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…
Category Archives: Domestic Drama
SONS AND LOVERS (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jack Cardiff SCREENWRITER: Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke FILM STARS: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure, Heather Sears, Donald Pleasence. COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: D.H. Lawrence TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: … Continue reading
LIFE AT THE TOP (1965)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ted Kotcheff SCREENWRITER: Mordecai Richler FILM STARS: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig, Donald Wolfit, Robert Morley, Margaret Johnston, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Nigel Davenport COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Brain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
BUTTERFLY (1979)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Matt Cimber SCREENWRITER: John F. Goff, Matt Cimber FILM STARS: Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, James Franciscus, Stuart Whitman, June Lockhart, Ed McMahon, Paul Hampton, George ‘Buck’ Flower COUNTRY: USA THIS … Continue reading
GOD’S LITTLE ACRE (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Anthony Mann SCREENWRITER: Philip Yordan (a front for blacklisted writer Ben Maddow who was uncredited) FILM STARS: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Jack Lord, Fay Spain, Vic Morrow, Lance Fuller, Rex Ingram, Michael … Continue reading
THE OUTSIDERS (1983)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola SCREENWRITER: Kathleen Rowell FILM STARS: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Leif Garrett COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: S.E. Hinton TYPE: Novel … Continue reading
WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Philip Dunne SCREENWRITER: Clifford Odets, J.R. Salamanca FILM STARS: Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, Rafer Johnson, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood, Christina Crawford COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: J.R. Salamanca TYPE: Abridged Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
HOME FROM THE HILL (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch FILM STARS: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton , Everett Sloane, Luana Patten, Anne Seymour COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: William Humphrey TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…