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The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during TheGreatDepression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel (Kate Reid) is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
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The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during TheGreatDepression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel (Kate Reid) (Creator/KateReid) is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
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* SexySweaterGirl: Alva is dressed in the tight sweater and bullet bra combo for the climactic scene in which she breaks up with Owen.
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* SweaterGirl: Guess what, Natalie Wood fanservice! Alva is dressed in the tight sweater and bullet bra combo for the climactic scene in which she breaks up with Owen.
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Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. Mary Badham (Scout Finch in ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'') plays Alva's younger sister Willie. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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An up-and-coming Creator/FrancisFordCoppola co-wrote the screenplay. Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. Mary Badham (Scout Finch in ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'') plays Alva's younger sister Willie. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
And Creator/RobertBlake and Creator/DabneyColeman turn up in minor supporting roles.
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* FullNameUltimatum: Alva does this when Willie asks a too personal question.
-->'''Willie:''' Alva, how many times have you done it?
-->'''Alva:''' Willie Starr!
-->'''Willie:''' Alva, how many times have you done it?
-->'''Alva:''' Willie Starr!
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The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel (Kate Reid) is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
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The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression.TheGreatDepression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel (Kate Reid) is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
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Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. Mary Badham (Scout in ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'') plays Alva's younger sister Willie. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. Mary Badham (Scout Finch in ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'') plays Alva's younger sister Willie. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. Mary Badham (Scout in ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'') plays Alva's younger sister Willie. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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''This Property Is Condemned'' is a 1966 film directed by Creator/SydneyPollack and based upon a one-act play by Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
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''This Property Is Condemned'' is a 1966 drama film directed by Creator/SydneyPollack and Creator/SydneyPollack, based upon a one-act play by Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original source material is a one-act play consisting of Willie telling a story about her late sister to another boy in town. The film's screenplay incorporates the play into the framing sequences and dramatizes Willie's story.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original source material is a one-act play consisting of Willie telling a story about her late sister to another boy in town. The film's screenplay incorporates the play into the framing sequences and dramatizes adds a dramatization of Willie's story.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original source material is a one-act play consisting of Willie telling a story about her late sister to another boy in town. The film's screenplay incorporates the play into the framing sequences and dramatizes Willie's story.
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* InhumanResources: The "hatchet man" variety. This is specifically Owen's job. Unlike many portrayals however he obviously feels guilty about it.
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* InhumanResources: The "hatchet man" variety. This is specifically Owen's job. Unlike many portrayals however portrayals, however, he obviously feels guilty about it.
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* MyBelovedSmother: To say Alva's mother, Hazel, is excessively controlling would be to state the obvious. Moreover, the fact she mostly sees her daughter as a marketable item to exploit for financial gain and would go to any means to keep things that way pushes into EvilMatriarch territory by the film's end.
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* MyBelovedSmother: To say Alva's mother, Hazel, is excessively controlling would be to state the obvious. Moreover, the fact she mostly sees her daughter as a marketable item to exploit for financial gain and would go to any means to keep things that way pushes her into EvilMatriarch territory by the film's end.
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The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
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The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel (Kate Reid) is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
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* MyBelovedSmother: To say Alva's mother, Hazel, is excessively controlling would be to state the obvious. Moreover, the fact she mostly sees her daughter as a marketable item to exploit for financial gain pushes into EvilMatriarch territory by the film's end.
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* MyBelovedSmother: To say Alva's mother, Hazel, is excessively controlling would be to state the obvious. Moreover, the fact she mostly sees her daughter as a marketable item to exploit for financial gain and would go to any means to keep things that way pushes into EvilMatriarch territory by the film's end.
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* MyBelovedSmother: To say Alva's mother, Hazel, is excessively controlling would be to state the obvious. Moreover, the fact she mostly sees her daughter as a marketable item to exploit for financial gain pushes into EvilMatriarch territory by the film's end.
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''This Property Is Condemned'' is a 1966 film directed by Creator/SydneyPollack.
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''This Property Is Condemned'' is a 1966 film directed by Creator/SydneyPollack.
Creator/SydneyPollack and based upon a one-act play by Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Yes, ''more'' fanservice from Natalie Wood, as Alva changes into a dress while her mother demands that she whore herself out to Mr. Johnson.
