Chiremba X, iyo 1932 firimu naMichael Curtiz, chikamu chegore rino TCM Firimu Mutambo. Kupinda kwehusiku-kupinda muchirongwa chemutambo kuchatamba na1: 30 am ET neChishanu Chivabvu 7, 2021.

Seta uchipesana nehure hweyunivhesiti yepamusoro yezvokurapa, iyo firimu yakavakirwa pamutambo une zita Zvinotyisa, iyo yakatanga gore risati raburitswa nefirimu uye inosanganisira dzakateedzana dzekuuraya vanhu. Kana mutori wenhau (Lee Tracy) akawana mhepo yekuti mumwe mapurofesa ekoreji angave ari shure kwekuuraya, iye achamira pasina kuti atore nyaya yepepa rake kunyangwe kana ichimuisa munjodzi, futi.

Tracey akabatanidzwa mukukanda naFay Wray (King Kong, Lionel Atwill (Kaputeni Ropa), uye Preston Foster (Mazuva Ekupedzisira ePompeii).

Yakanga iri nguva inonakidza yekugadzira mafirimu. Iko kushushikana kwainge kwarova indasitiri yemafirimu- sevamwe hupfumi - zvakaoma. Inofungidzirwa chetatu chemitambo yakavharwa, uye mazhinji akatendeukira kune zvinyengeri mukuyedza kuchengetedza mikova yavo kuvhurika. Studios senge Warner Bros., MGM, uye Universal yakashandura kuita zvinotyisa mafirimu kuunza vateereri. Rombo rakanaka kwavari, fomula yakashanda, uye ndipo panotaura Alan K. Rode, director Michael Curtiz vakapinda mumufananidzo.

Rode akanyora chaizvo bhuku iri kumutungamiriri uyo aigona kutungamira angangoita mazana maviri emafirimu asati afa. Iyo yakazara 200+ peji biography, Michael Curtiz: Hupenyu muMifananidzo, yakatanga nekomisheni uye nezano kubva kushamwari sezvo iHorror yakawanikwa patakagara pasi nemunyori wenhoroondo kuti tikurukure nezve firimu nemutungamiriri waro pamberi pemutambo wemafirimu.

"Ndakakumbirwa kunyora bhuku pamusoro pemutungamiriri neUniversity Press yeKentucky," Rode akatsanangura. “Ndinofarira kurima munda mutsva. Handifunge kuti nyika inoda rimwe bhuku nezvaJoan Crawford, semuenzaniso, saka ini handisi kuzonyora. Ini ndaive nevaviri vanhu mupfungwa. Ipapo shamwari yangu, mushakabvu Richard Erdman, akati, 'Unoziva Mike andiwana. Akanditsvaga ndichibva kuchikoro chesekondari. Unofanira kunyora nezvaMike Curtiz. '”

Uye, ndizvo chaizvo zvakaitwa naRode. Icho chaifanirwa kuve chirongwa chemakore maviri chakava makore matanhatu ekutsvagisa, kufamba, uye kunyora kugadzira ari bhuku pamusoro paMichael Curtiz. Nomuzvarirwo, apo TCM yakafunga kuronga Chiremba X kumutambo wayo gore rino, vakadaidza Rode kuti vatore chikamu.

Saka sei murume uyo anozopedzisira achitungamira mafirimu akaita Casablanca uye Mildred Pierce unobatanidzwa nefirimu inotyisa?

Sezvingatarisirwa, nekuda kwenguva, yakawanda yacho yanga iine chekuita neiyo studio system. Rode anonongedza kuti Curtiz aive pasi pechibvumirano neWarners kubva muna 1926 kusvika 1953. Munguva iyo ma studio akatonga zvakanyanya ndokutiza nezvinhu zvakawanda zvisina hunhu, chibvumirano chekutanga chaCurtiz chakaverenga kuti "chero chinhu chaakaita kana kufunga nezvacho" achiri muchibvumirano naWarner Bros. vaive ve studio.

"Ini handikwanise kufunga nezve kumwe kumhanya kwemutungamiriri kwaive kwakanangana nemaitiro uye kuburitswa kweimwe studio," akadaro Rode. “Asi, panguva iyi, anga achiri kutsvaga kuti azviwane. Kufananidza kwandinoshandisa mubhuku rangu ndekwekuti aive foromani mukuru mufekitori yemamuvhi. Akanga ari mukomana akakosha asi ivo vaive nevamwe vazhinji vatungamiriri vakakosha panguva iyoyo. Aiita zvese zvavaimuudza kuti aite. Izvi ndizvo zvaaive ari. ”

Izvo zvavakaudza Curtiz kuti aite mumakore ekutanga makumi matatu kuita firimu rinotyisa. Jack Warner aive nechibvumirano chekusungirwa kuzadzikisa neTechnicolor, uye Project X neayo "smart aleck vatori venhau, vapepeti vakaomarara, mapurisa anga akangoita senge akangwara semabhodhoro emabhodhoro, naFay Wray" akasungirirwa kunyaya yemumwe anouraya anodya anokodzera bhiri iri.

Semamwe mapurojekiti ake, Curtiz akazvikanda zvachose muchirongwa ichi kuti agadzire akanakisa emufirimu.

"Akaedza kuteedzera kwese kwounyanzvi kuti firimu riite sezvaanogona," akadaro. "Ehe, izvo zvakamuisa kumashure kwemaitiro akaomarara uye mabhajeti akaomarara. Saka, mune iyo nyaya ye Chiremba X, pane imwe nguva, ndinofunga akashanda vashandi kwemaawa akasimba makumi maviri nemana nemusi weSvondo. Vakadonha vese. ”

Iyo inopisa-inopisa, yakajeka Technicolor kuvhenekera muchirongwa haina kubatsira Curtiz futi. Pane imwe nguva, nyeredzi yemufirimu, Lionel Atwill, akapa bvunzurudzo maakataura nezve jasi rake rejasi kamwe kamwe achitanga kuputa sekunge anga agadzirira kutsva. Munguva yekutora mafirimu, vatambi vaiwanzo kumhanya vakagadzwa nekukurumidza panodaidzwa director kuti "cheka."

Zvakadaro, kune vateveri ve genre, iyo firimu inozvirumbidza yekutanga kwaFay Wray screen rakapopota gore rapfuura King Kong, uye izere neinoshamisa huwandu hwekunetsekana, nekutenda zvakanyanya kubasa raCurtiz kamera uye kutarisisa kune zvakadzama kunyanya mune chimwe chiitiko chakakosha murabhoritari yaXavier.

Mukuedza kuburitsa mhondi, chiremba anosunga vamwe vake kuzvigaro uye anovamanikidza kuti vaone kuratidzwazve kweimwe mhosva dzeMuponda weMwedzi mukuyedza kuyera kwavo kwepanyama uye kwepamoyo. Mamiriro acho ezvinhu muenzaniso unoshamisa wekusimbisa kusagadzikana.

Uye kana makamera akange akakurisa kuti aende zvakanyanya, Curtiz aifambisa vatambi pachinzvimbo. Yakapa mafirimu ake simba iro rakavatakura kubva pane chimwe chiitiko kuenda pane chinotevera uye nekuchengeta vateereri vake kumucheto kwezvigaro zvavo.

Unogona kuona basa raCurtiz mu Chiremba X uno weChishanu, Chivabvu 7, 2021 na1: 30 AM ET sechikamu cheTCM Film Festival izere neiyo pfupi firimu yakanyorwa naAlan K. Rode achitaura nezve mafirimu anotyisa aMichael Curtiz mukutanga kwema1930.