Richard Brooks’ The Happy Ending (1969) + $ (1971)
Reviews of two classic Richard Brooks films – the housewife crack-up drama The Happy Ending (1969) on Blu from Twilight Time + the heist comedy $ (1971) from Sony.
Tag: Jean Simmons
BR: Happy Ending, The (1969)
The title of Richard Brooks’ 19th feature film as director infers a story with a classic alls-well-that-ends-well finale, but The Happy Ending proved to be something that goes against the grain of a classic Hollywood saga of bored privileged housewives boozing and bed-hopping and clothes shopping to their hearts’ content before hitting sleazy lows…
Jean Simmons Bids ‘So Long’ at the Fair
Jean Simmons’ beloved brother disappears during a stay in Paris in Antony Darnborough’s odd little thriller So Long at the Fair (1950).
Film: So Long at the Fair (1950)
Producer Antony Darnborough took two pokes at directing in 1950, starting with The Astonished Heart and So Long at the Fair, albeit co-directing both with the aid of then-newcomer Terence Fisher,..
Film: Blue Lagoon, The (1949)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / B . Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: n/a / DVD Extras: n/a Label: n/a/ Region: n/a / Released: Xn/aX Genre: Drama / Romance Synopsis: Two cousins must survive on their own and deal with emerging sexual attractions after being shipwrecked on a tropical island. Special Features: n/a . . […]
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