Showing posts with label Jack Cardiff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Cardiff. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 September 2016

White Hunter Black Heart, 1990

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A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an elephant turns into a grim situation with his mo...
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Wednesday, 20 April 2016

The Lion & The 7th Dawn ....

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A William Holden and Capucine double feature! and Audrey gets a look in too ... Left:  Capucine visits Hepburn and Holden on the set of  ...
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Thursday, 23 April 2015

The Prince and the Showgirl: a 1957 review

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There seems to be an impression that THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL was a damp squib back in 1957 and did not get very good reviews and the g...
Saturday, 22 November 2014

The blue dress and the red shoes

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Just one marvellous costume from Michael Powell's THE RED SHOES that 1948 delirious movie - no wonder its a Scorsese favourite - f...
Saturday, 8 November 2014

Sophia's new memoir .....

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Sophia at the AFI tribute to her, November 2014, see below Finally I have got my hands on Sophia Loren's new memoir, and yes, its t...
Saturday, 4 October 2014

Showpeople - troupers

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More weird and wonderful photos: I like this tender moment with Flora Robson and John Ford on the set of YOUNG CASSIDY in 1964. Ford ...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

R.I.P.

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Bryan Forbes (1926-2013), actor, director, writer, producer - another British titan of cinema gone. I re-saw KING RAT only last week (r...
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Thursday, 10 January 2013

Black Narcissus, once more...

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BLACK NARCISSUS was on once again and once again there I was watching it one more time, its a film that never palls and is so richly tex...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Up, up and away ...

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A perfect day's viewing for New Year's Day: a discovery, an old favourite, and an absolute horror: in other words: UP , LEGEND OF T...
Saturday, 24 November 2012

John, Maureen, Clifton, Sophia ....

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Rainy day doodlings: THE QUIET MAN was on again yesterday .... in a movie of magic moments I love that scene where Wayne's Sean Th...