In 1889, at the same as James Norton is chasing a killer and confronting his own demons in Paris in Lisa Appignanesi’s Paris Requiem, which by unusual coincidence I read just a few days ago, young surgeon Ephraim Carroll is undergoing rather similar adventures in Philadelphia. What made The A read more
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
It can be a challenge to review a classic like Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, because so much has been written about it. So, instead of a traditional review, I want to focus on Wilder's theme of deception and also pay tribute to that marvelous actor known as Jack Lemm read more
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
It can be a challenge to review a classic like Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, because so much has been written about it. So, instead of a traditional review, I want to focus on Wilder's theme of deception and also pay tribute to that marvelous actor known as Jack Lemm read more
Deception
Directing by Irving Rapper
Written by John Collier, Joseph Than and Louis Verneuil
1946/US
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental For me, this Bette Davis vehicle actually belongs to Claude Rains and to Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s beautiful score. Christine Radcliffe (Davis) is a read more
Deception (1946). Directed Irving Rapper. The film is based on the play Monsieur Lamberthier by Louis Verneuil. The screenplay was written by John Collier and Joseph Than. Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains who had also performed together in, Now, Voyager (1942).After a long separatio read more
