None But the Lonely Heart Page #3

Synopsis: A sickly English woman runs a store by herself, while her irresponsible son travels aimlessly, refusing to contact her. When told that his mother has cancer, the young man comes home, reforms himself, and helps his mom run the shop. Soon however, each becomes involved in illegal activities.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Clifford Odets
Production: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
PASSED
Year:
1944
113 min
151 Views


"As i was out walking,

"i saw in the distance

what seemed an animal.

"Come up closer

and see it was a man.

Come still closer and

see it was my brother."

Tired?

Mm-hmm.

Quiet as mice,

ain't we?

What you looking at?

Tell us.

Tired, ain't you?

Always tired.

My feet's

just about wore off.

Let's go. Nice strong

cup of tea for two.

What's the dog

doing here?

I don't go out

with dogs, you know.

All right. I'll drop him off on the way.

Come on.

Kissing you like that-

the first meeting.

I never done a thing

like that before

in my whole life.

Lucky me.

Lucky you.

Well, now.

Five red beetles on

the end of your fingers.

G sharp-

the pitch of that.

Perfect pitch,

that's me. G sharp.

Not one in a million

has that.

Very unusual person,

didn't you know?

Are you?

Yes, and all i want

to do is hold you

and murder anyone

who'd say a word to you.

Interesting program,

but what's it get me?

Only trouble.

Why don't you

put that hat on?

I don't want

to spoil me hair.

Meeting someone?

It's late,

later than i thought.

Time is not of the essence with me.

No place to go and going there tomorrow.

I don't pretend to know

what that means.

Fight like cats

with ma.

Told her off today,

so it's the end.

She don't know they milk

the cow that stands still.

Wants me in that silly business of hers,

squeezing pennies

out of paupers.

No, thank you.

You mean you're leaving

london in the morning?

Can't think of any reason

not to, can you?

Inviting me in?

No. My aunt and uncle's

asleep in the back.

I'd like to smash you

one with this.

Why?

I feel like i know you

a whole lifetime.

Do you want

to see me cry?

No.

Then say good-bye

and go away.

No sense in this. You're

leaving in the morning.

Just wasting our time, that's all.

You're a stranger.

We meet.

Suddenly

- have you ever been in love?

You make me feel

12 years old again.

I don't know why.

You're the only man

i've met in years

who gives me

any feeling.

Say good-bye.

That's the end.

I'll drop by

the funfair tomorrow.

Don't.

Good night, ada.

Good-bye, ern boy.

In the end, you wouldn't

give me what i need.

Confidence-that's

what a woman needs.

Confidence?

Yes.

Good thing then

you won't see me again.

No future in me

for anyone like you.

No confidence.

Good night, ada.

Good night.

No question,

mrs. Mott.

It's worth every penny

you ask, irregardless.

I'll send mr. Lesser

for it this afternoon.

It goes

in my private collection.

I couldn't find

the heart to sell it.

Good enough, ike.

If you can

afford it.

Would your son like

to clean the mechanism?

He's got talent

for such things.

I see your mind is somewhere else today.

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Clifford Odets

Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Odets was widely seen as a successor to Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill as O'Neill began to retire from Broadway's commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash in the mid-1930s. From early 1935 on, Odets' socially relevant dramas proved extremely influential, particularly for the remainder of the Great Depression. Odets' works inspired the next several generations of playwrights, including Arthur Miller, Paddy Chayefsky, Neil Simon, David Mamet, and Jon Robin Baitz. After the production of his play Clash by Night in the 1941–1942 season, Odets focused his energies on film projects, remaining in Hollywood for the next seven years. He began to be eclipsed by such playwrights as Miller, Tennessee Williams and, in 1950, William Inge. Except for his adaptation of Konstantin Simonov's play The Russian People in the 1942–1943 season, Odets did not return to Broadway until 1949, with the premiere of The Big Knife, an allegorical play about Hollywood. At the time of his death in 1963, Odets was serving as both script writer and script supervisor on The Richard Boone Show, born of a plan for televised repertory theater. Though many obituaries lamented his work in Hollywood and considered him someone who had not lived up to his promise, director Elia Kazan understood it differently. "The tragedy of our times in the theatre is the tragedy of Clifford Odets," Kazan began, before defending his late friend against the accusations of failure that had appeared in his obituaries. "His plan, he said, was to . . . come back to New York and get [some new] plays on. They’d be, he assured me, the best plays of his life. . . .Cliff wasn't 'shot.' . . . The mind and talent were alive in the man." more…

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