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Walk on the Wild Side - (1962)
Interesting that this was made while the Hayes Code was still in effect - much of the action takes place in a Louisiana brothel, and involves characters that are gay, so there is much tip-toeing around those subject matters. Dove Linkhorn (Laurence Harvey) chose his dying father over the love of his life, but once his pa is dead he goes looking for her, and when he finds her he's unaware of her secret - that she's been a prostitute since the two broke up. Not only that, but the madam of the brothel she works at, Jo (Barbara Stanwyck) has a "special relationship" with her, and will stop at nothing to see she stays right where she is. This film also features a young Jane Fonda as a girl Linkhorn finds and befriends on the way to Louisiana, only to find out how rotten she is - the two depart acrimoniously, but seem to be fated to meet again. A pretty interesting movie considering some of the performers involved (Capucine plays Linkhorn's girl, Hallie, and Anne Baxter has a role as a latino café owner that falls for Linkhorn) - despite production troubles it turns out okay, although the film's last scene feels missing, and the film ends with the front page of a newspaper hurriedly wrapping up loose ends. 6/10
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Interesting that this was made while the Hayes Code was still in effect - much of the action takes place in a Louisiana brothel, and involves characters that are gay, so there is much tip-toeing around those subject matters. Dove Linkhorn (Laurence Harvey) chose his dying father over the love of his life, but once his pa is dead he goes looking for her, and when he finds her he's unaware of her secret - that she's been a prostitute since the two broke up. Not only that, but the madam of the brothel she works at, Jo (Barbara Stanwyck) has a "special relationship" with her, and will stop at nothing to see she stays right where she is. This film also features a young Jane Fonda as a girl Linkhorn finds and befriends on the way to Louisiana, only to find out how rotten she is - the two depart acrimoniously, but seem to be fated to meet again. A pretty interesting movie considering some of the performers involved (Capucine plays Linkhorn's girl, Hallie, and Anne Baxter has a role as a latino café owner that falls for Linkhorn) - despite production troubles it turns out okay, although the film's last scene feels missing, and the film ends with the front page of a newspaper hurriedly wrapping up loose ends. 6/10
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So the movie ended up being a let down for me. It had all the right elements in a way, but it simply didn't hang together for me. Perhaps they were trying too hard.
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