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By: Wicked Women « shadowplay

Wicked Women « shadowplay — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:24:51 +0000

[...] was smoothly directed by Marion Gering, of DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA and 24 HOURS fame. In place of Capra, I might actually suggest everybody spends the next ten years [...]

By: C. Jerry

C. Jerry — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:52:47 +0000

“All Renoirs play like ensemble films.” True! And I neglected to mention RUGGLES OF RED GAP (by Renoir’s favorite American director, Leo McCarey) in which Laughton fits quite well into an eccentric ensemble.

By: dcairns

dcairns — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:30:21 +0000

Spartacus, AKA War of the Colossal Acting Styles. I think This Land is Mine! has to stand near the pinnacle, even though he’s in the lead. All Renoirs play like ensemble films. I Claudius would have been fascinating because Sternberg was surrounding him with really broadly drawn types. In the midst of that, Laughton would have been a broadly-drawn specific human figure. The surviving scenes suggest it could have worked nicely.