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Yes, ''more'' fanservice from Natalie Wood, as Alva changes into a dress while her mother demands that she whore herself out to Mr. Johnson.Johnson.
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* FlyawayShot: The film ends with the camera flying up and far away as Willie walks on the train tracks below.
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* GrayRainOfDepression: Owen and Alva part forever when she runs out into a driving rain, weeping, after her awful mother tells Owen that she's already married.
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* SweaterGirl: Guess what, Natalie Wood fanservice! Alva is dressed in the tight sweater and bullet bra combo for the climactic scene in which she breaks up with Owen.
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* ShowerScene: More Natalie Wood fanservice, as Alva is taking a shower when an angry Owen barges in, he having heard about her supposedly going to Memphis as TheMistress to Mr. Johnson.
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* TomboyishName: Alva's little sister Willie. Her parents wanted a boy.
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Yes, ''more'' fanservice from Natalie Wood, as Alva changes into a dress while her mother demands that she whore herself out to Mr. Johnson.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Yes, ''more'' fanservice from Natalie Wood, as Alva changes into a dress while her mother demands that she whore herself out to Mr. Johnson.
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* TitleDrop: Willie reads the "This Property Is Condemned" sign that is posted on the front of the boarding house.
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* TitleDrop: Willie reads the "This Property Is Condemned" sign that is posted on the front of the boarding house.house.
* TomboyishName: Alva's little sister Willie. Her parents wanted a boy.
* TomboyishName: Alva's little sister Willie. Her parents wanted a boy.
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* InhumanResources: The "hatchet man" variety. This is specifically Owen's job. Unlike many portrayals however he obviously feels guilty about it.
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* NobodyLikesHR: And they ''really'' don't like Owen, sent to Dodson specifically to put the bulk of the town out of work. J.J. leads a gang that beats Owen up.
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* DownerEnding: Owen and Alva break up after he finds out she married J.J., and she then dies of tuberculosis. Hazel runs off with some man, abandoning her daughter Willie, who's now apparently an urchin squatting in the abandoned, decaying boarding house. And Dodson seems well on the path from DyingTown to GhostTown.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Alva gasps for air and then tells Owen that "Sometimes I have trouble catching my breath." Sure enough, she dies of some lung ailment, presumably TB.
* LingerieScene: Multiple scenes with Alva in nothing but a slip, including when she's fashioning a dress to go out with Mr. Johnson.
* LingerieScene: Multiple scenes with Alva in nothing but a slip, including when she's fashioning a dress to go out with Mr. Johnson.
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* NobodyLikesHR: And they ''really'' don't like Owen, sent to Dodson specifically to put the bulk of the town out of work. J.J. leads a gang that beats Owen up.
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* SexySoakedShirt: Naturally Alva puts her dress back on after skinnydipping, which is why it's plastered to her when she barges into Owen's room to confront him.
* ShoutOut: Owen and Alva go to see ''Film/OneWayPassage'', and he makes fun of her for crying at the {{Tearjerker}}.
* {{Skinnydipping}}: Something the townsfolk do on a regular basis, it seems, as Alva's cry of "Let's go skinnydipping!" causes everyone at the boardinghouse except for Owen to run to the creek and dive in. Alva kisses J.J. there but then pushes him away.
* StockingFiller: In one {{Fanservice}} scene Alva peels off her stockings after the party.
* ShoutOut: Owen and Alva go to see ''Film/OneWayPassage'', and he makes fun of her for crying at the {{Tearjerker}}.
* {{Skinnydipping}}: Something the townsfolk do on a regular basis, it seems, as Alva's cry of "Let's go skinnydipping!" causes everyone at the boardinghouse except for Owen to run to the creek and dive in. Alva kisses J.J. there but then pushes him away.
* StockingFiller: In one {{Fanservice}} scene Alva peels off her stockings after the party.
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* CompensatedDating: Basically what Hazel is forcing her daughter to do, to spend time with Mr. Johnson in return for favors (she gets a gold bracelet). How far Hazel is willing to go to pimp her daughter out is undetermined.
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* CompensatedDating: Basically what Hazel is forcing her daughter to do, to spend time with Mr. Johnson in return for favors (she gets a gold bracelet). How far Hazel is willing to go to pimp her daughter out is undetermined.undetermined.
