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Richard III ****½ (1955, Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Stanley Baker, Alec Clunes, Pamela Brown, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 3646

Laurence Olivier’s 1955 film triumph is his third William Shakespeare adaptation as star and director, following Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948). There were three 1956 Bafta wins – for Best British Actor, Best British Film and Best Film […]

May, 02

The Hunchback of Notre Dame *** (1982, Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Robert Powell, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 2667

Taking a trick or two out of Charles Laughton’s book, Anthony Hopkins greatly impresses as the hunchback Notre Dame Cathedral bellringer Quasimodo in director Michael Tuchner’s lavish, starry and highly entertaining 1982 British-based TV movie […]

Jul, 05

Chimes at Midnight [Falstaff, Chimes at Midnight] ****½ (1965, Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Keith Baxter, Margaret Rutherford) – Classic Movie Review 2384

Writer-director-star Orson Welles finally realises a long-cherished pet project in 1965 in grand style with a little help from his friends John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Keith Baxter and Margaret Rutherford– a film of his stage […]

Apr, 12

Julius Caesar **** (1953, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 2383

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s fine 1953 Hollywood film of Shakespeare’s Roman play Julius Caesar stars not only a grand line-up of movie stars, but also of real actors in John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason and […]

Apr, 12

Becket ***** (1964, Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Felix Aylmer, Pamela Brown, Martita Hunt, Siân Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 2367

Director Peter Glenville’s 1964 historical battle royal drama is a right regal entertainment and showcases half a dozen or so grand performances from awesome British actors. It won one Oscar. Edward Anhalt won the Academy […]

Apr, 06

Frankenstein: The True Story **** (1973, James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum, Michael Sarrazin, Jane Seymour, Nicola Pagett) – Classic Movie Review 2035

Director Jack Smight’s 1973 finds the British gay novelist Christopher Isherwood and his lifelong partner the artist Don Bachardy setting out together to re-interpret the Mary Shelley classic novel in a back-to-basics, faithful kind of way, […]

Jan, 02

Oh! What a Lovely War **** (1969, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 1863

  For his first film as director in 1969, Richard Attenborough chooses an ambitious project – to make a movie version of producer-writer Joan Littlewood’s Sixties London Theatre Royal Stratford stage production. It won the […]

Nov, 22

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