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Posts Tagged "composer"

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Impromptu **** (1991, Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Julian Sands) – Classic Movie Review 11,767

James Lapine’s enchanting 1991 composer and literary biopic Impromptu has a great cast in Judy Davis as George Sand, Hugh Grant as Frédéric Chopin, Mandy Patinkin as Alfred de Musset, and Julian Sands as Franz […]

Dec, 04

Songwriter *** (1984, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren) – Classic Movie Review 11,553

Director Alan Rudolph’s likeable 1984 satirical comedy-drama Songwriter stars Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, along with Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn and Lesley Ann Warren. Country music fans will love this tale of two singers on […]

Sep, 05

Greenwich Village *** (1944, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine, Felix Bressart) – Classic Movie Review 11,315

‘HIT OF HITS!!! IN TECHNICOLOR! ‘ Director Walter Lang’s 1944 Technicolor film Greenwich Village is a colourful and campy 20th Century Fox 1920s backstage musical with Don Ameche as a composer who plays piano for […]

Jun, 16

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan **** (1953, Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Peter Finch, Eileen Herlie, Dinah Sheridan, Isabel Dean) – Classic Movie Review 10,827

Director Sidney Gilliat’s 1953 The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan [The Great Gilbert and Sullivan] is very jolly musical biopic entertainment, low on story, high on lovely operetta excerpts, charmingly sung and staged, attractively played […]

Jan, 25

Rhapsody in Blue *** (1945, Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 10,527

Rhapsody in Blue (1945) was nominated for two Oscars: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner) and Best Sound, Recording (Nathan Levinson). Rather surprisingly, Warner Bros entered it into the Cannes […]

Nov, 10

Immortal Beloved * (1994, Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Marco Hofschneider) – Classic Movie Review 10,354

Writer-director Bernard Rose’s fumbled 1994 film Immortal Beloved is a plush but pretty tedious historical biopic, with Gary Oldman bravely battling miscasting as musical ‘genius’ Ludwig van Beethoven, with the mystery of the composer’s Unsterbliche […]

Sep, 26

Deep in My Heart *** (1954, José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Paul Henreid, Walter Pidgeon, Helen Traubel) – Classic Movie Review 9978

Director Stanley Donen’s 1954 Eastmancolor MGM musical Deep in My Heart is another one of Hollywood’s starry biopics of a composer – this time starring José Ferrer as the Hungarian-born US composer of operettas Sigmund […]

Jun, 29

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