Published in 1956, algrens anecdotal, relentlessly downbeat, essentially unfilmable at least in 1962 depressionera novel a walk on the wild side bears little resemblance to the sanitized movie adapted from it, save for a few characters names and the excision of the a from the title. A man arrives in new orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello. Based on nelson algrens explosive novel, walk on the wild side follows dove linkhorn lawrence harvey. Rumored rather remarkably to be the result of no less than six screenwriters, including playwright clifford odets the country girl and screenwriter ben hecht. It was adapted from the 1956 novel a walk on the wild side by american author nelson algren. Comment on facebookcomment comment on twittercomment. Walk on the wild side elmer bernstein original canada. Dove laurence harvey has traveled by bus from texas to find his. Walk on the wild side is a 1962 american drama film directed by edward dmytryk and starring laurence harvey, capucine, jane fonda, anne baxter, and. Laurence harvey, capucine, jane fonda, ann baxter, barbara stanwyck mpaa rating. Jimmy smith walk on the wild side 1962 45rpm duration.
Walk on the wild side 1962 directed by edward dmytryk. Rent walk on the wild side 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd. Walk on the wild side 1962 official trailer, organic. Jo runs the new orleans bordello called the doll house with an iron hand when anyone steps out of line she knows how to handle them. Walk on the wild side is a 1962 american drama film directed by edward dmytryk and starring laurence harvey, capucine, jane fonda, anne baxter, and barbara stanwyck. Fine plus condition to very fine offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of. Eric eidelsteins rating of the film walk on the wild side eric eidelstein has all the pieces to be a masterpiece jane fonda, laurence harvey, anne baxter, and barbara stanwyck as a jealous lesbian madam but never feels like anything more than a dgrade tennessee williams ripoff. This isnt the first time a book has been seriously twisted by a film adaptation, but this is nelson algrens walk on the wild side. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of dove linkhorn, her true love of. The feline eyes and paws keep moving to the bold, sexy rhythm of elmer bernsteins jazzlike score while the credits come and go.
Original walk on the wild side 1962 movie poster in vf. Walk on the wild side is a film directed by edward dmytryk with laurence harvey, capucine, jane fonda, anne baxter, year. Walk on the wild side 1962 in the 1930s, lovesick texan dove linkhorn laurence harvey hits the road to search for his longlost sweetheart, hallie gerard capucine. This moody and controversial drama takes place in depressionera new orleans.
Feldman brought nelson algrens novel tothe screen in 1962, he intended to introduce new subject matter including prostitution and lesbianism only recently allowed on screenafter revisions to the production code. He was happy, however, to take the money and run, as evidenced by the 1962 adaptation of his novel, walk on the wild side, just released on dvd for the first time. A sudsy melodrama about lost souls from the seedier parts of this world, a walk on the wild side attempts to tell a tale of sin, longing, and regret. However, the melodramatic elements are overdone and the watering down of the racier elements of the novel in order to conform to the hays code cause the production to collapse faster than levees.
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