Directed by Herman Shumlin. Screenplay by Dashiell Hammett, with additional scenes and dialogue by Lillian Hellman, adapted from Hellman’s own stage play (which debuted on Broadway on April 1, 1941 – i.e., eight months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the official entrance of the United States into World War II – and ran […]
Directed by James V. Kern. Screenplay by Kern & I.A.L. Diamond (the future Oscar-winning writing partner of Billy Wilder, co-responsible for such gems as SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) & THE APARTMENT (1960)), from an original story by Ben & Norma Barzman. Adaptation by Lewis R. Foster. I was very excited to watch this film…that […]
Directed by Gregory La Cava. Screenplay by Monckton Hoffe, John Meehan, & James K. McGuinness, from the play by J.M. Barrie. (Yep, that’s right – J.M. Barrie – aka: Mr. Peter Pan Man!) Yesss. Before the film’s title even pops up onscreen, you see bagpipers. Were you afraid that this Hollywood adaptation of this story […]
Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Screenplay by Lester Cole & John Wexley, from the play by Ladislas (“Lazlo”) Fodor, as well as the play “Blondie White” by Bernard Merivale & Jeffrey Dell. (You may recognize Lazlo Fodor as the screenwriter responsible for THE GREAT SINNER (1949)…as well as the story upon which JEWEL ROBBERY (1932) is […]
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