Author: palewriter2

I adore classic, James Bond and horror films and it's so lovely to be able to speak to other people about it.
All Hallows' Eve, Films based on Daphne du Maurier's works

Appointment in Venice

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Spoilers ahead, so unless you want to reveal the labyrinth of Venice to yourself, catch a gondola out of this particular piazza. Don't Look Now is based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier, which features in the collection entitled Not After Midnight. It has du Maurier's signature withholding of the significance of essential details until the denouement, which… Continue reading Appointment in Venice

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The James Mason Blogathon: The Highwayman with A Heart

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  The not entirely wicked history of "The Wicked Lady"   The 1945 Gainsborough Studio production, The Wicked Lady, is based on the novel The Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton by British author Magdalene King-Hall, who in turn based her novel on the supposed real life and highway escapades of Lady Katherine Ferrers, the wife… Continue reading The James Mason Blogathon: The Highwayman with A Heart

All Hallows' Eve

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Burned… By Her Own Brother

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This post contains spoilers, so flee the tomb if you don't want to be cursed with knowledge of the plot. Like a 1930s Universal horror film, Mario Bava's Black Sunday begins with ominous exposition about the blood thirsty rampages of the 17th century witch and vampire hunts: In the 17th century, Satan was abroad on the Earth.… Continue reading Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Burned… By Her Own Brother

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The Deborah Kerr Blogathon: The immortal face of Deborah Kerr in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is seen as being Roger Livesey's film, and he gives a magnificent performance, as he did in another Powell and Pressburger film, I Know Where I'm Going. But it is Deborah Kerr's exquisitely emotive face that creates a common thread throughout the film for Roger Livesey's Clive Candy to follow… Continue reading The Deborah Kerr Blogathon: The immortal face of Deborah Kerr in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp