© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p18
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an absolute favorite pioneer love story
Author: bpfre from United States
19 April 2008
This is an all time favorite, with endearing characters that take on issues such as the plight of women in the 1800s, bond servants, in essence a summary of a way of pioneer life, showing the reliance on one another in order to survive. In a lighter mode, there is humor, music, danger and intrigue and a growing love between a man and woman who come together out of necessity. I cannot understand why it isn't on home video!? This is a USA made movie, and it's only available on DVD in Spanish with English subtitles from Spain.(!!??) I give this movie an excellent rating because it captures not only a way of life, but also great acting by well-known celebrities whose characterizations bring the story a sense of reality. I highly recommend this movie to any one who enjoys a dramatic love story, conveying all the emotions without today's graphic gore as a backdrop.
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p17
22/07/2013 17:54 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p17
22/07/2013 17:54 par tellurikwaves
Funny
Author: zava_t from United States
5 November 2008
I loved this movie. I thought the banter between Holden and Mitchum were subtly hilarious. The facial expressions were spot on from Holden. Young was formidable in this part as well. I think it takes a strong cast to make a movie that revolves around four sole characters. It was a great romantic comedy.
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I liked the chemistry between Mitchum and Young on screen. I also thought that Gary Gray added the right amount of drama/comedy to the whole show. I loved the scenes in the woods with Mitchum and Holden bickering and making their pleas to Young. All in all, I think this is a good movie, and definitely worth the time of watching.
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Great Cast
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY
13 March 2008
Highly entertaining western/comedy/drama has a man (William Holden) losing his wife but buying a slave woman (Loretta Young) and marrying her so that she can school his kid. Things get complicated when he doesn't pay her too much attention and his friend (Robert Mitchum) comes back from the hunting season. For the most part this is your typical love triangle but the incredible performances from the three leads makes this incredibly hard not to love.
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You've just gotta love a movie that opens with Mitchum walking through the woods singing and playing a guitar. Young and Mitchum also do a duet later in the film that is quite nice. The chemistry between the three stars makes this film work a lot better than it probably should have. There's some nice laughs at the end when the two men finally fight over her as well as suspense during an Indian attack.*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY
13 March 2008
Highly entertaining western/comedy/drama has a man (William Holden) losing his wife but buying a slave woman (Loretta Young) and marrying her so that she can school his kid. Things get complicated when he doesn't pay her too much attention and his friend (Robert Mitchum) comes back from the hunting season. For the most part this is your typical love triangle but the incredible performances from the three leads makes this incredibly hard not to love.
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You've just gotta love a movie that opens with Mitchum walking through the woods singing and playing a guitar. Young and Mitchum also do a duet later in the film that is quite nice. The chemistry between the three stars makes this film work a lot better than it probably should have. There's some nice laughs at the end when the two men finally fight over her as well as suspense during an Indian attack.*** 1/2 (out of 4)
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p16
22/07/2013 17:50 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p16
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Author: MCL1150 from United States
14 September 2006
"Rachel and the Stranger" has been one of my favorite "little" films over the years. I only say little because my mother and I are the only two fans of it that I actually know of, but I'm sure there are hundreds of fans out there who love "Rachel and the Stranger" as much as we do. TCM runs it two or three times a year and I try not to miss it. I guess it was a big hit in its time even though it's not as well known today, but my advice is to watch it if you ever get the chance. At about 90 minutes it doesn't wear out its welcome and seems to be over as fast as it began. And with three great stars like Loretta Young (WOW!), William Holden and Robert Mitchum, you really can't go wrong. All three are perfect in their roles.
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The film is a traditional Western in many ways, but what I like most about it is the humor that's woven in throughout. One sequence even develops into slapstick, but it works. Overall, a really wonderful and enjoyable movie. This is the kind of film that you just end up counting among your favorites even though it's likely that no one you know has ever seen it. And it's the kind of film that you want everyone to see so you can strike up a conversation about how much you love it! Watch it and enjoy!
