“The Hairy Ape” (Movie Review-7/3/44)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 7/3/44 | P.P.K., Sam Zolotow

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I was expecting maybe a King Kong sequel, or Mighty Joe Young, but instead got this screen adaptation of a Eugene O’Neill play. Earlier in the year we saw William Bendix as the doomed sailor, in “Lifeboat.” It seems his luck hasn’t changed with this role. I don’t recall another Susan Hayward role where she played an unsympathetic character. “The Hairy Ape” is not available from Netflix, but it is on youtube. Link below.

“The Hairy Ape,” complete movie

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Earlier in the year we saw William Bendix as the doomed sailor, in “Lifeboat.” It seems his luck hasn’t changed with this role.

He didn't do too well at the start of WWII either. This from a Twilight Zone pilot.

[GeronL]

Well, he gave it a good try

[Oatka]

Well, he gave it a good try [Warn of Pearl Harbor]

Yeah, gotta give him that.