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[20] Theater writer Thomas Hischak said that "in one of the film's few pleasing moments, Harve Presnell gave full voice to 'They Call the Wind Maria' and it was lovely to hear". [2] Referring to Eastwood and Marvin, film reviewer Brian W. Fairbanks wrote that "Harve Presnell steals both stars' thunder with a knockout version of the best song." [21]
Peter Noble's 1956 biography describes Welles as "a magnificent figure of a man, over six feet tall, handsome, with flashing eyes and a gloriously resonant speaking-voice". [ 189 ] : 19 Welles said that a voice specialist once told him he was born to be a heldentenor , a heroic tenor, but that when he was young and working at the Gate Theatre ...
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges.The screenplay, credited to William Roberts, is a remake – in an Old West-style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai (itself initially released in the United States as The Magnificent Seven).
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 American melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. It is a remake of the 1935 film by the same name, starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. Both are based on the 1929 novel Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas.
The film is set in the reign of King Louis XIII.When Comte Châtellerault fails to win the hand in marriage of Roxalanne de Lavedan, despite hinting at leniency for her rebellious family if she accepts, he responds to the notorious womanizer Marquis de Bardelys' mockery by wagering his estate against that of Bardelys that Bardelys cannot succeed in marrying Roxalanne either within three months.
The movie was a co production between Associated British and Michael Balcon Productions Ltd - it was the first movie Balcon made since he left Ealing Studios. [3] According to Todd filming was postponed. The actor was disappointed with the script, Norman's plan to film in a studio and the decision to not cast Peter O'Toole.
Movie 43 is a 2013 American anthology comedy film conceived by producer Charles B. Wessler.Featuring fourteen different storylines, each by a different director, including Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Will Graham, and Jonathan van Tulleken, the film stars an ensemble cast led by ...
Magnificent Obsession is a 1935 melodrama film [3] based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film was adapted by Sarah Y. Mason , Victor Heerman , and George O'Neil , directed by John M. Stahl , and stars Irene Dunne , Robert Taylor , Charles Butterworth , and Betty Furness .