Debby plays the part of a kept-woman and is a cold creature and the paramour of Vince Stone played by Lee Marvin. Vince is Lagan's chief henchman in this film. In one scene Debby is thrilled to be an interruption of the boys at a poker game when she answers the phone and hands it to Vince who rudely tells her to leave the room...Debby pauses in front of a mirror preening at her reflection giving an insight into her vain character and is only the first of many preening scenes on her part in the movie.
Scandal Sheet (1952)
Scandal Sheet (1952) is a film noir thriller set at a sensation grabbing tabloid-style newspaper. It is based on the novel the Dark Page (1944) by Samuel Fuller, himself a major filmmaker. In one of the shots which is a complex one shown is a lower East Side tenement from above the street scene and there are approximately four separate fire escapes all shown from different angels with people standing on them. There is an alleyway between two buildings with a car in the alley. The use of geometry is interestingly in its' complexity.
Prior to his career as a film producer and director Karlson was gag-man for Buster Kea ton and his first job was that of a University Studio Prop man. His father wanted him to be a lawyer. Karlson then worked his way up the chain of cinematic aspiration ladder as a cutter, editor and short-subjects director and finally graduated to feature-film directing at the Columbia Pictures "B" unit. He next churned...
During the 1960's Karlson directed the 'Untouchables' two-part pilot TV Series that was a theatrical release later as 'The Scarface Mob'. Karlson had a following and finally scored success at the box-office in 1973 with the film "Walking Tall" which made him a millionaire several times over.
Works Cited
The Texas Rangers" (nd) Classical Film and Television Home Page: Phil Karlson [Online available at http://members.aol.com/MG4273/karlson.htm http://members. aol.com/MG4273/karlson.htm
Johnson, Gary (nd) Paul Karlson's Kansas City Confidential - a Review [Online available at: www.imagesjournal.com/2002/reviews/kcconfident ial/text.htm]
Phil Karlson" (nd) Movie Professionals and Television: [Online available at http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/movieprofess/mov ieprofess.htm]
Phil Karlson" Sherlock Web Online available at:[www.sherlockjr.com/p fanotes.html]
Chute, David (2003) Gunman's Walk: Western noir and the road back from Bataan 2003 July 11-17 LAWEEKLY Online available at: [http://www.laweekly.com/ink/printme.php?eid=45449]
The Big Heat - 1953 Reviewed by Tim Dirks Greatest Films Online at www.filmsite.org.bigh.html
Phil Karlson" (nd) Scandal Sheet Classic Film and Television Homepage http://members.aol.com/MG4273/karlson.htm
Films of Phil Karlson: The decade of the Fifty's
The Films of Phil Karlson
