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Klondike Annie is a american film of genre Drama directed by Raoul Walsh released in USA on 21 february 1936 with Victor McLaglen
Klondike Annie (1936)
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Add to a movie listKlondike Annie is a 1936 black-and-white comedy drama film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play "Frisco Kate", which she wrote in 1921. The film was directed by Raoul Walsh.
Mae West portrays a kept woman by the name of Rose Carlton, "The Frisco Doll". She accidentally murders her keeper, Chan Lo, while he is trying to kill her and escapes on a steamer to Nome, Alaska. The Frisco Doll is now wanted for murder. En route she is given space in a cabin with a missionary woman, Sister Annie Alden. The woman is on her way to rescue a financially troubled mission in Nome. Sister Annie dies en route. The Frisco Doll, fearing apprehension by the Sheriff, assumes the identity of Sister Annie and dresses her up as a prostitute in a scene later deleted by the censors.
The Frisco Doll decides to keep Sister Annie's promise of rescuing the mission and raises the money through a soul-shaking sermon and song.
Klondike Annie/Rose Carlton/The Frisco doll knows she needs to turn herself in and prove her innocence because it was self-defense. Steaming back to San Francisco she falls in love with the Captain of the boat, Bull Brackett. "Bull, ya ain't no oil paintin', but ya are a fascinatin' monster".
This film caused a rift between West and William Randolph Hearst, who decided never to print West's name in any of his newspapers. The reason given was the racy material of the film and West's sexual persona in a religious setting. This may seem hypocritical due to his extramarital affair with actress Marion Davies. West was quoted as saying "I may have invited censorship into Hollywood, but I also saved the industry and Paramount."
The songs were composed by Gene Austin, who also appeared in the film.
Production began on September 16, 1935 and concluded in December of that year. Klondike Annie was released February 21, 1936 at a production cost of $1,000,000. As usual with West's films, scenes were deleted to make this film presentable in most markets. Eight minutes of the film were deleted. The footage is presumably lost forever. In this lost footage is the scene in which The Frisco Doll stabs Chan Lo when he was going to stab her instead. The other lost scene is when The Frisco Doll switched identities with Sister Annie and dressed Sister Annie up as a prostitute. The veiled connection of Sister Annie and The Salvation Army made this scene inappropriate to the censors but its deletion made the final print of the film appear choppy.
The State of Georgia went so far as to ban this film outright.
Synopsis
Dans le Chinatown de San Francisco, Rose Carleton, surnommée "Frisco Doll", travaille comme chanteuse dans la maison de jeux de Chan Lo. Rose rencontre son ami Vance Palmer qui l'informe qu'il a secrètement arrangé son passage sur un bateau à destination de Nome, en Alaska, où elle espère tirer profit de la ruée vers l'or. Vance lui donne un baiser d'adieu, ce qui augmente la jalousie de Chan Lo. Cette même nuit, Rose tue Chan Lo en légitime défense, et elle embarque avec son jeune serviteur Fah Wong à bord du Java Maid. Son capitaine, Bull Brackett, tombe amoureux de Rose et lui donne sa cabine. Il accepte de débarquer Fah Wong à Seattle, et il y apprend que Rose est recherchée pour le meurtre de Chan Lo. Sœur Annie Alden, qui a embarqué à Seattle, est outrée par la moralité de Rose, mais lorsqu'Annie tombe malade, c'est Rose qui la soigne, impressionnée par la nature charitable de la jeune femme. Annie meurt au moment où l'inspecteur Jack Forrest embarque avec l'intention d'arrêter Rose. Celle-ci se fait alors passer pour Annie et elle arrive à convaincre avec l'aide de Bull que la morte est bien "Frisco Doll". Arrivés en Alaska, Rose et Jack commencent à s'apprécier mais un jour il entend une conversation entre elle et Bull qui lui fait comprendre la situation réelle.Actors
Victor McLaglen
(Bull Brackett)
Mae West
(Rose Carlton / Annie Alden)
Phillip Reed
(Jack Forrest)
Helen Jerome Eddy
(Sister Annie Alden)
Harry Beresford
(Brother Bowser)
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