From Here to Eternity (1953)
Intelligent, polished film based on the James Jones novel about U.S. Army life prior to Pearl Harbour, revealing the boredom, jealousies, sadistic cruelty and violence which was — according to this picture — rife. The two romances in the story are between the captain's wife (Deborah Kerr, a very good performance) and his top sergeant (Burt Lancaster), and a hard-head private (Montgomery Clift), who dies for his refusal to conform to pattern, and a good-time girl (Donna Reed). Excellent, too, Frank Sinatra as the little Italian killed by the treatment he gets in the American equivalent of our Glasshouse. 1
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of From Here to Eternity
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Jürgen Müller (ed.) Movies of the 50s Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.) Icons of film, The 20th century Munich; New York, 2000 |
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Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993 |
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David Fury The Cinema History of Burt Lancaster Minneapolis, MN, 1989 |
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Joel Finler All-Time Box-Office Hits New York City, 1985 |
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| Peter Biskind Seeing Is Believing, How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties New York, 1983 |
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| Judith M. Kass The Films of Montgomery Clift Secaucus, New Jersey, 1979 |
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Douglas Brode The Films of the Fifties Secaucus, NJ, 1976 |
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Books with an entry on From Here to Eternity
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Alan G. Fetrow Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography Jefferson, NC, 1999 |
