The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Sydney Boehm (writer)
William Bradford Huie (novel)

Release Date:

22 June 1956 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify...

Plot Keywords:

Real Estate | Hawaii | Sailor | Reputation | Writer

Cast

Jane Russell	...	Mamie Stover
Richard Egan	...	Jim Blair
Joan Leslie	...	Annalee Johnson
Agnes Moorehead	...	Bertha Parchman
Jorja Curtright	...	Jackie
Michael Pate	...	Harry Adkins
Richard Coogan	...	Capt. Eldon Sumac
Alan Reed	...	Capt. Gorecki
Eddie Firestone	...	Tarzan
Jean Willes	...	Gladys
Leon Lontoc	...	Aki
Kathy Marlowe	...	Zelda
Margia Dean	...	Peaches
Jack Mather	...	Bartender
John Halloran	...	Henry

Runtime:

92 min | 89 min (FMC Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo

Certification:

West Germany:18 (nf) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Fox publicity materials claim that Jane Russell's hula number, "Keep Your Eyes on the Hands", was not originally in the film. Crew members reputedly heard it sung at a Honolulu nightclub while there to film exteriors, and found it so "perfect" for Russell that it was incorporated into the film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Although the story takes place in 1941-1942, all the women's fashion styles are from 1956.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV)

Soundtrack:

If You Wanna See Mamie Tonight

not bad, for the time..although

The double standard is still rampant, the character of Mamie Stover makes an attempt to achieve material success in a man's world.

Richard Egan is believable as the writer with a house on a hilltop, and all the accoutrement Mamie Stover will beg borrow or steal to get. She does make a point when she says when he discusses money he ..."is only slumming, while I'm just plain scared"...

The problem in these days is women were not encouraged to use their minds, and her pronounced figure is blatantly used in many scenes to underline this point.

Some good scenes with Agnes Moorehead as brothel owner, and lush sets on the beaches and mountains of Oahu. Worth a viewing as a commentary on women's issues at the time, a curiosity in that one wonders how close the Stover character was to Russel's own life, and what she had to do to get ahead in Hollywood of the 1940's-1950's.