Uyemukelwa futhi kolunye uhlelo lweHorror in Black and White! Kuleli sonto, sibhekana nababhonisi abaphelele bakwaWilliam Castle, I-Strait-Jacket!

UWilliam Castle wayeyindoda enecebo, futhi lapho engenalo isu, okungenani wayenenhlekelele. Kwakuyile ndoda, ngemuva kwakho konke, eyayifaka ama-motors kagesi ezihlalweni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini I-Tingler ukunikeza amalungu ezilaleli i-jolt – ngokoqobo – phakathi nezigcawu ezibalulekile futhi asebenzise i- "Illusion-O" ngesikhathi 13 Izipoki okunikeze izethameli amandla okuzikhethela ukuthi zibona izipoki esibukweni noma cha!

I-Strait-Jacket uziqhayise nge-gimmick enkulu kunazo zonke, noma kunjalo: uJoan Crawford.

KULUNGILE, hhayi impela…

Amalungu ezilaleli anikezwe izimbazo zepulasitiki mbumbulu ngenkathi zingena enkundleni yemidlalo ukuze zizobona I-Strait-Jacket, kodwa ngemali yami, uJoan Crawford wayeyi-gimmick enkulu kunazo zonke, futhi umfana, ingabe kwakuyi-doozy.

I-Strait-Jacket utshela indaba kaLucy Harbin (Crawford), obuya ekhaya ngobunye ubusuku ukuthola umyeni wakhe (u-Lee Majors) embhedeni nomunye wesifazane. Ethukuthele engagqokile, uthatha imbazo, uthule ungene egumbini lokulala, angaqapheli ukuthi indodakazi yakhe ibhekile, ubanqume ikhanda bobabili!

ULucy uthunyelwa ukukhoseliswa iminyaka engama-20, kanti indodakazi yakhe, uCarol, ikhuliswa ngubabekazi nomalume wayo. Njengoba ifilimu iqhubeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uDiane Baker, ozodlala kamuva uSenator Ruth Martin Ukuthula KwamaWundlu, UCarol usekhulile futhi ukulungele ukushada nendoda yamaphupho akhe, uMichael (John Anthony Hayes).

Umndeni kaMichael ucebile impela, kepha uMichael naye akazi, ngokwedlule kukaCarol. Lapho uLucy efika, iqiniso liyavela, futhi kancane kancane izwe labo liqala ukudilika nemizimba iqale ukunqwabelana!

Le filimu yeza eminyakeni emibili nje vo ngemuva kwalokho Kwenzekeni KuBaby Jane? noCastle, benethemba lokuthi bazongenisa isicelo sikaCrawford kubabukeli abasebancane abamtholile ngaleyo filimu nalapho ama-movie akhe aqala ukudlalwa futhi kuthelevishini.

Ukuletha uCrawford akuzange kufike ngaphandle kwayo, sizothi, izilingo nezinsizi, noma kunjalo.

Ingxenye ekuqaleni ibibhaliwe yasakazwa noJoan Blondell (I-Nightmare Alley). Ngeshwa, kwadingeka ashiye iphrojekthi ngemuva kwengozi, futhi uCrawford walethwa esikhundleni sakhe.

UJoan omusha uvumile ukudlala le ndima, kodwa futhi wafuna ukuvunyelwa kweskripthi futhi ukubhala kabusha okukhulu, ukushintsha isiphetho nokuvezwa komlingiswa wakhe.

Wabuye walwela futhi wanqoba ukubekwa komkhiqizo kaPepsi ekhoneni lasekhishini. Kulabo ababengazi, uCrawford wayeshade nomsunguli nomphathi omkhulu wenkampani futhi nokuqasha uCrawford nakho kwakusho ukukhangisa isoda, imvamisa kuthule kakhulu ngemuva.

Kodwa-ke, kulokhu I-Strait-Jacket kwakusho nokusakaza uMitchell Cox, iSekela likaMongameli wePepsi, njengomunye wodokotela bakaLucy ababemvakashela ngemuva kokushiya kwakhe ukukhoseliswa. Lokhu kwenziwa, ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, ngaphandle kolwazi lweCastle.

Abaningi baye bagxeka uCrawford eminyakeni edlule, futhi akekho noyedwa njengendodakazi yakhe yokutholwa uChristina, kodwa ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi kwakukhona amadoda enza izimfuno ezifanayo ngaleso sikhathi ezazingakaze zenziwe ngendlela efanayo naleyo ayeyiyona.

Njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, le movie ingabakhongi, kepha inezikhathi zayo. Ukukhanya nethunzi kusetshenziswa kahle lapha, futhi isibuko esimnyama nesimhlophe sithuthukisa kuphela lokho kujula oku-mnyama kangako.

Ngizithanda kakhulu lezo zigcawu zokuvula lapho uCrawford engena ekamelweni lokulala namaphaneli ekhamera odongeni lapho simbona ephakamisa khona izembe ethunzini. Uyiletha phansi kanzima, futhi sibona isithunzi sekhanda lomyeni wakhe sindiza sisuka embhedeni kusuka kuleso sihlava esinamandla!

UCrawford noBaker banokukhululeka kwemvelo komunye nomunye esikrinini, noma ngabe kunezikhathi zokungezwani. Ubuso bowesifazane osemncane bufanekisa abadala, futhi bobabili bangafinyelela kulezo zindawo ezingavuthiwe, ezingaphezulu kweziphezulu emidlalweni yabo.

Noma kunjalo, akekho onobukhona obufana noCrawford esikrinini. Amehlo ezethameli ngokwemvelo adonswa kuye njengokungathi ngozibuthe, nangabo bonke ubukhulu bakhe, ngisho nakwifilimu efana nale I-Strait-Jacket kunezikhathi ezinhle zokuthula lapho kubonakala sengathi akaphefumuli futhi sanelisekile ngokubamba umoya wethu naye.

Lokho kuthula kumsebenzela kahle ngezikhathi zokugcina zefilimu, edlala ngokwethembeka njengokugoqwa okubonwa yimfihlakalo kaPerry Mason.

Ifilimu ivulelwe izibuyekezo ezixubekile ngokudlala okuningi kukaCrawford ngenkathi esabisa ifilimu ngokuphelele.

"Ngimthanda kakhulu uJoan Crawford," kubhala u-Elaine Rothschild Amafilimu abukeziwe, "Ngoba naku-drek kanjena, unikeza ukusebenza!"

Noma kunjalo, uCastle wayeyindoda ephethe ubuqili, futhi noma ngabe ukhetha izimbazo zepulasitiki noma uCrawford enza ukubonakala bukhoma kokuhlungwa okumbalwa, uhlelo lwasebenza, futhi kwaba yi-box office hit!

Uyabona I-Strait-Jacket kumasevisi ahlukahlukene okusakaza, futhi uma ungakakwenzi, kufanele!

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