Williams and Chandler in a picturesque soap opera
“Raw Wind in Eden” features two attractive leads in a romantic melodrama  that uses sex as its lure yet presents a conservative depiction of romance in accordance with 1950s standards.<br /><br />Laura (Esther Williams, “Million Dollar Mermaid”) is a bored fashion model on location in Rome for a photo shoot. She plans to spend the weekend with her married millionaire boyfriend but on returning to her apartment, she encounters Wally Drucker (Carlos Thompson, “Valley of the Kings”), who explains that her boyfriend can’t make it. Displeased, Laura accepts Wally’s invitation to spend the week on the yacht of another wealthy man. Wally will fly her to the location in his private plane.<br /><br />They never get there. Caught in a storm, the plane crashes on an island off Sardinia populated by only three people: elderly Urbano (Eduardo De Filippo, “Ghosts of Rome”), his teenage daughter Costanza (Rossana Podesta, “Helen of Troy”), and a mysterious beachcomber known only as Moore (Jeff Chandler, “Female on the Beach”). We’ve seen in a pre-credits sequence that the island is periodically visited by a young man (Rik Battaglia, “Sodom and Gomorrah”) in a small boat who fires a rifle at Moore, with Moore returning fire as the boat retreats. Moore is supposed to marry Costanza the following year, when she’s old enough. The man in the boat had a prior claim to Costanza and feels he must defend his honor.<br /><br />Much of what follows concerns Laura and Wally’s attempt to get off the island, since a supply ship isn’t scheduled to show up for several weeks. But their distress signal is repeatedly removed and a beached boat is mysteriously sabotaged.<br /><br />The title of the picture, its advertising, and the set-up suggest that plenty of sex is in store, yet the film is quite restrained, more suggestive and titillating than graphic. American movies at this time were attempting to compete with more earthy foreign films but the Production Code, although it was beginning to weaken and would dissolve during the next decade, was still an obstacle.<br /><br />Esther Williams, who had become a star at MGM in a series of aquatic extravaganzas, was lovely as a swimming star in light comedies but shows her weakness as an actress in a dramatic role. She does get to don a bathing suit and take a swim in one sequence but can’t carry a star’s burden of responsibility to make her performance believable. Her line readings lack emotion and often sound disengaged. And for a stranded woman in the middle of nowhere, she is never less than impeccably made up and coiffed, with a surprising number of costume changes.<br /><br />Chandler is an actor with an easy-going, laid-back delivery. Though he is supposed to be eager to marry Costanza, the screen chemistry between him and Podesta is non-existent. What heat does come through is between Chandler and Williams, making the outcome of the plot a foregone conclusion. Chandler has a rugged yet sensual manner, and manages to make the best of a dreary script.<br /><br />Podesta has a few good scenes but mostly broods in the background as she glares at Williams’ Laura, knowing she presents competition and resenting her interrupting what had been an an idyllic situation on the island. Podesta projects a quiet intensity that communicates jealousy and anger, expressed through her expression and body language.<br /><br />Director Richard Wilson co-wrote the screenplay with his wife, Elizabeth. It is set up to be a grand-scale soap opera, a specialty of Universal at the time, but can’t overcome cliche upon cliche and a predictable plot with few surprises. What saves the film from being a total write-off is its spectacular scenery, captured in glorious, vibrant color. Think of the movie as a soap transplanted from an ordinary setting to a paradise, as the title implies.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the unrated Blu-ray release from Kino-Lorber and Universal Pictures include an audio commentary and 6 theatrical trailers.<br /><br />“Raw Wind in Eden” is a kind of time capsule, representing an awkward transitional period in Hollywood’s depiction of adult relationships.  Movies were trying to appeal more to changing tastes and the public’s desire for more than routine romantic films. The studios knew how to light the embers of male-female relations but were still unable to create real fire.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Brand New 2K Master! Esther Williams (Million Dollar Mermaid, The Unguarded Moment) and Jeff Chandler (Foxfire, Female on the Beach) set the screen ablaze in this romantic South Seas noir directed by Richard Wilson (Al Capone, Pay or Die!). On a small Mediterranean island live Costanza (Rossana Podestà, Ulysses), her father Urbano (Eduardo De Filippo, The Gold of Naples), and beachcomber Moore (Chandler), whom she plans to marry. Into this Eden come two plane crash survivors, supermodel Laura (Williams) and her playboy friend Wally (Carlos Thompson, Mistress of the World). The beautiful Laura becomes a bad influence, especially when love triangles start to develop. Breathtakingly shot in CinemaScope by Italian cinematographer Enzo Serafin (Journey to Italy)..