《Bullet Hole of the Underworld》

Japanese: 《暗黒街の弾痕》 - あんこくがいのだんこん

...She began appearing on the Broadway stage in minor roles in 1929, and attracted attention with her lead role in The Farmer's Wife (1934), which was followed by A New Face, and made her screen debut in the film adaptation of A Canal Breeze (1935). She embodied the "little conscience of America" in films such as Henry Hathaway's The Pine Tree (1936), Fritz Lang's Bullet Hole (1937), William Wyler's The Black Orchid Woman (1938), John Ford's Young Lincoln (1939), and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and attracted attention as a talented star. In 1942, after volunteering for the Navy and serving in prison, she appeared in John Ford's The Great Duty (1946) and Fort Apache (1948). ...

From [Lang]

...Despite this, when Goebbels, who shared Hitler's praise of The Nibelungen, asked Lang to become head of the film department of the Ministry of Propaganda, Lang sensed Goebbels' intention to exploit him because he was Jewish, so he fled to France, where he made Liliom (1933), and then went to America. In 1935, he was granted citizenship as a German refuge, and left his mark in Hollywood as an émigré. He made over 20 films, including a trilogy called "Rage" (1936), "Bullet Holes in the Dark" (1937), and "A True Man" (1938), which denounced the contradictions and cruelty of American society, focusing on the issue of lynching, a stain on American democracy, as well as westerns ("The Return of the Inferno" 1940, "The Western Spirit" 1941, and "The Valley of the Scoundrels" 1952) and thrillers ("The Executioner Also Dies" 1942, "Woman in the Window" 1944, "Coat and Dagger" 1946, "Leave Vengeance to Me" 1953, etc.), culminating in "Lipstick Murder" (1956). Although he was often forced to make "compromises," he left his mark in Hollywood as an "émigré filmmaker." In 1958 he returned to Europe and made the two-part adventure spectacle The Great Mystery (1959), consisting of the first part The Rules of the Castle and the second part The Desert of Passion. The West German-French-Italian co-production The Mysterious Doctor Mabuse (1960) was his last directorial work.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Underworld Bullet Holes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1929年から端役でブロードウェーの舞台に立ち，《ニュー･フェース》につづく《農夫の妻》(1934)の主役を演じて注目を浴び，その映画化作品《運河のそよ風》(1935)でスクリーンにデビュー。ヘンリー･ハサウェー監督《丘の一本松》(1936)，フリッツ･ラング監督《暗黒街の弾痕》(1937)，ウィリアム･ワイラー監督《黒蘭の女》(1938)，ジョン･フォード監督《若き日のリンカーン》(1939)，《怒りの葡萄》(1940)などで〈アメリカの小さな良心〉を体現し，演技力のあるスターとして注目される。42年，海軍に志願して服役したあと，ジョン･フォード監督《荒野の決闘》(1946)，《アパッチ砦》(1948)などに出演。…

【ラング】より

…にもかかわらず，ヒトラーとともに《ニーベルンゲン》を激賞するゲッベルスに，宣伝省映画局長への就任を懇望されたラングは，ユダヤ人である自分を利用しようとする魂胆を察知してフランスへのがれ，《リリオム》(1933)をつくったのちアメリカへ渡った。　35年，ドイツ人亡命者として市民権をあたえられ，アメリカ民主主義の汚点である私刑(リンチ)の問題を中心に，アメリカ社会の矛盾や非情さを告発した三部作，《激怒》(1936)，《暗黒街の弾痕》(1937)，《真人間》(1938)をはじめ，西部劇(《地獄への逆襲》1940，《西部魂》1941，《無頼の谷》1952)やスリラー(《死刑執行人もまた死す》1942，《飾窓の女》1944，《外套と短剣》1946，《復讐は俺に任せろ》1953，等々)をふくめて《口紅殺人事件》(1956)にいたるまで，しばしば〈妥協〉をしいられながらも20本あまりの映画を撮って，〈亡命映画人〉としてハリウッドに足跡を残した。58年にヨーロッパへもどり，第1部《王城の掟》と第2部《情炎の砂漠》からなる二部作の冒険スペクタクル《大いなる神秘》(1959)を撮るが，それにつづく西独･仏･伊合作映画《怪人マブゼ博士》(1960)が最後の監督作品となった。…

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