May 7, 2019
Best Picture Project: Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
I did not find this film particularly engaging. Gable and especially Laughton turn in solid performances but, for me, it just wasn’t enough to save this one. The last third of the film slows down to glacial pace and I found myself feeling pretty glad when it was over. Shockingly for the time, the producers did actually cast appropriate people of color for the Tahitian roles (although the roles as written aren’t very well served). There are very few roles for non-white actors in these early movies so it’s nice to see when it happens.