Marty

I’ve really been looking forward to this episode, as this is one of my top films ever, and the emotions it stirs are one of the reasons I started this podcast. It’s Marty, released in 1955 by United Artists through their distribution deal with Hecht – Lancaster Productions. This is the little movie that could from the 50s, with an unlikely group of professionals banding together for what was, for many of them, the highlight of their careers. I won’t say it’s a feel-good movie because my tongue would break off with that phrase, but it was the first film to succeed brilliantly in what is nearly a genre now, the good-hearted guy who ultimately finds love though he's not a ladies’ man --- Marty was also unusual in that it portrayed nearly the same vibe from the side of the lead actress. It’s a perfect blend of how two very lonely people may find love in a sometimes-cold world.

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