Tag Archives: 49th Parallel

Ryan’s Daughter

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Mark DuPré

Fifty-five years after its release, 1970’s Ryan’s Daughter surely needs another look. The reputation of this David Lean-directed film has suffered over the years for a couple of key reasons: its own genuine weaknesses plus the breadth of its scope. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged 49th Parallel, A Passage to India, Academy Awards, awards, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter, Christopher Jones, David Lean, Doctor Zhivago, film, Freddie Young, Great Expectations, Hayley Mills, Hobson's Choice, In Which We Serve, It Was a Good Time, John Mills, Julie Cristie, Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre, movies, Noel Coward, Oliver Twist, Omar Sharif, One of Our Aircraft is Missing, Oscars, Peggy Ashcroft, Pygmalion, Robert Mitchum, Ryan’s Daughter, Sarah Miles, Summertime, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Sound Barrier, Trevor Howard | Leave a comment

49th Parallel (AKA The Invaders)

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Mark DuPré

49th Parallel is a propaganda film that doesn’t feel like one, though it is as potent as any persuasive film could be. (It was called The Invaders when first released in the U.S.) It’s also an unusual combination of star … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged 49th Parallel, Anton Walbrook, Canada, David Lean, Dr. Zhivago, Eric Portman, Freddie Young, Glynis Johns, Laurence Olivier, Lawrence of Arabia, Leslie Howard, Nazi, Nazis, Niagara Falls, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Raymond Massey, Ryan’s Daughter, St. Lawrence River, The Invaders, Third Reich | Leave a comment

The Other “Gaslight” (British, 1940)

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Mark DuPré

Most folks interested in classic Hollywood films know Gaslight, the 1944 melodrama that gave Ingrid Bergman her first Oscar. Also the winner of the Oscar for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, it was a well-regarded, deftly crafted film that received … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged 1944 Oscar, 49th Parallel, Angela Lansbury, Anton Walbrook, Barbara Stanwyck, Beauty and the Beast, Casablanca, Cavalcade, Charles Boyer, Diana Wynyard, Double Indemnity, Falconetti, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Gaslight, Ingrid Bergman, Jessica Fletcher, La Ronde, Lola Montes, Mrs. Potts, Murder She Wrote, Oscar, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Manchurian Candidate, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Red Shoes, Thorold Dickinson | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: 49th Parallel

Ryan’s Daughter

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The Other “Gaslight” (British, 1940)

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