IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA d: Robert Gordon
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Direction: Robert Gordon
Screenplay: George Worthing Yates and Hal Smith
Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr, Harry Lauter, Chuck Griffiths, Richard W. Peterson
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
I looked through one of my DVD sets, Columbia Pictures’ "The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen, Legendary Science Fiction Series," and plucked an old fave of mine to rewatch: the 78-minute, black-and-white, 1955 classic It Came from Beneath the Sea. While not one of the more hyped Ray Harryhausen productions, this sci-fi effort is still a cut above the usual drive-in fare of that era. As a plus — drum roll — it stars Faith [...]
by Dan Schneider | May 28, 2009
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Tags: 20 Million Miles to Earth, Charles Schneer, Chuck Griffiths, Classic Movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia, Dean Maddox Jr, Donald Curtis, Faith Domergue, Film Reviews, George Worthing Yates, Hal Smith, Harry Lauter, Henry Freulich, Horror Movies, Ian Keith, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Kenneth Tobey, Leonard Nimoy, Mischa Bakeleinikoff, Monster Movies, Mysterious Island, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Richard W. Peterson, Robert Gordon, Science Fiction Movies, The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen, The Harryhausen Chronicles
QUEEN CHRISTINA – Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
Queen Christina (1933)
Direction: Rouben Mamoulian
Screenplay: H. M. Harwood and S. N. Behrman
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, David Torrence
One of the most ambitious productions of the early 1930s, Queen Christina remains surprisingly modern in its execution thanks in large part to Rouben Mamoulian’s assured hand. