4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 31, 2018
George Stevens is only one among a plethora of filmmakers who came back from WWII changed. He had seen a great deal of the world’s ugliness — Dachau Concentration Camp for instance — and as a result, the films he made thereafter were more mature ruminations on humanity at l read more
A Place in the Sun
Directed by George Stevens
Written by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson from a play by Patrick Kearney and the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
1951/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#249 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die George Eastman: I read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 10, 2014
In this film starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters, with George Stevens directing, a young man (Clift) tries to rise up in his uncle’s company. He is poorly-educated yet ambitious and he slowly moves up in the Eastman business. While he works George begins to fall fo read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 10, 2014
In this film starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters, with George Stevens directing, a young man (Clift) tries to rise up in his uncle’s company. He is poorly-educated yet ambitious and he slowly moves up in the Eastman business. While he works George begins to fall fo read more
The nominees for Best Motion Picture in 1952 for film achievements in 1951 were Vincente Minnelli’s An American in Paris, Anatole Litvak’s Decision Before Dawn, George Stevens’ A Place in the Sun, Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis, and Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire. It read more
With the Golden Globes a couple weekends ago and the Screen Actors Guild coming up, we're now deep into awards season here in Los Angeles. At any of these shows, I am always fascinated by the inevitable influences from classic cinema that appear on the red carpet. Film noir was front and read more
When George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) arrives in town, he doesn’t seem to have much compared to his rich uncle who owns a large factory. The whole Eastman family seems very high class compared to simple young George. His uncle gives him a job in the factory and as his cousin goes over a few rules read more
