#collier young

[jeanharlowshair]

Movieland Magazine, October 1947

[gregorygalloway]

The Hitch-Hiker premiered in Boston, MA on 20 March 1953.

Loosely based on a true story, Ida Lupino co-wrote the screenplay with her husband Collier Young from a story by Daniel Mainwaring (Mainwaring did not receive credit as he was blacklisted at the time).

After 4 “women’s” films, Lupino directed an all-male cast, and The Hitch-Hiker is considered to be the first woman to direct a film noir.

Shot by veteran cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca (Cat People, Out of the Past, Clash by Night, etc., etc.), the film is notable for moving film noir from the city to the open road (in the southwestern desert) while still maintaining many of the visual elements typical of noir.

[genevieveetguy]

Is this why you raise a daughter? Is this what you love and sacrifice for? What kind of times are these that such things can happen? Only this morning, she was carefree and happy and now...

Outrage, Ida Lupino (1950)

[lupinoschums]

[jeanharlowshair]

Modern Screen Magazine, January 1949.

[genevieveetguy]

I had a watch like this once when I was 17. Nobody gave it to me. I just took it.

The Hitch-Hiker, Ida Lupino (1953)

[gregorygalloway]

Beware, My Lovely premiered in New York City on 12 September 1952 (on a bill with eight vaudeville acts).

Mel Dinelli adapted his 1945 short story, “The Man “(which he had adapted in 1950 as a stage play) for the screen for Collier Young’s production company, The Filmakers, which was also co-owned by Young’s then wife Ida Lupino (the couple divorced shortly after Beware, My Lovely had finished filming). The film was Harry Horner’s directorial debut.

Cinematographer George E. Diskant had worked with Lupino and Robert Ryan in On Dangerous Ground, and is known for his work in film noir: They Live by Night (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Kansas City Confidential (1952).

Beware, My Lovely was shot in under 3 weeks in July/August 1951 and was ready for release, but RKO owner Howard Hughes refused to release the picture (Robert Ryan believed the delay was due to Ryan’s outspoken liberal politics). After the New York screening, Hughes released it on “programmer status,” which meant that theaters could determine how to show the film (as either the “A” picture, or “B”). Mostly it was ignored.

[genevieveetguy]

When people love each other, they don't stop loving when things go wrong.

Never Fear, Ida Lupino (1950)