Marty (1954)
by Delbert Mann
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Actor: Augusta Ciolli, Betsy Blair, Ernest Borgnine, Esther Minciotti, Joe MantellDirector: Delbert Mann
Cinematographer: Joseph LaShelle
Producer: Burt Lancaster
Producer: Harold Hecht
Producer: Paddy Chayefsky
Writer: Paddy Chayefsky
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Marty (1954)
DVD Review: Great classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great classic movie to watch. Ernest Borgnine and the entire cast were fabulous. A must see! They don't make movies like this anymore.DVD Review: Betsy Blair Was No `Dog'
Summary: 4 Stars
Two things were puzzling to me about this film: 1 - Why Betsy Blair's looks were constantly insulted in this film; 2 - How it won Best Picture Of the Year. Don't misunderstand: I like this movie.
Blair was a good actress and very appealing. The fact she is described as a "dog" in this movie is ridiculous. The truth is, she was a very pretty (yes, in a plain way), wholesomely attractive woman. Hey, a lot of men, including me, would love to have a "dog" like that next to us.
Outside of that unfair description, the movie is filled with believable characters in a story that makes you reflect. Ernest Borgnine does very well in his touching role. His looks fit the part in here perfectly.
Was it worthy of the Academy's "Picture Of the Year?" Well, that's very debatable, but it's a pleasant enough film and the kind, frankly, I wish I would see more often. I'm glad I kept my VHS because of all the bad things I've read here about the DVD.
DVD Review: Life in the Big City
Summary: 5 Stars
The film begins on a busy city street. People walk around wearing the casual dress of the day. The meat prices date this film. The conversation tells about their culture. Marty should be ashamed, all his younger brothers and sisters are married with children. No one seems worried about jobs or tuition costs. What to do on a Saturday night? "What do you feel like doing tonight?" [Could the movies of that time tell what those boys wanted to do?] Unmarried children lived at home until marriage. People mostly walked in those days. People had problems with in-laws. [Has that changed?] Where can a bachelor meet girls? [No mention of churches or relatives to make matches.] A butcher could own his own store, no problems with large corporations. [Ever see a skinny butcher?]
The Starlight Ballroom is a place to meet prospective spouses, not one-night stands. [What about local neighborhoods? In some places people find mates in high schools.] Do their conversations seem real or comic? Do appearances count more than character? Then or now, a mother-in-law can be a problem for a young couple. Caterina's speech tells about her personality. "These are the worst days of my life." There's nothing like a cheerful personality in a home. Marty's voluble speech betrays his nervousness, and his pleasure. An elevated train runs in the background. People are afraid of being lonely, away from familiar surroundings. Note the cobblestone pavement.
Marty discussed his plans with Clara. "Go ahead and buy the butcher shop." Marty has plans to meet the competition from chain stores. Angie searches for Marty. "That's a sad story." Is Marty the kindest man Carla ever met? What about New Year's Eve? Does what they teach in the university work in the real world? Carla tells her parents about her decision. Catarina's departure results in problems for Tommy and Virginia. [There is humor in the conversations.] The boys talk about Mickey Spillane's novels as if they were real life. There is more humor in their conversations. People watch Ed Sullivan on Sunday night. Then Marty decides to take action in his own best interest, and not listen to the advice from strangers. The ending is open ended, as if to provide for a sequel or a TV series. But it never happened. The film mentions relatives who have moved away, but not their replacements.
This low-budget movie was a surprise hit. It dealt with the world of the average person and did not smirk or patronize. This was a change from the politics of the time that avoided films about ordinary Americans. But no film dealt with the life of people in rural America.
DVD Review: Marty Lover
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie and the DVD and the packaging were in excellent condition. I will have many enjoyable moments. Thanks!!DVD Review: My Favorite Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. I sent it to my son-in-law, because lately he has been thinking that it would be fun to be single. It's a great study of emotion, love, Italian/American culture, and working class New Yorkers. Great acting.
Description of Marty (1954)
Americaand the worldfell in love with Marty, the first film to win* both the Best Picture Oscar?(r) and the Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm. Nominated** for a total of eight Academy Awards?(r), this timeless classic is rich in laughs and tearsa masterpiece of warm-hearted storytelling (The Hollywood Reporter). I ve been looking for a girl every Saturday night of my life, says Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine). Yet, despite all his efforts, this 34-year-old Bronx butcher remains as shy and uncomfortable around women today as on the day he was born. So when he meets Clara (Betsy Blair), a lonely schoolteacher who's just as smitten with himas he is with her, Marty's on top of the world. But not everyone around him shares Marty's joy. Andwhen his friends and family continually find fault with Clara, even Marty begins to question his newfound love until he discovers, in an extraordinary way, the strength and courage to follow his heart. *1955 **1955: Best Picture (won), Actor (Borgnine, won), Director (won), Supporting Actor (Joe Mantell), Supporting Actress (Blair), Screenplay (won), B&W Cinematography, Art Direction/Set Decoration (B&W)Originally broadcast as a 50-minute drama on Philco Television Playhouse in 1953, Marty ensured Paddy Chayefsky's status as one of the greatest writers of television's golden age. When Chayefsky, director Delbert Mann, and actor Ernest Borgnine reunited for this 90-minute film version, the play had been polished with extra scenes, further perfecting Chayefsky's timeless study of loneliness and heartbreak. And the film, in which Borgnine excels as the single, 35-year-old "fat and ugly" butcher Marty Pilletti, received well-deserved Oscars? for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Screenplay. Although Chayefsky's central theme is the pain of being unwanted (as felt by Marty himself as well as his elderly Aunt Catherine, who's become a burden to her married daughter), the film is never somber or depressing, and achieves a rare quality of honesty, humor, and hopefulness without resorting to artifice or sentiment.
Marty's just about given up on love when he meets plain-looking Clara (Betsy Blair), a 29-year-old teacher who's endured similar cycles of rejection. Much of Marty explores the simple decency of these characters, their admirable qualities and mutual connection, and the slow escalation of self-esteem that will hold them together. Marty is a supremely compassionate film, but it's also an entertaining one, trimmed (like a good butcher's meat) of any dramatic fat. And although Blair (who earned an Oscar nomination) is superb in her role, it's worth noting that she's more conventionally "attractive" than Nancy Marchand (late of The Sopranos), who played Clara with arguably greater authenticity in the original 1953 telecast. --Jeff Shannon
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