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The Criterion collection is adding both the 1935 and 1954 versions of Sparkling Obsession to its list of classics getting the deluxe treatment. Thus you are not only getting the Wyman/Hudson version of this film, but also the 1935 Irene Dunne/Robert Taylor version which has never been released either on DVD or VHS. Both were Universal properties, but the last time I saw the 1935 version it was so black I wasn’t distinct it could be salvaged to the point we would ever discover it on DVD. I was happily snide.

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The center of the fable is Robert Merrick ( Hudson in 1954, Robert Taylor in 1935) . He is a well-to-do playboy that has a boating accident at the same time that Dr. Hudson has a coronary. There is one fragment of life-saving equipment available in the spot, and it winds up saving Merrick’s life. Hudson’s family and the entire community can’t serve but be a small bit resentful that such a seemingly useless young man, whose accident was due to his gain recklessness, has been spared at the expense of the beloved Dr. Hudson. This causes Merrick to commence to believe on life and as a result he is told by Edward Randolph about Hudson’s “fair obsession” - doing sterling with microscopic fanfare and getting paid help many times over. Unfortunately, Merrick doesn’t quite understand. He thinks of this process as a vending machine. He puts in a quarter ( a well-behaved work), presses a button and then says “gimme”. However, Merrick is the indirect cause of a second tragedy that finally does effect his life on the moral path over a period of years.

In spite of the dreadful film quality, I consider I preferred the 1935 version to the one from the 50’s although I loved them both. The 30’s version focuses more on Merrick’s inner turmoil and transition while the 50’s version is more of a melodrama and cherish sage. The best thing about the 50’s version - the chemistry between Wyman and Hudson. You would never judge such a thing would work unless you saw it yourself, but it does. Also, there is Otto Kruger as Edward Randolph, the man who helps save Merrick on the honest track. In the 30’s Kruger could play some really hardened character, but here he is as gentle as Santa Claus. It’s quite a tribute to his acting skills - I believe he was always underrated.

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The extra features are:

Audio commentary featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty

Douglas Sirk: From UFA to Hollywood (1991) : a rare 80-minute documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt in which Sirk reflects upon his career.

Video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, paying tribute to Sirk.

Theatrical trailer .

PLUS: A booklet featuring a novel essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien.

While there may be some elements that are slightly amazing (the widow doesn’t behold immediately the hiss of the man who blinded her and whose carelessness resulted in her husband’s death even though she’d met him before? When she finds out, she actually not only forgives him his deception but falls in cherish with him? ) this is nevertheless a gorgeous, romantic, lush production of an equally shapely original. Many boast about Rock Hudson’s performance and it is advantageous. His transformation from a selfish, defective millionaire’s son to a caring neurologist who woos and wins Jane Wyman’s character is totally believable. But, to me, it is Jane Wyman who steals the present as the afflicted, blinded widow Helen Phillips. She is totally believable as a newly blinded woman who somehow comes to terms with the fact that she probably will never peruse again. And the supporting cast, especially Otto Kruger as the philosophical artist is also valid. And, speaking of philosophy, the book on which this movie is based has a distinct, distinguished message which comes through loud and distinct without hammering us in the head or preaching at the viewer. The message is not lost in translation to the conceal although that often happens when a book is made into a movie. These elements, combined with the spectacular color, lush music and glowing scenery wait on to get “Heavenly Obsession” a typical, astonishing, stale 3-hankie “woman’s recount.” It’s nearly 50 years aged but it’s collected a sterling rainy-day relate that will uplift and delight any woman who views it.
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