In a Lonely Place
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Short description
In a Lonely Place centres on Dixon Steele, a Hollywood screenwriter with a talent for his craft and a reputation for drinking and sudden violence. Asked to adapt a novel he considers worthless, he brings home Mildred, a cloakroom attendant who has read the book, so she can summarise the plot for him. She is found murdered the next morning, and Steele becomes the chief suspect because he was among the last to see her alive. His neighbour Laurel Gray, an aspiring actress, gives him an alibi. The two become lovers, but her belief in his innocence gives way to doubt about the man she is protecting.
Nicholas Ray directed the film, which was released in 1950 and runs 93 minutes. It comes first in the chronological list of his features, ahead of On Dangerous Ground, Johnny Guitar and Rebel Without a Cause. Andrew Solt wrote the screenplay, and Robert Lord produced it for Columbia Pictures and Santana Pictures Corporation. Humphrey Bogart plays Steele, with Gloria Grahame as Laurel Gray; Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith and Jeff Donnell appear in supporting roles among a credited cast of 49. On TMDB it holds a rating of 7.6 out of 10 from 684 votes, and it earned about 1 million dollars worldwide. A critics' rating of 8.7 out of 10 from 53 reviews is notably higher than the audience score on TMDB.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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).
- 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.”
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