Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening
George Stevens‘ rousingly politically incorrect — and for the most part much admired — action-adventure tale Gunga Din will have a special screening on Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Prior to the film, Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron will discuss the sound and visual effects used in this 1939 classic starring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen.
Gunga Din will also will be presented in New York City on Monday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater.
Written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol, from a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, which [...]
by Andre Soares | June 10, 2009
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George Stevens on DVD: GUNGA DIN, I REMEMBER MAMA
On December 7, Warner Home Video releases for the first time on DVD four titles by (or about) Academy Award-winning director George Stevens:
Gunga Din (right, 1939), an adventure tale with Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Joan Fontaine
I Remember Mama (1948), an effective family drama with Oscar-nominated Irene Dunne delivering one of the best performances of her remarkable career
George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (2004), directed by George Stevens, Jr.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1985), an entertaining and informative documentary also directed by Stevens Jr.
Other George Stevens titles already available on DVD are:
Giant (two-disc set), a 1956 oil epic for which Stevens won his second best director Oscar (the first came in 1951 for A [...]
by Andre Soares | September 30, 2004
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