BR: Anne of the Indies (1954)
Although she’d made her film debut opposite Tyrone Power in the big budget historical adventure-drama Captain from Castile (1947), Fox put starlet Jean Peters through the familiar career-building programme …
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BR: Peyton Place (1957)
The backstory behind the creation of the source novel for Fox’s hit film version is no less fascinating: after writing her first novel over several years, housewife Grace Metalious’ efforts were published in 1956, sold 60,000 copies in its first 10 days on sale, 100,000 copies within its first month, and 12 million over time…
BR: Beloved Infidel (1959)
Had famed American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald died young in the present day, there’s no doubt a tell-all book, if not a TV movie about his relationship with gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, would’ve been produced and released within a year or two after his death…
CD: Crime in the Streets (1956)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / C . Rating: Excellent Label: Varese Sarabande CD Club/ Released: Oct 12, 2009 Tracks & Album Length: 7 tracks / (41:51) . Special Notes: 8-page booklet with liner notes by John W. Waxman / Limited to 1500 copies. . Composer: Franz Waxman . . Review: Franz Waxman was no stranger […]
‘Watch it Without Glasses!’
Editor’s Blog on CinemaScope and reviews of The Robe (Fox) and Demetrius and the Gladiators (Twilight Time), plus Bella Darvi in Hell and High Water (Fox), and soundtrack reviews of Alfred Newman’s The Robe (La-La Land) and Franz Waxman’s Demetrius and the Gladiators (FSM).
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