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| O. Henry's Full House (1952-NR) |
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T H E P L O T
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John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from
his New York Period (1902 - 1910) in this anthology film.
"O. Henry's Full House" is a film divided into five segments telling five
tales from the beginning of the Twentieth Century.
"The Cop and the Anthem" (17:55)
Winter is coming and the homeless drifter, Soapy, wants to go to jail for
three months to get shelter and food. His partner, Horace, suggests they look
for shelter with the Salvation Army, but Soapy refuses. He forces many situ-
ations to be arrested but he is always forgiven. When he goes to the church,
there is a miracle and Soapy decides to seek a job position. Will he succeed?
"The Clarion Call" (22:12)
When a thief kills a man, the police investigators do not have any leads to
follow. Police Sergeant Barney Woods sees a pen that was found at the crime
scene and he seeks out a man named Johnny Kernan. He finds Johnny, who
invites him to drink with him and they go to his hotel room. Johnny recalls
their youth, when they were friends but Barney tells him that he must arrest
him since he recognized the pen that belonged to Johnny. However the criminal
recalls that Barney owes him $1,000 that Barney lost in a card game. Barney
unsuccessfully tries to raise the money to quit the debt. He decides to tell
the Chief of Police but out of the blue, he sees the spotlight on "The Clarion
Call" and runs to the newspaper. What did he see?
"The Last Leaf" (23:55)
When the lover of the 21-year-old Joanna Goodwin breaks up with her, she wan-
ders in the snow and catches pneumonia. Her older sister, Susan Goodwin,
finds that Joanna does not want to live anymore and is following the leaves
that keep falling from a tree. Their upstairs neighbor, the painter, Behrman,
tries to help the girls the best he can. Will he be able to save Joanna?
"The Ransom of Red Chief" (26:12)
Two con men, Samuel 'Slick Sam' Brown and William 'Weeping Willie' Smith, flee
to the countryside in their car and plot to kidnap a young boy, J.B. Dorset,
and ask for ransom from his parents. But soon they find that the boy is a
little devil.
"The Gift of the Magi" (21:27)
On Christmas Eve, Della and her beloved husband, Jim, are penniless and in
love with each other. Jim dreams of giving a tiara to Della since she has
such beautiful hair and Della wants to give Jim a chain to hang his pocket
watch from. On Christmas night, they find a way to buy each other the
gifts...
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T H E B O Y S
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Lee Aaker (as J.B. Dorset aka "Red Chief")
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007342/
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Type ...............: MPEG (.MPG/.MPEG/.VOB)
Filesize ...........: 7,551,315,968 bytes
Running Time .......: Whole 'Movie' 1:57:29
"The Ransom of Red Chief" Segment: 26:39
Video Info
Video Codec ........: MPEG-2
Resolution (DAR) ...: 720 x 540 (AR: 1.333:1)
FPS ................: 29.970
Video Bitrate ......: 4621 kb/s
Bits per Pixel .....: 0.446 bpp
Standard ...........: NTSC
Audio Info
Audio Codec ........: AC3
Audio Bitrate ......: 192 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR
Sample Rate ........: 48000 Hz
Language ...........: English
Subtitles ..........: English, Spanish, English Closed-Captions
IMDb ...............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044981/
Source .............: Untouched 20th Century Fox NTSC DVD9
Quality (1-5) ......: 5
Origin .............: Zaphod Bought
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T H E E X T R A S
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Commentary Track with O. Henry Scholar Jenny Lind Porter, Ph.D.
The Life and Writing of O. Henry (18:42)
The O. Henry Museum (5:23)
Original Exhibitor's Campaign Book
Still Gallery
Restoration Comparison (2:23)
Other O. Henry Short Stories on Film: Two Silent Treasures from 1927
"Girls" (16:15)
"A Man About Town" (17:44)
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T H E N O T E S
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I have watched this version of the tale of Johnny 'Red Chief' Dorset a total
of six times. Believe me, though, I consider each viewing to be 26 minutes
well spent, as Lee Aaker is a pure joy to gaze upon, and he does such a marv-
elous job in this role :)
The segment we're interested in doesn't occur until the 1:08:20 mark, but
perhaps you'll enjoy some of the other segments as well.
Although I would have categorized this under 'Short Films,' because there are
five separate, distinct stories, this presentation is actually one continuous
'Movie,' broken up into the five stories with an introduction to each from
John Steinbeck.
You might remember him for a little-known book he wrote entitled
"The Red Pony" ;-)
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