Category: London
This was from a stinker of a movie, circa 1946. The Warners have simplified matters to an almost irreducible extreme and have found an explanation for the Brontës in Louisa May Alcott terms. They have visioned sombrous Emily, the author of “Wuthering Heights,” and Charlotte, the writer of “Jane Eyre,”…
Hello Fearless Readers, it’s time once again for a brief post from Beguiling Hollywood’s Perfidious Albion (that’s “England” for the sane among you!) Correspondent while Ms Lester recovers from viral nastiness. Sorry, I’ll try to make this as painless as possible! . As I mentioned in Wednesday’s Great Expectations post,…
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) Dir. David Lean Scr. Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame, Cecil McGivern, and Kay Walsh based upon the novel by Charles Dickens Hello Fearless Readers, I’m here to briefly fill in with a guest post but, don’t worry, the incomparable Ms. Lester will be back very shortly!…