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Behave Yourself! [DVD] [1951]
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Format:DVD
: Program Type:Movie
: Product Name:Behave Yourself! [DVD] [1951]
: Studio:Film Detective
: Product Tags:DVD
: Region Code:0
One of the oddest comedies of the 1950s, Behave Yourself! stars Farley Granger and Shelley Winters as a pair of none-too-bright newlyweds. Granger and Winters adopt a stray pooch named Archie, who unbeknownst to them has been trained as a go-between for a couple of underworld gangs. To the ever-mounting amazement of our hero and heroine, corpses begin to pile up all around them as one gang endeavors to rub out the other during a million-dollar smuggling operation. While it's quite possible to treat murder as a farcical situation-remember Arsenic and Old Lace?--the killings in this film are sometimes too graphic to induce laughter (there's nothing terribly mirth-provoking about gang flunkey Hans Conried lying dead in a bathtub with a bullet hole between his eyes). Another detriment is the casting of Granger and Winters, both of whom are woefully unsuited to their roles. In fact, such veteran villains as Lon Chaney Jr., Sheldon Leonard, Francis L. Sullivan and Elisha Cook Jr. come off funnier than the stars! The film's best sequence occurs during the closing cast credits, so try to stick around after the ""THE END"" title. Behave Yourself was the first coproduction between Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio.~Hal Erickson
Name : Farley Granger: Role : Bill Denny
Name : Shelley Winters: Role : Kate Denny
Name : William Demarest: Role : O'Ryan
Name : Francis L. Sullivan: Role : Fat Fred
Name : Margalo Gillmore: Role : Mrs. Carter
Name : Lon Chaney, Jr.: Role : Pinky
Name : Hans Conried: Role : Gillie
Name : Glenn Anders: Role : Starn
Name : Allen Jenkins: Role : Detective
Name : Sheldon Leonard: Role : Bert
Name : Jerry Wald: Role : Producer
Name : Norman Krasna: Role : Producer
Name : James Wong Howe: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Buddy Ebsen: Role : Songwriter
Name : Constantin Bakaleinikoff: Role : Musical Direction/Supervision
Name : Leigh Harline: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Paul Weatherwax: Role : Editor
Name : J. McMillan Johnson: Role : Production Designer
Name : Albert S. D'Agostino: Role : Art Director
Name : Stanley Crea Rubin: Role : Associate Producer
[!Program Type:Movie!] [!Product Name:Behave Yourself! [DVD] [1951!]] [!Studio:Film Detective!] [!Product Tags:DVD!] [!Region Code:0!] [!Farley Granger:Bill Denny!] [!Shelley Winters:Kate Denny!] [!William Demarest:O'Ryan!] [!Francis L. Sullivan:Fat Fred!] [!Margalo Gillmore:Mrs. Carter!] [!Lon Chaney, Jr.:Pinky!] [!Hans Conried:Gillie!] [!Glenn Anders:Starn!] [!Allen Jenkins:Detective!] [!Sheldon Leonard:Bert!] [!Jerry Wald:Producer!] [!Norman Krasna:Producer!] [!James Wong Howe:Cinematographer!] [!Buddy Ebsen:Songwriter!] [!Constantin Bakaleinikoff:Musical Direction/Supervision!] [!Leigh Harline:Composer (Music Score)!] [!Paul Weatherwax:Editor!] [!J. McMillan Johnson:Production Designer!] [!Albert S. D'Agostino:Art Director!] [!Stanley Crea Rubin:Associate Producer!]
: Program Type:Movie
: Product Name:Behave Yourself! [DVD] [1951]
: Studio:Film Detective
: Product Tags:DVD
: Region Code:0
One of the oddest comedies of the 1950s, Behave Yourself! stars Farley Granger and Shelley Winters as a pair of none-too-bright newlyweds. Granger and Winters adopt a stray pooch named Archie, who unbeknownst to them has been trained as a go-between for a couple of underworld gangs. To the ever-mounting amazement of our hero and heroine, corpses begin to pile up all around them as one gang endeavors to rub out the other during a million-dollar smuggling operation. While it's quite possible to treat murder as a farcical situation-remember Arsenic and Old Lace?--the killings in this film are sometimes too graphic to induce laughter (there's nothing terribly mirth-provoking about gang flunkey Hans Conried lying dead in a bathtub with a bullet hole between his eyes). Another detriment is the casting of Granger and Winters, both of whom are woefully unsuited to their roles. In fact, such veteran villains as Lon Chaney Jr., Sheldon Leonard, Francis L. Sullivan and Elisha Cook Jr. come off funnier than the stars! The film's best sequence occurs during the closing cast credits, so try to stick around after the ""THE END"" title. Behave Yourself was the first coproduction between Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio.~Hal Erickson
Name : Farley Granger: Role : Bill Denny
Name : Shelley Winters: Role : Kate Denny
Name : William Demarest: Role : O'Ryan
Name : Francis L. Sullivan: Role : Fat Fred
Name : Margalo Gillmore: Role : Mrs. Carter
Name : Lon Chaney, Jr.: Role : Pinky
Name : Hans Conried: Role : Gillie
Name : Glenn Anders: Role : Starn
Name : Allen Jenkins: Role : Detective
Name : Sheldon Leonard: Role : Bert
Name : Jerry Wald: Role : Producer
Name : Norman Krasna: Role : Producer
Name : James Wong Howe: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Buddy Ebsen: Role : Songwriter
Name : Constantin Bakaleinikoff: Role : Musical Direction/Supervision
Name : Leigh Harline: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Paul Weatherwax: Role : Editor
Name : J. McMillan Johnson: Role : Production Designer
Name : Albert S. D'Agostino: Role : Art Director
Name : Stanley Crea Rubin: Role : Associate Producer
[!Program Type:Movie!] [!Product Name:Behave Yourself! [DVD] [1951!]] [!Studio:Film Detective!] [!Product Tags:DVD!] [!Region Code:0!] [!Farley Granger:Bill Denny!] [!Shelley Winters:Kate Denny!] [!William Demarest:O'Ryan!] [!Francis L. Sullivan:Fat Fred!] [!Margalo Gillmore:Mrs. Carter!] [!Lon Chaney, Jr.:Pinky!] [!Hans Conried:Gillie!] [!Glenn Anders:Starn!] [!Allen Jenkins:Detective!] [!Sheldon Leonard:Bert!] [!Jerry Wald:Producer!] [!Norman Krasna:Producer!] [!James Wong Howe:Cinematographer!] [!Buddy Ebsen:Songwriter!] [!Constantin Bakaleinikoff:Musical Direction/Supervision!] [!Leigh Harline:Composer (Music Score)!] [!Paul Weatherwax:Editor!] [!J. McMillan Johnson:Production Designer!] [!Albert S. D'Agostino:Art Director!] [!Stanley Crea Rubin:Associate Producer!]