* DyingTown: Dodson already was clearly not doing well, with a series of dilapidated storefronts and a grungy boarding house, but Owen delivers the death blow when he announces a whole lot of layoffs at the railroad station.
* FoodSlap: When Lin the raging asshole is manhandling little Willie, Owen smacks him in the face with an ice cream cone.
* FramingDevice: The entire film is a flashback, told by Willie to a boy of the town.
* HangoverSensitivity: Willie, who is 12 or so, says she feels terrible because she drank ''a whole beer'' at the party the night before. (She's pretending.)
* MathematiciansAnswer: One of the railroad people, guilt-tripping Owen about laying people off, says "How do you sleep?", and Owen answers "On my stomach."
* MsFanservice: This movie gets as much mileage as 1966 would allow out of Natalie Wood. StockingFiller, {{Skinnydipping}}, SexySoakedShirt, multiple {{Lingerie Scene}}s, and a lot of cleavage-baring dresses.
* PanFromTheSkyBeginning: The camera pans down from a kite in the sky to find Willie walking along the railroad tracks, wearing one of her sister's old dresses.
* TitleDrop: Willie reads the "This Property Is Condemned" sign that is posted on the front of the boarding house.
* DyingTown: Dodson already was clearly not doing well, with a series of dilapidated storefronts and a grungy boarding house, but Owen delivers the death blow when he announces a whole lot of layoffs at the railroad station.
* FoodSlap: When Lin the raging asshole is manhandling little Willie, Owen smacks him in the face with an ice cream cone.
* FramingDevice: The entire film is a flashback, told by Willie to a boy of the town.
* HangoverSensitivity: Willie, who is 12 or so, says she feels terrible because she drank ''a whole beer'' at the party the night before. (She's pretending.)
* MathematiciansAnswer: One of the railroad people, guilt-tripping Owen about laying people off, says "How do you sleep?", and Owen answers "On my stomach."
* MsFanservice: This movie gets as much mileage as 1966 would allow out of Natalie Wood. StockingFiller, {{Skinnydipping}}, SexySoakedShirt, multiple {{Lingerie Scene}}s, and a lot of cleavage-baring dresses.
* PanFromTheSkyBeginning: The camera pans down from a kite in the sky to find Willie walking along the railroad tracks, wearing one of her sister's old dresses.
* TitleDrop: Willie reads the "This Property Is Condemned" sign that is posted on the front of the boarding house.
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''This Property Is Condemned'' is a 1966 film directed by Creator/SydneyPollack.
The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
Into town comes one Owen Legate (Creator/RobertRedford). It turns out that Owen is from the railroad and he's there to perform an unpleasant task: to lay off the bulk of the railroad's employees at the station. This makes him extremely unpopular in the town, but Alva, who is aware of her mother's hopes to pimp her out and who desperately yearns to escape Dodson, looks to Owen as her way out.
Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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* CompensatedDating: Basically what Hazel is forcing her daughter to do, to spend time with Mr. Johnson in return for favors (she gets a gold bracelet). How far Hazel is willing to go to pimp her daughter out is undetermined.
The setting is the fictional town of Dodson, Mississippi, in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. It is a run-down railroad town and the Starr family operates a run-down boarding house in the town. The main attraction at the boarding house is extremely good-looking young Alva Starr (Creator/NatalieWood). Alva's selfish, scheming mother Hazel is acutely aware of this, and in fact is encouraging Alva to pay attention to Mr. Johnson, the richest of the boarders, in hopes that he will "take care" of them.
Into town comes one Owen Legate (Creator/RobertRedford). It turns out that Owen is from the railroad and he's there to perform an unpleasant task: to lay off the bulk of the railroad's employees at the station. This makes him extremely unpopular in the town, but Alva, who is aware of her mother's hopes to pimp her out and who desperately yearns to escape Dodson, looks to Owen as her way out.
Creator/CharlesBronson plays J.J., a smith for the railroad who is nominally Hazel's boyfriend but really has eyes for Alva. An up-and-comer, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, co-wrote the screenplay.
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* CompensatedDating: Basically what Hazel is forcing her daughter to do, to spend time with Mr. Johnson in return for favors (she gets a gold bracelet). How far Hazel is willing to go to pimp her daughter out is undetermined.
