The George Bernard Shaw play roars on to the screen in director Chester Erskine’s 1952 drama Androcles and the Lion, with its ancient Rome story of Androcles (Alan Young), the nice Christian tailor who removes a […]
Director Philip Leacock’s 1962 Tamahine is a fusty, mild, old-style romantic comedy with plenty of routine, school-set and culture-clash laughs, based on the novel by Thelma Nicklaus. But it rolls along pleasantly and humorously, though […]
‘SYLVIA SYMS ‘teen and terrific…in an explosive role!’ ‘She’s a doll !… she’s a dish !… she’s a delinquent!’ ‘Born good with a desire to be bad!’ Sylvia Syms (playing 17 but actually 22 and […]
Writer-director Blake Edwards’s enjoyable 1974 movie The Tamarind Seed is a handsome production, with sprightly direction, and the super, pleasing stars convert Evelyn Anthony’s novel into an attractive, appealing romantic, spy thriller movie. As usual, […]
Writer-director Jean Renoir’s famed 1932 French classic Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] tells a story about the grubby tramp (Michel Simon) who has lost his dog and didn’t want to be saved […]
Co-writer / producer / director Paul Mazursky’s 1986 comedy Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a remake of Jean Renoir’s 1932 classic Boudu Sauvé des Eaux and is an unexpected success, mainly thanks to […]
The 1973 horror mystery thriller film Night Watch is a plush, suspenseful version of Lucille Fletcher’s stage chiller. Elizabeth Taylor is on top hysterical form as a rich wife convinced she has witnessed a murder […]
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