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In a Lonely Place (1950)

Director(s) Nicholas Ray
Producer(s) Robert Lord, Henry S. Kesler
Top Genres Drama, Film Adaptation, Film Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics Book-Based
More Films Directed by Nicholas Ray More Films Produced by Henry S. Kesler More Films from 1950 More Films from the 1950s Top Classic Movies of the 1950s Top Book-Based Films

In a Lonely Place Overview:

In a Lonely Place (1950) was a Film Noir - Drama Film directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Robert Lord and Henry S. Kesler .

In a Lonely Place was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007.

In a Lonely Place BlogHub Articles:

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame find themselves “In a Lonely Place”

By Stephen Reginald on Feb 27, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame find themselves “In a Lonely Place” In a Lonely Place (1950) is an American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graham. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes published in 1947. ... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

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In a Lonely Place Facts
Although Gloria and Bogie were 24 years apart in age, they both died at the age of 57.
Lauren Bacall and Ginger Rogers were considered for the role of Laurel Gray. Bogart naturally wanted his wife to play opposite him, but Warner Bros. refused to release her from her contract. Rogers was reportedly the producers' first choice, but Nicholas Ray convinced them that his own wife, Gloria Grahame, would be the right choice for the role.
In her essay "Humphrey and Bogey," Louise Brooks wrote that more than any other role that Humphrey Bogart played, it was the role of Dixon Steele in this movie that came closest to the real Bogart she knew.
In the original ending and the final shooting script, Dix actually did kill Laurel in the heat of their argument. Martha comes and discovers the body as Dix silently types his script. Later, when his detective friend comes to arrest him, Dix says that he's almost done with his script. There is a close-up of the last page of the script, echoing the words Dix said in the car to Laurel: "I was born when she kissed me, I died when she left me, I live a few weeks while she loved me." It is said that this scene was filmed, but before it could be shown to a test audience, director Nicholas Ray shot a new ending because he wasn't pleased with the scripted ending - he didn't want to think that violence was the only way out of this situation. He cleared the set, including Lauren Bacall, who was visiting her husband on-set at the time, except for Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Art Smith - who ended up not being used in the final scene filmed - plus the camera and sound men. They improvised the ending that is seen in the final cut.
When Edmund H. North adapted the story, he stuck close to the original source and John Derek was considered for the role of Dix because in the novel he was much younger. North's treatment was not used, and Andrew Solt developed the screenplay with regular input from producer Robert Lord and director Nicholas Ray, and the end result is far different from the source novel. Solt claimed that Humphrey Bogart loved the script so much that he wanted to make it without revisions - Solt retains that the final cut is very close to his script - but further research shows that Ray made regular re-writes, some added on the day of shooting. In fact, only 4 pages of the 140 page script had no revisions.
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