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DH Lawrence's short story of the same name is, unsurprisingly, loaded with sexual metaphor. In this story of a boy who rides his rocking horse to a delirious frenzy as a means to predict real-life racehorse winners to save his once glamourous mother from debt, Lawrence is seeking to draw a parallel between oedipal sexual drives and the pursuit of wealth.
5 giorni fa · The Rocking Horse Winner is 24233 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 24054 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Becket but less popular than Salem Witch Trials. Rank. Title.
4 mag 2018 · Another in a series of movies/television episodes that are similar in content and style to "One Step Beyond". This is the feature film "The Rocking Horse Wi...
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The short story, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is one of his most appreciated works. It first appeared in July 1926 in the magazine, Harper’s Bazaar. For the second time, the short story was published in a collection gathered by Lawrence’s friend, Lady Cynthia Asquith. It is also assumed by some critics that Lady Asquith ...
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Rocking Horse Winner, The Date: 1949 Director: Anthony Pelissier Production Company: Two Cities Films Stars: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills, Hugh Sinclair Location(s): Berkshire, Sussex
D.H. Lawrence's tragic fable The Rocking Horse Winner is faithfully transferred to the screen in this 1950 gem. John Howard Davies, the young star of Oliver Twist (and the future chief film editor at the BBC) plays sensitive lad Paul Grahame, whose selfish, grasping mother (Valerie Hobson) warps his values.
A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts. The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) directed by Anthony Pelissier • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd
