What book and movie based on itdid leave you with a great impression? My own is The Picture of Dorian Gray. What's yours?
Guess that film noir - 1Produced and directed by that tyrannical genius Otto Preminger the movie stars Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, along with Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson. The screenplay was by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt was... See More » (1)
Perfect movie nostalgiaWhen I was young there was a black and white movie on television every Saturday, mostly American and often a winner of an Oscar. I can still remember many of these movies. Although a John Ford movie was often on, there were also Orson Welles ones. I... See More » (1)
We all have a chance, you knowHeaven Can Wait (1943) is a Technicolor romantic comedy-drama about Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche), a charming, spoiled playboy recounting his life of privilege and minor indiscretions to the Devil (Laird Cregar) to determine if he deserves to enter... See More » (1)
Best ten minutes - 3Evgraf Zhivago (often spelled Yevgraf in the 1965 movie of Doctor Zhivago), delightfully played by Alex Guiness in said movie, was already a key supporting character in Boris Pasternak’s novel with the same title and its eventual numerous... See More » (+2)
Best ten minutes - 2David Lean's The Passionate Friends (1949) has been almost entirely forgotten, but yet it’s among Claude Rains’ best performances. He was in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) too, playing the handler of the British spy/military advisor in Arabia there.... See More » (1)
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