Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on February 22, 2019

This Property Is Condemned Directed by Sidney Pollock Written by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe, and Edith Summer suggested by a one-act play by Tennessee Williams 1966/USA Paramount Pictures/Seven Arts Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant One of the last of the Tennessee-Williams Southern-fried   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 8, 2015

The Starr family – Hazel (Kate Reid) and her daughters Willie (Mary Badham) and Alva (Natalie Wood) – operate the Starr Boarding House in the small town of Dodson, Mississippi. The boarding house caters to railroad men, including the wealthy Mr. Johnson (John Harding), an older man with   read more

True Classics Posted by on April 28, 2014

Inspired by a short story by Tennessee Williams, This Property is Condemned (1966) sports an amazing cast starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, and Mary Badham. This film–only the second ever to be directed by the soon-to-be legendary director/actor Sydney Pollack–tells the story of a s   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on January 6, 2014

The first movie review of 2014 is this sultry Tennessee Williams tale of freedom and sexuality.  It’s every Williams movie rolled into one.  Despite a third act slump the movie never recovers from, This Property Is Condemned has the best performances from Natalie Wood and Robert Redford I&#821   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on November 18, 2013

In This Property is Condemned, a humidity dripping adaptation of the one-act play of the same name by Tennessee Williams, a railroad official blows into the tiny town of Dodson and finds himself falling in love with the town flirt Alva. When Alva, desperate to escape the constraints of life...   read more