Talk:The River (1951 film)

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[edit] More information on the producer

Does anybody have more information on the producer, Kenneth McEldowney? It appears he was a real estate magnate in New York known chiefly for his hit movie, "The River." Yet as fate would have it, he never filmed another movie again, despite having the means and wherewithal to do so. "The River" was his sole cinematic production.

He was a real estate salesman, and not a real estate magnate. He is known to have been a florist. His wife had some spare time on her hands, and called around to arrange for funding from producers, whom he must have had to answer to.

Elsewhere, Jean Renoir is listed as a co-producer, and not just a director. Was he, then, a junior partner, as it appears? Did he invest capital of his own, to make the movie, or did he demand a share of the net, in return for his services? What was his share of the net?

[edit] Conjecture?

It seems some of this article is conjecture, such as this section from the "Storyline":

"Later in the movie, alone in a room elsewhere in the family's mansion, we discover that Captain Jack has a much deeper, and more mature interest in his cousin's twenty-ish, mix-blooded daughter Melanie (Radha Burnier), a sole daughter from an unsuccessful first marriage to an Indian national. Without so much as a heated word, Captain Jack and Melanie appear to have reached a point where their irreconcilable differences are insurmountable. Unlike the five other daughters in the movie, Melanie does not appear deluded by Captain Jack's bearing, and particularly on account of their culture clash finds him more overbearing and stifling than seductive."

I wonder if there's a way to provide a less analytical plot summary without info. that can't be backed up ("has a much deeper, and more mature..."), unless it's attributed to some film critic or a director, in which case it would be interesting to know who.

-Whitney —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.223.224.141 (talk) 04:29, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Captain Jack?

The movie I watched didn't have a character in it named Captain Jack. It did have a Captain John. 71.231.143.65 (talk) 22:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC)