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Posts Tagged "1500s"

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That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] ** (1955, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Françoise Rosay, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 10,306

Director Terence Young’s 1955 British-Spanish historical adventure That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] is an intriguing but largely disappointing Middle Ages costume-drama with Philip II (Paul Scofield), the King of Spain, abusing his position in […]

Sep, 14

Man of La Mancha * (1972, Peter O’Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Brian Blessed, Ian Richardson, Julie Gregg, Rosalie Crutchley) – Classic Movie Review 8766

The all-time great hit Broadway musical play by Dale Wasserman about Don Quixote becomes an unhappy film musical in producer-director Arthur Hiller’s 1972 Man of La Mancha because it is miscast and misconceived and the […]

Jul, 27

Prince of Foxes **** (1949, Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Everett Sloane, Felix Aylmer, Katina Paxinou) – Classic Movie Review 2652

Both looking good, Tyrone Power and Orson Welles lock swords in director Henry King’s beautifully made 1949 swashbuckler, set in Renaissance Italy in 1500. Power stars as the dashing hero Andrea Orsini, supposedly an artistic […]

Jun, 27

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