In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Release date

1950-05-17

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Santana Pictures Corporation

Genre

Drama, Romance, Mystery, Crime

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Nicholas Ray

Actors

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Lord, Humphrey Bogart

Operator

Burnett Guffey

Composer

George Antheil

Artist

Audition

Editing

Viola Lawrence
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• Producer Robert Lord (1900-1976) was unsure if he was doing the right thing by bringing together director Nicholas Ray (1911-1979) and actress Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) on the same project, as they were married at the time. He even made Grahame sign a contract stating: “My husband has the right to control me, to direct me and to manage my actions between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. every day, except on Sundays. I also declare that in all possible situations his opinion will be considered more important than mine and will be decisive.” Grahame was also forbidden to “nag, plead, tease, or use any feminine wiles to distract or influence her husband.”
• Gloria Grahame and Nicholas Ray separated during filming, but did so quietly, telling no one, for fear that one of them would be replaced on set. Throughout the entire shoot, Ray continued to stay overnight on set, claiming he had a lot of work to do, and the divorce from Grahame was indeed successfully kept secret.
• In the original script, Humphrey Bogart’s (1899-1957) character actually kills Gloria Grahame’s heroine in the heat of an argument. When this is discovered, he is shown silently working on the script. When they come for him, he says he had almost finished it. It is claimed that this ending was even filmed, but before anyone could see it, director Nicholas Ray ordered a different ending to be shot because he didn’t like the first one. He didn’t want to believe that violence was the only way out of the situation. Ray kicked everyone off the set, including Lauren Bacall (1924-2014), who had come to visit her husband (she was married to Bogart at the time), and only allowed Bogart, Grahame, and Art Smith (1899-1973), the cinematographer and sound engineer, to remain. Together, they improvised a new ending to the film (although Smith’s character was ultimately cut from the final scenes during editing).