1935 Directed by Frank Lloyd
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan Dudley Digges Donald Crisp Henry Stephenson Francis Lister Spring Byington Movita Mamo Clark Byron Russell Percy Waram David Torrence John Harrington Douglas Walton Ian Wolfe DeWitt Jennings Ivan F. Simpson Vernon Downing Bill Bambridge Marion Clayton Anderson Stanley Fields Wallis Clark Crauford Kent Pat Flaherty Alec Craig Charles Irwin Show All…
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Despite some historical inaccuracies and even with Charles Laughton hilariously scowling to the point of looking like fuckin’ Droopy, this is the exact type of movie you’d expect to have won Best Picture in 1935.
Based on a novel of the same name, Mutiny on the Bounty depicts the real life mutiny of the crew of the Bounty, an English merchant vessel on a two-year voyage in the late 18th century, against its ruthless asshole captain, William Bligh. Through an awkwardly paced pseudo-montage, we witness Bligh’s cruelties committed against his own men, including the act of flogging a man to death (and then past it) just to make a statement. The mutiny, then, is well deserved, as the crew rallies around the reluctantly…
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Ahoy matey, get ready to meet one of the biggest ass holes to ever sail the Seven Seas ... it was not a question of if they would rise up against him, but when!
"I don't try to justify his crime, his mutiny, but I condemn the tyranny that drove him to it."
Wow, Mutiny on the Bounty is a fantastic classic tall ship adventure, and Clark Gable is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. In the story, the cruel Captain Bligh leads his officers and a crew of men forced into the British Navy on a voyage across the ocean to Tahiti.
Instead of encouraging the men,…
Funny how Clark Gable was in two best picture winners back to back!
This was pretty ok. While I may not have liked the way the characters were written or presented, I certainly loved the direction. Frank Lloyd did a brilliant job with this and thought all the choices made with the directing were excellent. I loved the way the sound design was crafted, the way the shots were composed, and the tone of the movie. The score is also really good. I wish I was more interested in these characters because we’re with them a lot, and I found them to be quite one-dimensional. You know I love character development in movies, and I wish this had a tad more.
It makes complete sense as to why it won the golden statue, it’s a thing of its time. It works, it’s brilliant technically if a bit lacking in terms of the characters.
Undoubtedly the most favourable cinematic version of the all too familiar Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel which features all the traditional hallmarks of a considerable budgeted MGM production of the time.
The adaptation keeps pace with Charles Laughton’s take on the authoritarian Captain Bligh, who takes a partially press-ganged crew on a two-year expedition on the HMS Bounty to the island of Tahiti with increasing animosity growing between Bligh and ship's lieutenant Fletcher Christian, portrayed by Clark Gable, over the captain's oppressive techniques.
Director Frank Lloyd and the screenplay by Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman and Carey Wilson is vastly more enthusiastic in compiling and submitting a terrific story over the pacific ocean than becoming weighted down by historical accuracy,…
Adventure in high-waisted pants on the high seas! (This movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.)
This whole story seems like a "you had to be there" story that only your drunk uncle finds amusing.
I lowkey dreaded getting to this thinking it would feel irrelevant/outdated and not be my thing, but nope this is a certified classic. It’s a timeless tale on tyranny that is universally felt while also providing an immersive adventure across the seas. Although there’s numerous historical inaccuracies, the screenplay is written eloquently and becomes riveting to follow along despite the technical jargon and fast-paced dialect. The set design is striking with realism and professionally produced. When it comes to the two main characters, the shifting balance in morality and authority is a stirring drama with Captain Bligh as the cold evil and Fletcher Christian as the compassionate hero — still keeping you invested in their inner motives, as the shades of grey lie more evident approaching the various obstacles which challenge them.
**Part of the Best Picture Project**
Man, Charles Laughton truly was one of the best actors. I've seen him go from King Henry, to Javert, and now to Captain Bligh, one of the greatest villains of all time. This film is just a pure classic and an amazing production. Like a good ship, it may show its age, but boy does it still sail like its brand new.
Mutiny on the Bounty is a large scale production, made when Hollywood was expanding into bigger and more epic stories. Set across years and across the oceans, Mutiny on the Bounty presents a grim life at sea, one of sadists dishing out harsh punishments to those below them in the hierarchy. The eventual mutiny is therefore an act of justice. The film also contrasts the barbarity of modern civilisation with the utopian harmony of the natives of Tahiti. This trope, of exotic cultures being idyllic and advanced, is something common in this type of cinema as well as later arthouse works such as The Thin Red Line and it always seems a little unnuanced, especially in this film. What Mutiny…
Now this is more like it. Frank Lloyd's 1935 version of this often revisited classic tale is tighter, more interesting and infinitely more convincing than the technicolour epic.
Charles Laughton alone is enough to make this the superior version, there's no doubt in my mind now that he is among the very greatest screen actors of all time, every character he portrays is completely engulfed by his towering screen presence. Trevor Howard was very good as Bligh in the remake but cannot hold a candle to Laughton's intimidating personification of evil, yet he is still able to get to very core of his character and somehow, as if by some miracle is able to elicit empathy from the audience for…
8/10
Charles Laughton and Clark Gable are absolutely incredible in this. Especially Laughton who is villainous in the worst way, because he thinks he is right.
The story is extremely interesting even though there are a lot of inaccuracies. However, I think if historical films as a romanticized version, so it’s alright with me.
The film feels a little long at parts but the main part at sea and on the island of Tahiti are incredible. I was expecting it to look more like a stage, but it seems they filmed it out in the water. Pretty uncommon for the time.
This is certainly a classic and worth its Oscar win. I highly recommend.
"When you're back in England with the fleet again, you'll hear the hue and cry against me. From now on they'll spell mutiny with my name!""
Women Film Editors #78: Margaret Booth
Reading about the legendary MGM editor and editing supervisor Margaret Booth (1898-2002) has been fascinating. Her career began in the mid-1910s, when she was mentored by D.W. Griffith in (according to her Guardian obituary) the skills of "parallel cutting, building and controlling the emotional tempo of the film, using a series of shots from different angles and distances," though further study of German films made in the 1920s taught her about "smoother editing for continuity," an awareness that served Booth well as she went on to edit numerous…
