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‘Most honorable screen smash!’ ‘That joyful hit of the stage is the big, bright delight of the screen.’ ‘It’s even funnier than the play!’ ‘The heart-warmingest picture under the rising sun! The happiest pairing of […]
Director Daniel Mann’s 1962 film Five Finger Exercise stars Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Beymer. Pretentious mother Louise Harington (Rosalind Russell), unfeeling father Stanley Harrington (Jack Hawkins), sensitive son Philip Harrington (Richard […]
The 1935 British black and white comedy film Marry the Girl is directed by Maclean Rogers, who wrote the screenplay with Kathleen Butler, adapting the 1930 Aldwych stage farce Marry the Girl, written by George […]
‘Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder… and the truth is a story you won’t forget.’ Director Norman Jewison’s 1984 film A Soldier’s […]
In 1951 things were starting to look up for the 20-year-old former Rank Charm School starlet Diana Dors, whose fee was £250 as the female lead supporting Ronald Shiner in director Jack Raymond’s 1951 comedy […]
Director Maurice Elvey’s 1953 British sports comedy-drama black and white film The Great Game stars James Hayter, Diana Dors, Thora Hird, John Laurie and Glyn Houston. The Great Game is a lively British comedy about a […]
Director Maurice Elvey’s amusing and spirited 1953 British black and white comedy Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary is based on Vivian Tidmarsh’s 1944 London West End hit play, originally starring Ralph Lynn and running for […]