Title: Give Credt to Jacques Tourneur
Review: Ronald Colman is Sydney Carton a London barrister. One man gives up his life so that another man may live during these turbulent times in France. However, the backdrop of this story takes center stage. The images of the Reign of Terror are haunting. This can be credited to Jacques Tourneur (director of CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, OUT OF THE PAST, CURSE OF THE DEMON and WAR GODS OF THE DEEP) who worked on the Revolution sequences even though full directorial credit is given to Jack Conway. Jacques Tourneur was in fact hired by Producer David O. Selznick as production supervisor for these scenes. Mammoth sets of the Bastille were constructed as well as surrounding Parisian structures. Jacques Tourneur directed the frenetic scenes when the Bastille was stormed utilizing thousands of extras in an impressive but eerily emotional view of human suffering and loss of life. This is unforgettable and impressionable filmmaking.
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