This posting is my contribution to the William Wyler blogathon at R.D. Finch’s blog The Movie Projector, running from June 24 to 29. Please do visit and take a look at the other postings, which are covering the whole of Wyler’s career and a lot of great movies. There have been many film read more
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 26, 2012
Dead End: an end of a
road or passage from which no exit is possible
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (Men in White) Sidney
Kingsley’s Dead End was a Broadway triumph in 1935-37 seasons running for 687
performances. Producer Samuel Goldwyn
paid $165,000 for t read more
Back to the pre-Code period – and back to John Barrymore. I’ve already written about one fine, though little-known, film where he plays a lawyer, State’s Attorney (1932). The following year he starred in this even better legal drama, which must be one of his finest talkies, and is read more
Dupla Dinâmica: Bette Davis e William Wyler / Dynamic Duo: Bette Davis and William Wyler É difícil definir um cineasta como William Wyler. Seu filme mais famoso é a versão de 1959 de Ben-Hur, um épico bíblico masculinizado com uma boa dose de ação e drama. Entretanto, Wyler dirigiu read more
