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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27198</guid> <description><![CDATA[Martita Hunt, Jean Simmons in David Lean's Great Expectations Jean Simmons is Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month of June. Though never a major box-office draw, Simmons either starred or was featured in a number of the most important movies of the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Among those are Laurence Olivier's Best Picture Oscar winner Hamlet (1948), Henry Koster's CinemaScope blockbuster The Robe (1953), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jean-simmons-great-expectations-black-narcissus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MONSIEUR VINCENT, BLACK NARCISSUS, DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST: Best Religion Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/monsieur-vincent-black-narcissus-religion-film-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/monsieur-vincent-black-narcissus-religion-film-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10526</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff, one of the early masters of color cinematography, has died. He was 94. Cardiff's work as a cinematographer was quite eclectic, ranging from his partnership with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in the British-made Black Narcissus (1945) and The Red Shoes (1948) to prestigious international productions such as John Huston's The African Queen (1951) and King Vidor's War and Peace [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/jack-cardiff/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathleen Byron</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/kathleen-byron/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/kathleen-byron/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:17:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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