Noirish Posted by John Grant on February 1, 2020

Italy / 20 minutes / color / Sputnik Dir & Scr: Piero Costantini Pr: Albertina Passoni, Ado Costantini, Piero Costantini, Eleonora Cardellini Story: Eleonora Cardellini Cine: Blasco Giurato Cast: Laura Nardi, Amandio Pinheiro, Jacopo Robortella, Cristian Giammarini A remarkably spooky while at   read more

Creme de la Creme Posted by Inge Gregusch on August 19, 2013

IN PART ONE: Law student Armand Duval (Rudolph Valentino) met Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gautier, (Alla Nazimova) and was instantly attracted to her. At her post Opera party, he was horrified by the hangers-on with whom she surrounded herself, as well as by the serious illness she attempted to   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on July 22, 2013

Camille Directed by George Cukor 1936/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing #99 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die I wasn’t particularly looking forward to this but it won me over almost immediately.  I wonder whether Garbo was ever lovelier or more appealing than in MGM’s gloss   read more

Creme de la Creme Posted by Inge Gregusch on July 11, 2013

In 1921, Alla Nazimova teamed up with Natacha Rambova to film a modern dress version of 'La Dame aux camelias' by Alexandre Dumas fils. Nazimova had been a smash hit on Broadway, starring in Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' and 'Hedda Gabler', even having a theatre named after her. Rambova, (born...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on October 23, 2012

Camille(1936). Director: George Cukor. Produced: Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoe Akins and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymor   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 23, 2012

Camille (1937)      The 1937 release of Camille did not give audiences a new story. The romance originated as an Alexandre Dumas novel that became a Paris play in 1848, the Verdi opera La Traviata, a 1907 Danish short film La Dame aux Camlias, a 1915 Shubert production, a 1917 Fox film, and a...   read more