Blu-ray Review: The Letter (1940)
Bette Davis (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?) teamed for the second time with Director William Wyler for an adaptation of the of the W. Somerset Maugham play The Letter. A critical and box-office hit, the film was nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture, Actress and Director. Featuring the kind of dark cinematography which would […]
Blu-ray Review: A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
A remake of the 1932 film of the same name, A Bill of Divorcement directed by John Farrow, stars Maureen O’Hara (McLintock!), Fay Bainter, Adolph Menjou (The Sheik), and Dame Mae Witty, taking over for Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, John Barrymore, and Elizabeth Patterson who starred in the 1932 version. O’Hara, still finding her footing […]
The Razor’s Edge (1946) (Blu-ray)
The first film version of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, directed by Edmund Goulding (Wilson) The Razor’s Edge captures one man’s search for the meaning of life. Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) returns from World War I questioning why he survived, while a friend was killed just before hostilities ended. Things at home are no more settled. […]