Tag Archives: Laurence Olivier

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Mark DuPré

I’ve heard over the years that Foreign Correspondent is “minor Hitchcock,” which of course begs an understanding of what “minor” means here. In more recent years, however, I kept hearing that it’s not so much minor as simply half-forgotten and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Alfred Basserman, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, David O. Selznick, Foreign Correspondent, Gary Cooper, George Sanders, Gone with the Wind, Herbert Marshall, Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Fontaine, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Laurence Olivier, Lifeboat, Rear Window, Rebecca, Robert Donat, Sullivan’s Travels, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, The Locket, The More the Merrier, The Palm Beach Story, Walter Wanger, World War Two | 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 Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Mark DuPré

This improbably entitled film is the great epic of the Michael Powell—Emeric Pressburger canon. The directors’ Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes might be wilder and even more stunningly beautiful, but The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is fascinating … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Anton Walbrook, Ben Hur, Black Narcissus, Cabaret, Deborah Kerr, Emeric Pressburger, Geoffrey Unsworth, Georges Perinal, Gone with the Wind, Jack Cardiff, Laurence Olivier, Lawrence of Arabia, Les Enfants du Paradis, Michael Powell, Roger Livesey, Tea and Sympathy, Tess, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The King and I, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, The Thief of Bagdad, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Laurence Olivier

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

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