Yes, I was really looking forward to viewing this one. But I was very, very, very disappointed. Maybe if I had not been looking forward to viewing this long-lost "classic", I would have given it a higher mark. But I was very, very disappointed.
John Ford's "Flesh" (1932) turns out to be yet another below-par effort from a major director.
A mistimed and spun-out to extreme length comedy-melodrama, this forgettable Wallace Beery vehicle also wastes the talents of Ricardo Cortez and Karen Morley, while Beery is consistently allowed to hog the limelight as an incredibly dumb (he can't even count up to nine) German wrestler.
A German wrestler, would you believe? And does Beery attempt to overlay his voice any? Not on your life!
The title, "Flesh", seems to promise a feast of noir cinema, and admittedly, the plot does embody some noirish elements, but for other than Beery and Bing (Herman Bing, that is) fans, John Ford's "Flesh" is something of a chore to sit through.
John Ford's "Flesh" (1932) turns out to be yet another below-par effort from a major director.
A mistimed and spun-out to extreme length comedy-melodrama, this forgettable Wallace Beery vehicle also wastes the talents of Ricardo Cortez and Karen Morley, while Beery is consistently allowed to hog the limelight as an incredibly dumb (he can't even count up to nine) German wrestler.
A German wrestler, would you believe? And does Beery attempt to overlay his voice any? Not on your life!
The title, "Flesh", seems to promise a feast of noir cinema, and admittedly, the plot does embody some noirish elements, but for other than Beery and Bing (Herman Bing, that is) fans, John Ford's "Flesh" is something of a chore to sit through.