Some Came Running (1958) part2 - Vincente Minelli

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Let's take a close-up onto the second part of one of our Two Movies of the Month : Some Came Running aka Comme Un Torrent.
This is one of the best movie by Vincente Minelli and i can't believe why it hasn't been properly released yet on DVD !!
yes i know that Cinemacom has released it but i fear this is another bootleg my friends.

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Shirley MacLaine is simply adorable in this movie.
How come Sinatra took so much time to fall for her ?

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Shirley MacLaine was the only woman accepted in the legendary Rat Pack as an honorary member. The Rat Pack was iniated by Frank Sinatra in 1959 after he conducted the orchestra on Dean Martin's album Sleep Warm then he joined him on stage for the first time in Las Vegas at The Sands in January 1959. It also included Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford.

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Shirley MacLaine was nominated for the Academy Awards (Oscars) as Best Actress in a Leading Role. She lost and Susan Hayward got it for her role in I Want to Live!.

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"The most poignant is the story of Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra) and Ginny Moorhead (Shirley Maclaine). Dave is searching for redemption; he is emotionally needy and spiritually enervated. He thinks he can find love in someone who can fill his creative needs and the void in his heart created by the war...
Dave does not realize that real love can only come from a sense of self worth, from finding someone whom he not only needs but, just as important, who needs him. Ginny is an angel, an angel in the form of a wrong-side-of-the-tracks bimbo ; but of all those in Dave's world, Ginny is the purest of heart and the purest in love, and her love is for Dave. When Dave finally realizes that his bliss lies with Ginny, it is too late, for both him and Ginny. And this ending comes in a moment that left me shattered, my mouth agape."
Jack Rice - an Amazon reviewer.

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PLOT
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"Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French, a local teacher. But the more flamboyant Ginny has followed him to Parkton, where he also meets gambler Bama Dillert. Dave must come to terms with his roots and with his future."
Linda Scheimann @ Imdb.
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These frames are taken from a Broadcast on France3's Cineclub in january 2005.

bye bye now...
See you next monday.