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The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir produced and directed by Orson Welles that stars Rita Hayworth, Welles and Everett Sloane. [2] Welles's screenplay is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.
Film The Lady from Shanghai is a murder mystery film narrated by Michael O’Hara, an unkempt and unemployed seaman whose heroic act to save a rich woman from getting killed earns him a job. It is, however, only the beginning of his tragic and complicated story. What follows is an intriguing chain
The novel by Sherwood King was the basis for this Orson Welles screenplay. The movie, starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, produced by Columbia, was released in 1948. Dates. Creation: 1946. Language of Materials. English. Restrictions on Access. The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Andersen Library Reading Room.
- Rationale for study
- POINTS - Key Elements of Film Form (Micro Features)
- POINTS - Meaning & Response
- SPECIALIST STUDY AREA - Auteur
The Lady from Shanghai exemplifies the tensions between a studio (Columbia) and auteur (Welles). Despite heavy studio cuts, the film remains a visually striking, unsettling film noir, notable for exceptional chiaroscuro lighting, compositions and camerawork.
Cinematography Uncomfortable close ups are used to make the characters appear grotesque and distorted. These close-ups give us a sense of how Michael O’Hara comes to view these characters, contributing to a sense of mistrust and unease. In the opening sequences, Elsa is photographed in a gleaming light against the blackness of the carriage, while M...
Representations • Elsa is a femme fatale – a dangerous, beautiful woman who deceives the anti-hero. The femme fatale was a common character type in film noir. She represents post-war male anxieties about strong, independent women. The femme fatale is usually ‘contained’ in the film’s conclusion – here she is shot by O’Hara. Aesthetics (i.e. the ‘lo...
STARTING POINTS Orson Welles was given an unusual amount of freedom on his films. He directed, produced, wrote and acted in The Lady from Shanghai. He even hand painted some of the sets that appear in the Crazy House sequence. The final film is not Welles’ vision – the studio cut over an hour from the film and changed the music. The inal cut demons...
About midpoint in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, the naïve protagonist Michael O’Hara (Orson Welles) and the oily schemer George Grisby (Glenn Anders) climb a hill overlooking the ocean. After Grisby gives an unsettling hint of his bizarre plan, he seems to enter a trance and
Orson Welles’s The Lady from Shanghai (1946) adheres to the Joycean establishment of Irish mythos weaved symbolically into a cinematic framework; the use of fantastical mythology to emphasize parabolic realism parallels the modernism in Ulysses, making Elsa reflective of contemporary standards through mythic references. As the temptress, Elsa ...
Jun 22, 2023 · Orson Welles. Publication date. 1947-12-24. Usage. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Topics. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Language. English. Item Size. 850631666. A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/the-lady-from-shanghai-1947/ Addeddate. 2023-06-22 14:00:24. Color.
