Kings Row (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Sam Wood |
| Producer(s) | David Lewis (associate), Hal B. Wallis (executive) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Mystery, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Turn of the Century |
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Kings Row (1942) was a Drama - Mystery Film directed by Sam Wood and produced by Hal B. Wallis and David Lewis.
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | James Wong Howe | Nominated |
| Best Director | Sam Wood | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Warner Bros. | Nominated |
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Kings Row (1942)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 4, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsKings Row is apparently a good place to live. The billboard in town says as much. It’s the goings-on in?the community?that tells a different story — providing?a?conflicting more subversive view of small-town America. The story starts out with 5 children. It feels like we hardly get to kn... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: KINGS ROW (1942)
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 28, 2017 From Virtual ViragoMixed reviews are often the hardest ones to write, and I have mixed feelings about Kings Row (1942), the Sam Wood drama adapted from the controversial novel by Henry Bellamann. I think, ultimately, the film is useful as an example of the ways the Hays Code could undermine the purpose of an artistic ... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: KINGS ROW (1942)
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 28, 2017 From Virtual ViragoMixed reviews are often the hardest ones to write, and I have mixed feelings about Kings Row (1942), the Sam Wood drama adapted from the controversial novel by Henry Bellamann. I think, ultimately, the film is useful as an example of the ways the Hays Code could undermine the purpose of an artistic ... Read full article
Kings Row (1942)
By Beatrice on Aug 21, 2014 From Flickers in TimeKing’s Row Directed by Sam Wood Written by Casey Robinson from the novel by Henry Bellamann 1942/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental Ronald Reagan is the best thing about this film. ?It’s another highly-rated drama that I wish I liked more that I do. The story takes place in ... Read full article
Kings Row (1942)
By Angela on Mar 23, 2011 From Hollywood RevueBack at the turn of the last century, Kings Row was thought to be a picture-perfect small town.? But just like Peyton Place and Twin Peaks, Kings Row has got a very dark side.? The movie begins in 1890 when all the main characters are just children.? Parris Mitchell (Robert Cummings) and Drake McHug... Read full article
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Quotes from Kings Row
Drake McHugh, as a boy: [to Parris, as Dr. Gordon operates on a friend's father] Let's get out of here! I never heard a grown man scream and holler like this before, did you?
Madame Marie von Eln: Don't cry, Anna, for me. It will be worse for him. My troubles are almost over and his are just beginning. Growing up is so difficult, Anna. The disappointments and the heartbreaks, the frightening problems, the menaces and cruelties of the world. How often have I wished that his mother will live or his father, or that I were his mother! It isn't fair that a young boy should be brought up by an old woman who will leave him when he needs her most.
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Facts about Kings Row
The city depicted in the film is based on the actual Mid-Missouri town of Fulton, book writer Henry Bellamann's home.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold had written the scores for a number of important movies for Warners, including The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Korngold was told he was to write a score for a new picture, 'Kings Row'. According to Brendan Carroll in his biography of Korngold, the composer, thinking this was another royal story, set about writing the celebrated fanfare theme of the picture. Despite the wrong assumption, Korngold decided to keep and develop the theme into what has become a classic score.
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