Jane Arden Movies
- 1980
Anti-Clock is so pretentious a chunk of "personal statement" that one is amazed that it was filmed in 1980 and not 1970. Sebastianne Saville stars as a young fellow who reacts to the modern, atom-dominated society by withdrawing from it. He "makes peace" with the threat of nuclear holocaust by wandering aimlessly about, refusing to be bound by minutes, hours or days. Along the way, Our Hero spouts empty-headed aphorisms which sound like those words of wisdom one finds written on bubble gum wrappers. Apparently this film started as a short-subject collaboration between producer Jack Bond and director Jane Arden, then was expanded into an unwieldy 107 minutes. Anti-Clock could just as well have been titled Anti-Movie. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sebastian Saville, Liz Saville, (more)
- 1972
Group therapy amongst a group of schizophrenic girls provides the focus of this almost surreal drama. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1967
In this drama, a woman begins having a nervous breakdown after her marriage falls apart. Through her visions, real and imaginary scenes involving her husband are presented. She is also seen with her new lover and her psychiatrist. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jane Arden
- 1948
In this crime drama, a trio of gem thieves must get out of London after they kill a man. Friction between the men increases as they hide out on a farm and then get back on the road. One of the three begins suspecting the others of treachery and so kills them. In the end, he ends up killing himself too. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1947
British director Oswald Mitchell never turned out a classic, but he kept working as long as there was a demand for "regional" programmers. Mitchell's The Black Memory revolves around cockney Danny Cruff (Michael Atkinson), the son of a man wrongly accused of murder. Danny decides to solve the mystery himself by hobnobbing with London's underworld. To do this, he poses as a juvenile delinquent. Black Memory was written by John Gilling, who like Oswald Mitchell devoted his career to grinding out profitable potboilers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1926
Based on an original story by the prolific L. V. Jefferson, this minor silent Western featured Colorado cowboy Pete Morrison as a ranch hand falsely accused of robbing the stage. With the assistance of his girlfriend, Barbara Starr, Morrison goes in search of the true culprit, the slick Bruce Gordon. Produced in assembly-line fashion by Universal and directed by veteran comic Milburn Morante, The Escape, like almost all Morrison Westerns, was thoroughly geared to audiences in the hinterlands. Morrison survived the sound revolution but was reduced to playing henchmen. He retired in 1935 to take up ranching near his hometown of Morrison, Colorado. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Starring:
- Pete Morrison, Barbara Starr, (more)
