The Story Of Temple Drake - 1933 - 7/10
Southern belle, Temple, is the gorgeous granddaughter of the local judge
She is pampered, spoiled, and a wild thing. Both her parents are dead.
Temple dates, parties, runs free. To men, she is cocktease. For everyone else, endless gossip.
Dashing from a drunken party, she's in a car crash out in the boondocks.
Rescue comes from bootleggers and gangsters.
Hard men, who know how to pluck a ripe flower.
Adaptation of Faulkner's - one might think unfilmable - "Sanctuary," still packs a jolt.
Audiences in the 30's must have been floored by this lurid, tawdry affair.
For yes, Temple's assault is only the beginning of her descent into the ways of the world.
The cinematography by Karl Struss, replete with dark shadows and slashed lighting, is stunning.
