{"product_id":"lighthouse-dvd","title":"Lighthouse (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUS Import\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA decrepit lighthouse is manned solely by former sailors Hank Armitage and Sam Wells. Hank, crippled during the war, resents his young partner's visits to the shore, where he beds numerous girls working the docks. One down-on-her-luck blonde, Connie, thinks Sam could be her salvation from a life of poverty. Unknown to her, he already has a wife on the mainland. Discovering this, the enraged Connie marries hapless old Hank in a scheme to make the younger man jealous. The girl's plan works too well, and Sam attempts to murder his former friend. Seeing the old man close to death, Connie realizes it's Hank she really loves after all. But her understanding may come too late, as Sam vows that if he can't have the beautiful woman for his own, no one can...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA melodrama with film noir touches,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the lost masterpieces of cult director Frank Wisbar. The expatriate filmmaker had his roots in the German Expressionist movement, beginning as a writer\/producer for UFA. He left for America in 1939 after his work met with disapproval from the Nazi government. Many of the stylistic touches in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappeared a year before in his horror classic\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrangler of the Swamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1946). Leading lady June Lang had been relatively popular in the 1930s, with roles in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBonnie Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1935; with Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Price Glory?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1936; with Frederic March) and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWee Willie Winkie\u003c\/i\u003e(1937; directed by John Ford). Things went awry in 1940 when she married known mobster Johnny Roselli. 20th Century Fox released her from her contract shortly afterwards, and Lang struggled for the rest of her career to find work at smaller studios like PRC. After\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, she left Hollywood completely. More successful was mature leading man John Litel, who was known as a solid supporting player in pictures like\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Life of Emile Zola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1937),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1938), and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKnute Rockne, All American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1940).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KRK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42865485676744,"sku":"089218783295","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/lighthousedvd.jpg?v=1692573263","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/lighthouse-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}