Should you see it? If you're curious.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds."
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Chained for Life (1951)
How bad is it? It's only slightly worse than average.
Should you see it? If you're curious.
Daisy and Violet Hilton were conjoined twins (Violet's on the left, above) who were in Tod Browning's classic film "Freaks" in 1932. This exploitation film is their only other film, done two decades later. They play a version of themselves in a vaudeville-style show. Much of the film is padded with acts from the show; there's a juggler, a bike act, an accordionist and then the sisters sing - and, if that's really them singing, they weren't bad! The plot has one sister getting married as a publicity stunt, but the other sister disapproves and ends up shooting the man. How you can punish the murderer without punishing the other is the legal question that's the crux of the film (and it's left to the audience to resolve). The sisters can't act and the manager overacts in a stagy way that sort of fits his character. Overall, it's just a minor entertainment curio.
Should you see it? If you're curious.
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