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p15
22/07/2013 04:58 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p15
22/07/2013 04:58 par tellurikwaves
'Rebecca' in Western clothes.
Author: Alice Liddel (-darragh@excite.com) from dublin, ireland
11 October 2000
This film is a Western, but combines a number of strange bedfellows - the romantic comedies of Hawks (two men fight over a woman treated as a slave); melodrama (the film is brilliant at visualising the limited options open to Rachel, from the proscenium curtains looking out at a world she has no freedom in and the metronome ticking away her life, to the overall claustrophobic setting (a small farm) and limited dramatis personae), and even psychological thriller
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-like REBECCA, Rachel is a second wife living in the shadow of a perfect predecessor;both films share a cathartic conflagration.The unsophisticated characters conceal a complex film about family and gender, in which the usual Indian threat is more of a psychological displacement.
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p14
22/07/2013 04:54 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p14
22/07/2013 04:54 par tellurikwaves
Excellent Blk & White Movie
Author: Kate M. Robb (robbjk@direcway.com) from Cody, Wyoming
21 July 2004
This is an excellent movie. The 1st time i saw it was in the 70's & i look forward to seeing it & wish that it were on more often,at least once or twice a yr. What a lucky woman to have a potential love interest like Robert Mitchum that it made her husband sit up & take notice in how he & his son were treating her.The scenery is just a big a part of the movie as the actors are.
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This movie first showed me that living in the country could fill your soul up,that's 1 reason why i live in wyoming. Not everything has to be in your face blood & gore or stupidity & 4 letter words to get your attention. Too bad AMC doesn't air it more often. Hope its on DVD soon. If you get the chance to see this movie don't pass it up,you won't regret it.
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p13
22/07/2013 04:49 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p13
22/07/2013 04:49 par tellurikwaves
Adorable Romance
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 September 2009
In time of colonization of America, the widower David Harvey (William Holden) lives in an isolated farm in the woods with his son Davey (Gary Grey). Father and son miss their wife and mother Susan, who has recently died, and David concludes that he needs a woman to educate his son properly and to cook and clean the house.
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David decides to travel with Davey to the nearby fort to seek a woman and the reverend proposes the bond servant Rachel (Loretta Young) for him. David buys Rachel, and Davey overhears the negotiation; but the reverend demands that they should marry to each other to have a decent life in the same house. The trio travels back to the farm and David and Davey treat Rachel like a slave without any respect or affection.
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When David's drifter friend Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum) visits them, he stays for a couple of days with the family and treats Rachel respectfully like a lady. Then Jim courts Rachel, and David feels jealous and realizes how important she is for him.
"Rachel and the Stranger" is an adorable romance and I loved this western. I did not know the concept of indentured servant in America, and the humiliating situation of Rachel is heartbreaking, fruit of the unpaid debts of her father. Loretta Young has a fantastic performance and William Holden and Robert Mitchum have hilarious moments with their witty lines. My vote is nine.
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p12
21/07/2013 11:18 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p12
21/07/2013 11:18 par tellurikwaves
Loretta Young, Wm. Holden & Robert Mitchum at their best!
Author: chrisglo (chrisglo@netzon.net) from Southern CA
25 April 2003
25 April 2003
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I don't know why some people have to look for deep "inner or psychological meanings in movies. Fortunately, I just love the movies and accept them for what they are - sheer entertainment! And if you are the same, then you need to see this one. Loretta Young, William Holden and Robert Mitchum are absolutely WONDERFUL in their roles. It is a great story with just the right hint of comedy and romance. So, if you love the movies, and love entertainment, you will truly enjoy this wonderful classic, "RACHEL AND THE STRANGER"!
