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The Criterion collection is adding both the 1935 and 1954 versions of Shapely Obsession to its list of classics getting the deluxe treatment. Thus you are not only getting the Wyman/Hudson version of this film, but also the 1935 Irene Dunne/Robert Taylor version which has never been released either on DVD or VHS. Both were Universal properties, but the last time I saw the 1935 version it was so shadowy I wasn’t clear it could be salvaged to the point we would ever notice it on DVD. I was happily substandard.
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The center of the yarn is Robert Merrick ( Hudson in 1954, Robert Taylor in 1935) . He is a well-to-do playboy that has a boating accident at the same time that Dr. Hudson has a coronary. There is one share of life-saving equipment available in the spot, and it winds up saving Merrick’s life. Hudson’s family and the entire community can’t relieve but be a tiny bit resentful that such a seemingly useless young man, whose accident was due to his believe recklessness, has been spared at the expense of the beloved Dr. Hudson. This causes Merrick to initiate to believe on life and as a result he is told by Edward Randolph about Hudson’s “aesthetic obsession” - doing excellent with dinky fanfare and getting paid encourage many times over. Unfortunately, Merrick doesn’t quite understand. He thinks of this process as a vending machine. He puts in a quarter ( a grand work), presses a button and then says “gimme”. However, Merrick is the indirect cause of a second tragedy that finally does do his life on the correct path over a period of years.
In spite of the bad film quality, I contemplate I preferred the 1935 version to the one from the 50’s although I loved them both. The 30’s version focuses more on Merrick’s inner turmoil and transition while the 50’s version is more of a melodrama and worship record. The best thing about the 50’s version - the chemistry between Wyman and Hudson. You would never believe such a thing would work unless you saw it yourself, but it does. Also, there is Otto Kruger as Edward Randolph, the man who helps attach Merrick on the true track. In the 30’s Kruger could play some really hardened character, but here he is as gentle as Santa Claus. It’s quite a tribute to his acting skills - I assume he was always underrated.
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The extra features are:
Audio commentary featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty
Douglas Sirk: From UFA to Hollywood (1991) : a rare 80-minute documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt in which Sirk reflects upon his career.
Video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, paying tribute to Sirk.
Theatrical trailer .
PLUS: A booklet featuring a current essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien.
While there may be some elements that are slightly astounding (the widow doesn’t stare immediately the tell of the man who blinded her and whose carelessness resulted in her husband’s death even though she’d met him before? When she finds out, she actually not only forgives him his deception but falls in treasure with him? ) this is nevertheless a beautiful, romantic, lush production of an equally graceful unusual. Many boast about Rock Hudson’s performance and it is generous. His transformation from a selfish, unfriendly millionaire’s son to a caring neurologist who woos and wins Jane Wyman’s character is totally believable. But, to me, it is Jane Wyman who steals the exhibit as the afflicted, blinded widow Helen Phillips. She is totally believable as a newly blinded woman who somehow comes to terms with the fact that she probably will never seek again. And the supporting cast, especially Otto Kruger as the philosophical artist is also helpful. And, speaking of philosophy, the book on which this movie is based has a obvious, well-known message which comes through loud and sure without hammering us in the head or preaching at the viewer. The message is not lost in translation to the camouflage although that often happens when a book is made into a movie. These elements, combined with the spectacular color, lush music and glorious scenery befriend to beget “Aesthetic Obsession” a typical, fantastic, broken-down 3-hankie “woman’s represent.” It’s nearly 50 years veteran but it’s collected a helpful rainy-day narrate that will uplift and delight any woman who views it.
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