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blanche-2 5 August 2006. Kay Francis and William Powell are doomed lovers in "One Way Passage," a 1932 film also starring Frank McHugh, Aline McMahan and Warren Hymer. Right after meeting the lovely Joan Ames in a bar, escaped murderer Dan Hardesty is caught by Sgt. Steve Burke and brought back to San Francisco via ship to be hanged. Ames is ...
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Apr 25, 2023 · The first was the zesty comic love story JEWEL ROBBERY. Shortly thereafter came ONE WAY PASSAGE a unique romantic drama which later earned an Oscar for its Best Original Story. Under the tasteful and stylish direction of Tay Garnett, ONE WAY PASSAGE proved a box-office hit, and earned critical acclaim.
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One-Way Passage was released to critical and commercial acclaim. Photoplay credited Kay’s performance as one of the “Best of the Month,” and wrote that the film was hands-down the best of the Francis-Powell pairings. With a box office gross of $1,108,000, One Way Passage shot Kay up to the
Overview. A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret. Tay Garnett. Director. Joseph Jackson.
May 7, 2023 · Overall: 4/5. Tay Garnett’s One Way Passage features a very engaging, bittersweet romance between William Powell and Kay Francis that’s surprisingly over almost before it’s begun. This 1932 pre-code dramedy has been spruced up with video and audio that makes this Oscar-winning movie something worth seeing and hearing. Recommended!
At 68 minutes, One Way Passage is reduced to just the essentials and all the more powerful for that. A series of romantic gestures presented with considerable restraint by Tay Garnett and made even livelier by his smart use of comic counter point. The less it does, the more obvious moves it elides, the more powerful the central relationship is.
