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Cold War Drama - "Never Let Me Go" (1953)


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This is a film we recently discovered, as it was released on the Warner DVD Archive Collection. Clark Gable and Gene Tierney star in a film about the beginning of the Cold War. Gable is an American War Correspondent in Russia, serving through WWII and into the peace. Tierney is a Russian ballerina. When they marry, it sets the Soviet government in motion to get Gable withdrawn from the USSR and deny a visa to his wife. Gable fights through the Russian channels and fights through the US Government channels to try and get his wife out of Russia, to no avail. With a Cornish pal who is in the same boat, they decide to buy a sailboat and rescue their wives themselves, without any government's help or sanction.

 

While this is a drama (if you like Gable at all, you'd love to see it as he is at his best!), it is a fascinating look at the question of Russian wives to Allied soldiers at the end of WWII and in the "Peace". I think, that if you are at all into British and American history and National personalities, this is an amazing film to see. There are two scenes, between Gable and Richard Hayden (that take place when they are in Cornwall) that totally shows the British point of view/mentality versus the American point of view/mentality. In a couple of minutes, they portray on screen both Nations' attitudes and how they made it through WWII. And other wars, actually. The "Stiff Upper Lip" and the "Buckaroo".

 

This film also uses original footage of the Moscow Victory Parade at V-E Day and of Stalin, and is super cool to see! Really cool. Another cool thing is that they speak a lot of Russian, which is cool. Gable and Tierney both get to do their fair share of Russian and they got a few Russian actors who also get to speak Russian. Very fun to hear, after you've read about the Russians. Just a cool side-thought! ;)

 

So . . . really worth watching! The last 20 minutes will have you on the edge of your seat, too! You won't be expecting the action ending, when you are watching the rest of the film. :)

 

Just thought I'd share this, as it is such a cool look at the Cold War and an American in Russia during that turbulent period. And for those two scenes where you get to see America and England "in person".

 

 

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