Reviews

I'm curious to know if anyone truly believes that this screenplay was written by Joseph Cotten? To me, the entire film has always looked like an Orson Welles film. Does anyone know how much input he had on the screenplay, aside from the re-editing and additional scenes?

The lighting, editing and use of sound all seem to hold Welles' signature to my eyes. The use of sound overlaying shots as well as to bridge scenes and cuts would seem to show his hand, as well.

I never seem to see anyone discussing this aspect of the film. It's a tremendous piece of noir, and if Cotten did indeed write it, why did he not go on to write other classic stuff?

Okay, folks. This is a great show. But the "trivia" given about the black-and-white costume is incorrect. The costume used in the first two seasons was brown and gray, not brown and white. I've seen it. It's odd-looking, no doubt. The actual color costume is much better looking, but that wasn't the point when they created the brown/gray combo. It was just what they felt would photograph properly for early television broadcasts.

With so much dreck being released on DVD, when is Warner going to wise up and finally release the entire series for the world to enjoy? It certainly puts forth a very positive message and George Reeves is great as Superman.

No one seems to point out that his film is a remake of an earlier film Buster Keaton made for MGM titled "Spite Marriage", with many of the visual gags pulled directly from that earlier film with almost no changes. So as well as Red Skelton did in this, an earlier genius had done it first. Many of the best sight gags were lifted note-for-note from Keaton. The two films differ greatly in their sub-plots, but the core premise is the same. If you liked this movie, you should seek out the earlier film; a lot of it is genuinely funny. Although not Keaton at his peak (he was hampered by the MGM-imposed studio system), any Keaton is worth seeing.