O. Henry's Full House (1952)





“O. Henry’s Full House” is a film divided in five segments telling five tales in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. 1) “The Cop and the Anthem”: the winter is coming and the homeless drifter Soapy wants to go to jail for three months to get shelter and food. His partner Horace suggests they look for shelter with the Salvation Army, but Soapy refuses. He forces many situations to be arrested but he is always forgiven. When he goes to the church, there is a miracle and Soapy decides to seek a job position. Will he succeed? 2) “The Clarion Call”: when a thief kills a man, the police investigators do not have any lead to follow. Police Sergeant Barney Woods sees a pen that was found in the crime scene and he seeks out a man called Johnny Kernan. He finds Johnny that invites Barney to drink with him and they go to his hotel room. Johnny recalls their youth, when they were friends but Barney tells that he must arrest him since he recognized the pen that belonged to Johnny.


Books with substantial mentioning of O. Henry's Full House

Christian Unucka
Richard Widmark und seine Filme, Ein filmographischer Bildband
Hebertshausen, 1984

Mark Conway and Mark Ricci
The Films of Marilyn Monroe
Secaucus, NJ, 1972

Reviews

Jörg Gerle, Fünf Perlen, in: Filmdienst, nr. 20 (27. September 2012), 2012 pp. 48 (DVD review)

Wilhelm Roth, Hawks & andere, in: epd Film, nr. 12, 2012 pp. 66 (DVD review)