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The Dark Mirror [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Mystery & Suspense/Film Noir, Mystery & Suspense |
Format | Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Black & White |
Contributor | Robert Siodmak, Lew Ayres, Olivia de Havilland, Richard Long, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Evans, Nunnally Johnson See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
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Product Description
Olivia de Havilland (THE HEIRESS) plays twin sisters in this entertaining psychological film noir. The twins are implicated in a Hollywood murder and a police detective (Thomas Mitchell) must figure out if one or both were involved in the killing. Lew Ayers plays a psychiatrist approached by the detective to help with the complicated case he agrees to see them separately and he's immediately attracted to one of them and fears the other one to be killer, but he's worried that if he's wrong he could end up on a slab in the morgue himself. Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Milton Krasner (ALL ABOUT EVE) with a haunting musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin (DIAL M FOR MURDER) and superior direction by noir-specialist Robert Siodmak (THE KILLERS). Vladimir Pozner received a Best Writing, Original Story Oscar nomination. Screenplay by the films producer, Nunnally Johnson (THE GRAPES OF WRATH).
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.37:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
- Item model number : 410
- Director : Robert Siodmak
- Media Format : Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Black & White
- Run time : 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Release date : September 4, 2012
- Actors : Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Long, Charles Evans
- Producers : Nunnally Johnson
- Studio : Olive
- ASIN : B0089LT8L4
- Writers : Nunnally Johnson
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #64,843 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #21,144 in Blu-ray
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
THE DARK MIRROR ('46) is a brisk, supercharged 85 minutes, a taut psychological suspense tale directed by Robert Siodmak (who directed THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE KILLERS). Dimitri Tiomkin's clever background score is an added bonus.
It stars Olivia de Havilland in a fascinating dual role as Ruth and Terry Collins, sisters involved in the murder of a doctor they were both dating. When good sister Ruth gives her bad twin an alibi, detective Thomas Mitchell asks psychiatrist Lew Ayres to determine which twin could be the killer, based on their differing personalities. Of course he falls in love with the good twin and solves the case in an effective ending which gives de Havilland the chance to do some real emoting. A clever scene has the bad twin pretending to be the good one in a serious talk with doctor Ayres in which he reveals what makes the psycho sister tick.
It's a double-layered cat-and-mouse scene in which he is really talking about her (not her sister) and de Havilland's reactions are fascinating to watch. Thomas Mitchell is excellent as a relentless but befuddled detective unhappy with the game the sisters are playing. Richard Long has a small role as an admirer of one of the twins--or is it both of them? Bit roles are well played with occasional flashes of humor and the whole thing moves swiftly under Siodmak's tight direction.
By the way, 1946 was a strong year for de Havilland. After being off the screen for more than two years due to legal action against Warner Bros., she suddenly had four films in release: DEVOTION (as Charlotte Bronte), THE WELL GROOMED BRIDE, TO EACH HIS OWN and THE DARK MIRROR, entering a four-year period climaxed at the end of the decade by THE SNAKE PIT and THE HEIRESS--and two Oscars.
Summing up: two Olivia de Havilland's are better than one. Life magazine reported that she "contributes to the impression gained from TO EACH HIS OWN that she is the actress to beat for this year's Academy Award."
The plot consists of a murder that seems to point to one of the twins - one naive and one cunning. THe final outcome iis telegraphed quite early (for a contemporary audience), but it is nevertheless fun to watch the story as it unfolds to its obvious conclusion. This little B-movie gets the usual deft direction by noir expert, Robert Siodmak. Thomas Mitchell plays the detective and Lew Ayres a psychiatrist in love with one of the sisters.. The Blu-Ray version by Olive Films is tack sharp and with excellent B&W contrast. THis is a must for lover of film noir, 40's B&W melodramas, Siodmak and DeHavilland fans, in other words, a must.
Suspenseful with great acting from Olivia DeHaviland playing twins. It's a who-dunnit film noir classic!
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qua è diretta da uno"specialista"del thriller come Robert siodmak e si nota : considerando l'epoca ( 1946 ) la pellicola è dotata di una notevole suspense psicologica e riserva soprattutto un colpo di scena finale molto intelligente...
personalmente adoro i dvd di questa serie ( cineclub mistery ) purtroppo però i sottotitoli,al contrario di quanto scritto da amazon,sono assenti anche in italiano ( escludendo naturalmente i"forced")
comunque da acquistare,anche per la grandiosa prova di doppiaggio di Lidia simoneschi che alterna la voce"buona"a quella"cattiva" : per le orecchie di un cinefilo è musica ! (peraltro la simoneschi offre la stessa straordinaria alternanza in"L'anima e il volto"dello stesso anno,doppiando Bette Davis)
Bella la cover d'epoca.
A man appears to have been murdered by one of the identical twin Collins sisters, but both of whom have an alibi. The police and the psychiatrist have their work cut out...
Straight out of the corner of postwar Hollywood that began to take fascination with mental illness, The Dark Mirror triumphs more as a technical exercise than as anything resembling thought provoking analysis. The simplistic Freudian elements aside, film is impressively mounted and performed by Siodmak and de Havilland respectively. Story follows the trajectory of a cat-and-mouse game, with the makers nicely putting us the viewers into the same struggle the authorities have in sussing out which sister is the damaged killer.
Siodmak's (The Spiral Staircase) attention to detail and grasp of mood setting really lifts the piece to greater heights. Aided by the considerable photographic skills of Krasner (The Set-Up), Siodmak creates a world of psychological disturbance, a place aligned with suspense and symbolism. Right from the doozy of an opening scene to the denouement, Siodmak manages to keep the contrivances to the rear of the play and let de Havilland and the visual textures be the prime focus.
The effects work is very good, with de Havilland having to quite often play off against herself. Sure in today's age of High Definition et al, you don't have to stretch your viewing experience to see how the effects were done, but why would you? Just enjoy de Havillland's riveting performances in the dual roles (see also her excellence in The Snake Pit two years later), her skillful little subtleties as she deftly plays out the respective psychological traits of sibling rivalry gone astray.
Is it a gimmick movie? Well no not really, it's honest about what it wants to achieve in terms of psychiatric observations and treatments. Yet lesser lights than Siodmak, Krasner and de Havilland would have struggled to make it work, especially as the romance angle in the screenplay nearly derails the requisite mood come the finale. Thankfully, in spite of some obvious negatives, it's still well worthy of viewing investment. 7/10