Barka da sake dawowa zuwa wani bugu na Muguwar damuwa a cikin baƙar fata da fari! A wannan makon, za mu magance cikakkun kayan tallafi na William Castle, Jaket!

William Castle mutum ne mai tsari, kuma idan bashi da tsari, aƙalla yana da gimmick. Wannan shi ne mutumin, bayan duk, wanda ya sanya wutar lantarki a kujerun gidan wasan kwaikwayo Mai Tingler don bawa membobin sauraron jolt – a zahiri – yayin al'amuran mahimmanci kuma sunyi amfani da “Illusion-O” yayin 13 Fatalwa wanda ya bawa masu sauraro ikon zabi ko sun ga fatalwowi akan allo ko a'a!

Jaket ya yi alfahari da babbar gimmick a cikinsu duka, duk da haka: Joan Crawford.

Yayi, ba da gaske bane…

An ba wa masu sauraro gatarin roba na bogi lokacin da suka shiga gidan wasan kwaikwayo don gani Jaket, amma don kuɗina, Joan Crawford shi ne mafi girman gimmick, kuma yaro, ya kasance mai ban tsoro.

Jaket ya ba da labarin Lucy Harbin (Crawford), wacce ta dawo gida wata rana don ta sami mijinta (Lee Majors) a gado tare da wata mata. Ta fusata kuma ba a cire mata wuta ba, ta dauki gatari, a hankali ta shiga cikin dakin kwanan, kuma ba tare da sanin cewa 'yarta tana kallo ba, ta yanke musu kai duka!

An tura Lucy zuwa gidan mafaka na tsawon shekaru 20, kuma ‘yarta, Carol, goggonta da kawunta sun yi rainonta. Yayin da fim din ya ci gaba a kan lokaci, Diane Baker, wacce daga baya za ta yi wasa da Sanata Ruth Martin a ciki Shirun Raguna, Carol tana girma kuma tana shirye ta auri mutumin da take buri, Michael (John Anthony Hayes).

Iyalin Michael suna da wadataccen arziki, amma ba Michael ko su, ba su san abubuwan da suka gabata na Carol ba. Lokacin da Lucy ta iso, gaskiya ta fito, kuma a hankali duniyar su ta fara warwarewa kuma gawarwaki sun fara tari!

Fim din ya zo ne kawai bayan shekaru biyu Duk abin da ya faru da Baby Jane? da Castle, suna fatan samun kuɗi a kan roƙon Crawford ga ƙananan masu sauraro waɗanda suka gano ta ta wannan fim ɗin da kuma lokacin da aka fara sake kunna fim ɗinta a talabijin.

Shigo da Crawford bai zo ba tare da nasa ba, za mu ce, gwaji da ƙunci, duk da haka.

An riga an rubuta ɓangaren kuma an jefa shi tare da Joan Blondell (Nightmare Alley). Abin takaici, dole ne ta bar aikin bayan haɗari, kuma an kawo Crawford don maye gurbin ta.

Sabuwar Joan ta yarda ta taka rawar, amma kuma ta nemi amincewar rubutun da kuma babban sake rubutawa, canza ƙarewa da kuma bayyana halinta.

Ta kuma yi yaƙi don kuma ta sami nasarar sanya samfurin Pepsi a kan teburin girki. Ga waɗanda ba su sani ba, Crawford ya auri mai kafa da Shugaba na kamfanin kuma haya Crawford ma yana nufin tallata soda, yawanci a natse yake a bango.

Koyaya, a wannan yanayin na Jaket Hakan kuma yana nufin jefa Mitchell Cox, Mataimakin Shugaban Pepsi, a matsayin ɗayan tsoffin likitocin Lucy waɗanda suka kawo mata ziyara bayan ta bar mafaka. Anyi wannan, bisa ga jita-jita, ba tare da masaniyar Castle ba.

Dayawa sun soki Crawford tsawon shekaru, kuma babu wanda ya kai ɗiyarta Christina ɗa, amma ina da tabbaci cewa akwai maza da suke yin buƙatu iri ɗaya a lokacin waɗanda ba a taɓa jefa su cikin haske irin nata ba.

Kamar yadda na lura a baya, wannan fim din yana da kyau, amma yana da lokacinsa. Haske da inuwa ana amfani dasu musamman anan, kuma bakan da fari bakan kawai yana haɓaka waɗannan zurfin zurfin oh-da-duhu.

Ina matukar son wajan bude wuraren lokacin da Crawford ta shiga dakin kwanciya sai kyamara tayi bango inda muke ganin ta dauke bakin gatari a inuwa. Tana saukar dashi da kyar, sai muka hango inuwar kan mijinta tana tashi daga kan gado daga wannan bugu mai karfi!

Crawford da Baker suna da sauƙin yanayi tare da juna akan allo, koda a lokacin tashin hankali. Yarinyar budurwa tana yin kama da babba, kuma dukansu suna iya isa ga waɗancan sararin samaniyar, a saman wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon.

Har yanzu, babu wanda ya kasance kamar Crawford akan allo. Idanun masu sauraro suna jan hankalinta zuwa gareta kamar ta hanyar maganadisu, da dukkan girmanta, koda a fim kamar Jaket akwai kyawawan lokutan nutsuwa inda da kyar take shakarta kuma mun gamsu da rike numfashinmu da ita.

Wannan nutsuwa tana mata aiki sosai a lokacin ƙarshe na fim ɗin, wanda da gaskiya yana wasa kamar nade-naden da aka gani na sirrin Perry Mason.

Fim ɗin ya buɗe don haɗuwa tare da yabo tare da yabawa da aikin Crawford yayin ɗaukar fim ɗin gaba ɗaya.

"Ina cike da sha'awar Joan Crawford," Elaine Rothschild ta rubuta a ciki Fina-Finan da ake Dubawa, "Don ko da a cikin irin wannan yanayin, tana ba da wasan kwaikwayo!"

Duk da haka, Castle shine mutumin da ke da damuwa, kuma ko kun zaɓi filastik filastik ko Crawford suna yin bayyanuwa kai tsaye a wasu screenan kallo, shirin ya yi aiki, kuma ya zama akwatin ofis!

Za ku iya gani Jaket akan ayyuka masu gudana iri-iri, kuma idan baku samu ba, yakamata kuyi!

Duba fasalin ƙasa!

shafi: Firgici a cikin Baƙi da Fari: Mummunar Zuriya (1956)