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Variety show, presented by Louella Parsons, showcasing stars from recent movies. In each episode there was a 20 minute dramatic segment adapting a recent film. In this episode Norma Shearer and Edna May...
Recording of an online lecture by Dr Anthony Quinn, introduced by Rossella M. Riccobono, that looks in detail at the 1936 MGM film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by George Cukor. Followed by...
Video-based teaching pack containing film clips to aid in the examination of the written texts to see how each director interprets the same scene. 1 (1993): Clips from adaptations of HAMLET by Olivier,...
Illustrates direction, editing and acting, using a selection of MGM films from the 1930s. Includes an extract from George Cukor’s 1936 ROMEO AND JULIET with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer.
Recording of an online lecture by Dr Anthony Quinn, introduced by Rossella M. Riccobono. The lecture includes analyses of the films made from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Francis X Bushman and John W...
Recording of a live lecture by Dr Anthony Quinn on Romeo and Juliet, which focuses in part on three film versions: the George Cukor version released in 1936, the Renato Castellani adaptation from 1954 and...
Documentary. Explores the history of films based on Shakespeare’s plays. There are interview extracts with Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Roman Polanski, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Franco...
Radio broadcast. As part of this world entertainment review programme, Basil Rathbone introduces George Cukor’s new film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936). His talk is illustrated by a recorded excerpt of a scene...
2-disc set. See individual entries on this database for full details of cast and credits. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (1935). d. Dierterle. Commentary by film historian Scott Hamilton. Olivia de Havilland...
Feature film. ` A serious case of this-is- Shakespeare-so it-must-be art’. Anthony John is a great but unbalanced classical actor. Outwardly gentlemanly, he is taken over by any role that he plays, and...