agreed re SH. His autobiography "Wanderer" is one of the best film star autobios I have read, and I have…
Sterling Hayden was a remarkable actor and a very interesting person. His cameo in Dr Strangelove was essential to the…
It is truly a boring, pretentious movie. I always found a good litmus test to weed out film w-kers was…
Bader was an arsehole by all accounts, though his story was remarkable. I read the book when I was a…
Monthly Archives: March 2022
THE SPOILERS (1942)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ray Enright SCREENWRITER: Lawrence Hazard, Tom Reed FILM STARS: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, William Farnum COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Rex Beach TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Grosset & Dunlap … Continue reading
AMERICA AMERICA (1963)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Elia Kazan SCREENWRITER: Elia Kazan FILM STARS: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Harry Davis, Elena Karam, Estelle Hemsley, Gregory Rozakis, Lou Antonio, Salem Ludwig, John Marley COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Elia Kazan TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Fontana … Continue reading
THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Sica SCREENWRITER: Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli and uncredited (in typical Italian fashion) … Vittorio De Sica, Franco Brusati, Alain Katz, Tullio Pinelli, Cesare Zavattini, Valerio Zurlini FILM STARS: Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Lino Capolicchio, … Continue reading
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: J. Lee Thompson SCREENWRITER: Carl Foreman FILM STARS: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren, Richard Harris, Bryan Forbes. COUNTRY: Great Britain / USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: … Continue reading
THE YOUNG LIONS (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Edward Dmytryk SCREENWRITER: Edward Anhalt FILM STARS: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, May Britt, Maximilian Schell, Lee Van Cleef, Liliane Montevecchi, Arthur Franz COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Irwin Shaw TYPE: … Continue reading
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Ford SCREENWRITER: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck FILM STARS: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray, John Carradine, Jeanette Nolan, John Qualen, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, … Continue reading
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Kevin Costner SCREENWRITER: Michael Blake FILM STARS: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Robert Pastorelli, Wes Studi. COUNTRY: USA THIS … Continue reading
THE BACHELOR PARTY (1957)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Delbert Mann SCREENWRITER: Paddy Chayefsky FILM STARS: Don Murray, E. G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Philip Abbott, Larry Blyden, Patricia Smith, Carolyn Jones, Nancy Marchand COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Paddy Chayefsky TYPE: Play PUBLISHER: Signet THIS … Continue reading
JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1975)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Daniel Mann SCREENWRITER: Trevor Wallace, Eric Ambler FILM STARS: Sam Waterston, Zero Mostel, Yvette Mimieux, Shelley Winters, Stanley Holloway, Donald Pleasence, Vincent Price, Ian McShane. COUNTRY: Canada THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Eric Ambler TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Fontana … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…