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Director Leslie Arliss’s 1948 British film Idol of Paris about a mid-19th century French courtesan called Theresa stars Beryl Baxter, Christine Norden, Michael Rennie, Margaretta Scott. Leslie Arliss, director of some of the famous 1940s Gainsborough Pictures […]
Director Robert Bresson’s exquisitely delicate 1945 romantic drama Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [Ladies of the Park] is a renowned vintage long-time French favourite and stars the splendid María Casares, Elina Labourdette and Paul […]
The 1981 French-Italian romantic drama film Lady of the Camelias stars Isabelle Huppert and tells the actual story of Alphonsine Plessis, who became a famous courtesan in Paris and inspired the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas Fils. […]
And a funny thing happened to the 1962 Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum on the way to the screen for this 1966 British screwball comedy. Director Richard Lester […]
Greta Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for the grand 1936 American romantic tragedy film Camille at the 10th Academy Awards. Director George Cukor’s 1936 vintage tragic romance movie Camille stars Greta Garbo, perfectly cast and at […]
Fancy a musical? Come to that, fancy Ewan McGregor or Nicole Kidman? All three are here in this 2001 firecracker as you’ve never seen them before, all-singing, all-dancing in an outrageously flamboyant show set in […]
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