Ep 87: Virginia Mayo and Ruth Roman in Great Day in the Morning (1956)

Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 9:48 p.m.

During the studio era, you can find sass mouth dames quietly stealing any picture, even one loaded to the teeth with armed men itching for oblivion. Virginia Mayo plays a fashion merchant who brings style to a frontier town. Ruth Roman plays Boston, a saloon gal with a cash register where her heart should be. Director Jacques Tourneur initially presents them as polar opposites. then makes the distinctions ambiguous, and finally beside the point.