I don't know why some people have to look for deep "inner or psychological meanings in movies. Fortunately, I just love the movies and accept them for what they are - sheer entertainment! And if you are the same, then you need to see this one. Loretta Young, William Holden and Robert Mitchum are absolutely WONDERFUL in their roles. It is a great story with just the right hint of comedy and romance. So, if you love the movies, and love entertainment, you will truly enjoy this wonderful classic, "RACHEL AND THE STRANGER"!
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Sadly Underrated Western
Author: Meredy from PA
5 November 1999
5 November 1999
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This film is often overlooked despite the presence of Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum and William Holden in the cast. It's a well-done frontier story with plenty of action and romance. Loretta Young has never looked more fetching and the Mitchum/Holden combo is a knock out.
This film is often overlooked despite the presence of Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum and William Holden in the cast. It's a well-done frontier story with plenty of action and romance. Loretta Young has never looked more fetching and the Mitchum/Holden combo is a knock out.
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p11
21/07/2013 11:07 par tellurikwaves
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The cabin is visited by the free-spirited guitar playing Indian scout and hunter Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum), a longtime friend of Big Davey's and a former rival for Susan's affection. The friendly carefree bachelor Jim flirts with Rachel, brings a joy to the surroundings by his lively singing (he delightfully belts out the folk song, "O-he, O-hi, O-ho") and makes Big Davey a jealous man. Jim's actions make Big Davey and Davey see how much Rachel means to them and that they are not willing to let her go when Jim asks to buy her for his wife. What follows is a Shawnee Indian attack on Big Davey's homestead and some heroics on the part of Rachel and Big Davie to come safely out of the raid and thereby cement their marriage.
In the meantime, Jim goes with the stockade men to pursue the Indians in the woods.The leisurely told cornball tale of frontier love makes for a pleasant and unassuming film. Rising star Mitchum got sudden notoriety after his Hollywood arrest for possession of marijuana and RKO, after some deliberation, rushed the film to a theater release to make hay out of the publicity for someone who already had a few films in the can. The strategy proved a good one, as the film got favorable reviews and did very well at the box office--thereby, probably, saving Mitchum's acting career.
Reviewed on 11/9/2008 - Grade:B
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p10
21/07/2013 11:03 par tellurikwaves
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© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p10
21/07/2013 11:03 par tellurikwaves
"The leisurely told cornball tale of frontier love makes for a pleasant and unassuming film."
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz (part1)
Norman Foster ("Journey into Fear"/The Great Sex War"/"The Green Hornet") directs a fine Western that tells of hearty pioneers who made a home in the Ohio wilderness and conquered both nature and the unfriendly Shawnee Indians. It plays out as a romantic adventure and is written by Waldo Salt, who bases it on the story "Rachel" by Howard Fast.
In the mid-1800s, Big Davey Harvey (William Holden), an Ohio backwoodsman farmer living in isolation from the stockade, is all shook up to find himself a widower as his lovely Susan just passed on and left him with the responsibility of raising his young son Davey (Gary Gray). Feeling the need to have a woman look after the boy, to keep him from being all woodsy and uncultured, and to also do the household chores, Big Davey journeys to the stockade to hire a live-in housekeeper; but is told by Parson Jackson (Tom Tully) it wouldn't look right for a man and woman to share the same house and the parson talks him into buying for eighteen dollars a bonds-woman named Rachel (Loretta Young) and making it all good by marrying her.
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It helps that Rachel is a knockout, can cook and is refined. Back in their small log cabin, Big Davey is awkward about the marriage and chooses to treat the hard-working Rachel as merely a housekeeper and someone who gives the boy Bible and school lessons without fulfilling his marriage vows to consummate the marriage in a biblical manner.The boy in the meantime,so much misses his loving mom, that he unfairly treats the saintly Rachel in a gruff manner. It seems the grief is too great for the Harvey men to love Rachel properly, as they are still trying to deal with their loss.
© DR - RACHEL & L'ETRANGER de William Foster (1948) p9
21/07/2013 10:53 par tellurikwaves
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