Tag: Martha Hyer

4K UHD Review: Sabrina (1954)

Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954′s Sabrina. Adapted from Samuel A. Taylor’s play Sabrina Fair, by Taylor himself with Ernest Lehman, the film plays…

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Blu-ray Review: Houseboat

Planned as a vehicle for Cary Grant and his third wife actress-writer Betsy Drake, 1958’s Houseboat was to be their third film together after 1948’s Every Girl Should Be Married and 1952’s Room for One More. However, by the time…

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Blu-ray Review: The Carpetbaggers

Based on the Harold Robbins novel of the same name, The Carpetbaggers was a landmark of the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. offering more heated embraces and sexual innuendo than most films of the era. George Peppard stars as Jonas…

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First Men in the Moon (Blu-ray)

Released just five years before Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon, First Men in the Moon based on H.G. Wells’ iconic tale, opens in 1964 with the first manned United Nations moon flight, consisting of a three…

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Sabrina (1954) (Blu-ray)

[Note: Parts of this review appeared in an evaluation of a previous DVD release.] Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954′s Sabrina. The film was…

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