Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Its a dopey capraesque comedy that is anything but. Dope played the same sundance festival that honored the repulsive me and earl and the dying girl, and while it is nowhere near as egregious in its depiction of africanamericans, dope still left me feeling agitated about what id just seen. Overview of the magnificent dope, 1942, directed by walter lang, with henry fonda, lynn bari, don ameche, at turner classic movies. Read the the magnificent dope movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The warriors husband is a 1933 precode american comedy film directed by walter lang and starring elissa landi, david manners, and ernest truex. Dope soundtrack list movie 2015 tracklist listen to full soundtrack songs, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, trailers songs, what songs and who sings them, including end credits. June 19, 2015 below you can view the complete dope soundtrack list, album tracklist. Of course bing would never have played the kind of rube that henry fonda was in this film, but the premise is something he used in a whole lot of his films. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Of course, you will have to beg universal studios to release the tom selleck collection to dvd or vhs first.
The magnificent dope, with henry fonda, don ameche and. Ive no respect for anybody who was born lazy thats like being a king. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Released 1942, the magnificent dope stars henry fonda, lynn bari, don ameche, edward everett horton the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
Sep 19, 2015 the magnificent dope was a mild hit upon its release in july of 1942, but today it has been almost completely forgotten, in spite of its many amusing scenes. The magnificent dope dvdr 1942 twentieth century fox. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Its a dopey capraesque comedy that is anything but magnificent. Had the film been under frank capra or george stevens direction it may have become a memorable classic, but as it is, this dope could have been made more magnificent. It tells the story of the amazons, who ruled over men thanks to the sacred girdle of diana, and hercules who came to steal it.
The magnificent dope is a typical hollywood picture of its period i. Without saying the idea has results that ameche and company never expected. The magnificent dope 1942 stream and watch online moviefone. Dwight dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the usa, for publicity value when the dope takes his course. All the magnificent dope movie posters,high res movie posters image for the magnificent dope. Flame schon one of the original film makers is giving away dvd copies of the movie for the cost of shipping and handling handling covers costs for materials, duplicating each dvd individually, printing inserts and packing. How to sell insurance the magnificent dope youtube.
With henry fonda, lynn bari, don ameche, edward everett horton. If the magnificent dope had been made over at paramount it would have been a musical film for bing crosby. It stars shameik moore, tony revolori, kiersey clemons, kimberly elise, chanel iman, lakeith stanfield, blake anderson, zoe kravitz, and asap rocky. Founded by sean cronin to create imaginative cinematic storytelling, second to none. In order to be permitted to appear in prestige items like grapes of wrath and the oxbow incident, henry fonda had to agree to appear in such inconsequential fluff as the magnificent dope.
But winner tad page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert dawsons other students to his philosophy. Welcome to the official page of magnificent films ltd. Sep 23, 2015 henry fonda attempts to sell life insurance to don ameche and edward everett horton in the magnificent dope 1942. Special ed licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of arista. The magnificent dope 1942 approved 1h 23min comedy 21 october 1942 mexico dwight dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the usa, for publicity value when the dope takes his course. Jun 19, 2015 trailers for dope and other movies in the hood dope is an answer to, a repudiation of, a reconciliation with the streetwise black cinema of the early 1990s, films like juice, boyz. The magnificent dope 1942 is of the same mold as the big street 1942, the male animal 1942 and rings on her fingers 1942, where he plays this corny lover, often intellectual in his own unique way, and charms the people trying to take advantage of him.
The magnificent dope 1942 unable to drum up interest in his selfimprovement courses, dwight dawson don ameche and his press agent fiancee, claire harris lynn bari, concoct a contest to. We are not shown as being individuals, the focus is mainly on our misery or entertainment value for the masses. The magnificent dope 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dope, a song by swedish singer angie, from the ep suicidal since 1995 2018 television edit dope netflix series, a netflix documentary series revolving around drugs. Some of that irritation had to do with the films decision to climb upon a soapbox. The magnificent dope was a mild hit upon its release in july of 1942, but today it has been almost completely forgotten, in spite of its many amusing scenes. This process of dehumanization is common and seen as normal. A july 24, 1941 hollywood reporter news item stated that a picture entitled the beautiful dope, starring george montgomery and mary beth hughes, was to be scripted by walter bullock and produced by ralph dietrich, but it seems unlikely that the item was referring to this picture. The magnificent dope 1942 the magnificent dope 1942. Walter lang, david raksin emil newman, emil newman, and herbert w. It is also known as lazy galahad, strictly dynamite and the magnificent jerk. The magnificent dope is a 1942 american comedy film released by 20th century fox.
The working titles of this film were lazy galahad, strictly dynamite and the magnificent jerk. It stars shameik moore, tony revolori, kiersey clemons, zoe kravitz, blake anderson, and asap rocky. The magnificent dope 1942 a blog for classic film lovers. The magnificent dope is lightweight stuff, but pleasant enough entertainment. Hell, he even does it in his little bit in tales of manhattan 1942.
The magnificent dope, with henry fonda, don ameche and edward e. An entertaining movie, where don ameche and henry fonda are inimitable. Dope is a film that you find yourself longing to like, but the strain of disappointment takes its toll. Ameche likes the idea and they come up with fonda who also happens to be from vermont as longfellow deeds was. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet. Sep 29, 2015 the magnificent dope was a mild hit upon its release in july of 1942, but today it has been almost completely forgotten, in spite of its many amusing scenes. There are three alternate version to the magnificent ambersons, none exist any more. Dope is a 2015 comedydrama from writerdirector rick famuyiwa and producer forest whitaker. Dope is a 2015 american comedydrama comingofage film written and directed by rick famuyiwa and produced by forest whitaker and nina yang bongiovi.
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