4/UhnCVWyi4nI/AAAAAAAAQGs/abfzosPSz_g/s640/aaawatch2.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: white;">The Brit-dodge of using a faded <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>star to lock in distribution here sent many a thesp oversea, as Ginger Rogers here, playing in <em>Twist Of Fate</em> a "showgirl" victimized by crooks Stanley Baker and Herbert Lom. Wonder how these <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> up-and-comers regarded big names on the slide who in many cases weren't nearly as capable performers,</span> <span style="color: white;">but got billing and prominence thanks to a name still recognizable, if not potent. Robert Lippert used a same device in his prolific deal with Exclusive/Hammer for supply of crime thrillers using talent below even Ginger Rogers' by-then station: Caesar Romero, Paulette Goddard, Dane Clark --- all of these and others knew England as buffer between features back home and surrender to TV there. <em>Twist Of Fate</em>might&nbsp;generously be&nbsp;called "British Noir," but falls well short of ones more deserving of placement in that category. Ginger Rogers is a bit grizzled for her lead, at 43 a full seventeen years older than romance partner Stanley Baker, his hair unconvincingly grayed to narrow the gulf. <em>Twist Of Fate</em>ran on TCM in full-frame, though 1.85, or approaching wideness, was intended ratio, this further hobbling a minor pic that needs all the presentational help it can get.</span></span><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FzWj212RNs/UhnCTa5F9JI/AAAAAAAAQGk/6rMk4AfQDqE/s1600/aaawatch3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FzWj212RNs/UhnCTa5F9JI/AAAAAAAAQGk/6rMk4AfQDqE/s640/aaawatch3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ginger Rogers in UK-Produced <em>Twist Of Fate</em> (1954)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7_lrnR6gBH4/UhnCVWyi4nI/AAAAAAAAQGs/abfzosPSz_g/s1600/aaawatch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7_lrnR6gBH4/UhnCVWyi4nI/AAAAAAAAQGs/abfzosPSz_g/s640/aaawatch2.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: white;">The Brit-dodge of using a faded <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>star to lock in distribution here sent many a thesp oversea, as Ginger Rogers here, playing in <em>Twist Of Fate</em> a "showgirl" victimized by crooks Stanley Baker and Herbert Lom. Wonder how these <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> up-and-comers regarded big names on the slide who in many cases weren't nearly as capable performers,</span> <span style="color: white;">but got billing and prominence thanks to a name still recognizable, if not potent. Robert Lippert used a same device in his prolific deal with Exclusive/Hammer for supply of crime thrillers using talent below even Ginger Rogers' by-then station: Caesar Romero, Paulette Goddard, Dane Clark --- all of these and others knew England as buffer between features back home and surrender to TV there. <em>Twist Of Fate</em>might&nbsp;generously be&nbsp;called "British Noir," but falls well short of ones more deserving of placement in that category. Ginger Rogers is a bit grizzled for her lead, at 43 a full seventeen years older than romance partner Stanley Baker, his hair unconvincingly grayed to narrow the gulf. <em>Twist Of Fate</em>ran on TCM in full-frame, though 1.85, or approaching wideness, was intended ratio, this further hobbling a minor pic that needs all the presentational help it can get.</span></span><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>