Hello!?... Are you ready for a vintage, Hollywood movie (circa 1946) whose story (get this!) is a flashback within a flashback within a flashback? (ho-hum!) (And, believe me, with each subsequent flashback you're sure to find your head spinning while you're saying "WTF!?" to yourself about every 5 minutes, or so)
Well, if this flashback business is the sort of movie-scenario that appeals to you, then you need look no further than 1946's The Locket. I swear this one's web of tangled situations requires that you start out with a "connect-up-the dots" map in order to navigate yourself sanely through its multi-layered stratum.
I also warn you - Do not take The Locket's dead-serious story at face value. Viewed 70 years later, this film is packed with all sorts of unintentional humour. And for me, this accidental irony was its only real "highlight", 'cause without it this movie was just a ludicrous mess of Hollywood gibberish from start to finish.
Anyway - Another reason why I so generously gave The Locket its 5-star rating has to do with actor Robert Mitchum being in the cast.
As Norman Clyde, the "soon-to-be-successful", NYC artist, Mitchum (28 at the time) was acceptably adequate in his part. But, with that said, I guarantee you will not believe how his character exits the story. (Hey! I won't spoil that moment for you. I think you really need to see it for yourself. But believe me - It's a dilly!!)
Well, if this flashback business is the sort of movie-scenario that appeals to you, then you need look no further than 1946's The Locket. I swear this one's web of tangled situations requires that you start out with a "connect-up-the dots" map in order to navigate yourself sanely through its multi-layered stratum.
I also warn you - Do not take The Locket's dead-serious story at face value. Viewed 70 years later, this film is packed with all sorts of unintentional humour. And for me, this accidental irony was its only real "highlight", 'cause without it this movie was just a ludicrous mess of Hollywood gibberish from start to finish.
Anyway - Another reason why I so generously gave The Locket its 5-star rating has to do with actor Robert Mitchum being in the cast.
As Norman Clyde, the "soon-to-be-successful", NYC artist, Mitchum (28 at the time) was acceptably adequate in his part. But, with that said, I guarantee you will not believe how his character exits the story. (Hey! I won't spoil that moment for you. I think you really need to see it for yourself. But believe me - It's a dilly!!)