Emeric Pressburger Articles

Kathleen Byron, best-remembered as the sex-obsessed nun in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Black Narcissus, died on Jan. 18. She was 88 (or 86, depending on the source) and is supposed to have been in poor health for several years. Born in London (either on Jan. 11 1921 or 1923), Byron made her film debut playing a maid in Carol Reed’s 1942 drama The Young [...]

Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, David Farrar in Black Narcissus FILM Black Narcissus d, scr: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Cheyenne d: Raoul Walsh; scr: Alan Le May, Thames Williamson Crossfire d: Edward Dmytryk; scr: John Paxton Down to Earth d: Alexander Hall; scr: Edwin Blum, Don Hartman The Ghost and Mrs. Muir d: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; scr: Philip Dunne Life with Father d: Michael Curtiz; [...]