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The Miracle Worker ***** (1962, Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson) – Classic Movie Review 3509

Securing the role against studio choices Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman or Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Bancroft re-creates her Tony-winning Broadway stage performance as the devoted but determined Boston teacher Annie Sullivan, who tutors and cares for […]

Mar, 30

Torch Song Trilogy **** (1988, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young) – Classic Movie Review 3377

‘It takes a lot of guts and a helluva sense of humour to live life in Arnold’s shoes.’ Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein adapts his own smash hit Broadway and London West End […]

Feb, 18

Mr Jones ** (1993, Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft, Delroy Lindo) – Classic Movie Review 2,813

Richard Gere stars as the bipolar Mr Jones, in director Mike Figgis’s maddening, but well made and often convincingly handled 1993 romantic drama film. Richard Gere stars as the Mr Jones of the title in […]

Aug, 15

Demetrius and the Gladiators *** (1954, Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft, Jay Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 2251

Director Delmer Daves’s routine but entertaining 1954 sword-and-sandal follow-up to the 20th Century Fox blockbuster movie The Robe is cinema’s only sequel to a biblical epic. Made in CinemaScope and Technicolor, it was another huge hit, grossing $26million […]

Mar, 10

The Pumpkin Eater ***** (1964, Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 2105

Jack Clayton’s 1964 film The Pumpkin Eater is British Sixties film-making perfection. It provides a superb showcase for Anne Bancroft, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA […]

Jan, 23

Broadway Bound ***½ (1992, Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Corey Parker, Jonathan Silverman) – Classic Movie Review 2007

Director Paul Bogart’s enthralling 1992 movie of the third part of Neil Simon’s delightful, famous Broadway stage trilogy stars Corey Parker, who takes over from Matthew Broderick in Biloxi Blues (1988) as the saga’s hero and Simon […]

Dec, 28

To Be or Not To Be **** (1983, Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft) – Classic Movie Review 1944

Director Alan Johnson’s surprisingly entertaining and successful 1983 remake of the classic 1942 Jack Benny-Carole Lombard World War Two wartime comedy drama stars Mel Brooks and his wife Anne Bancroft. It is the first time […]

Dec, 10

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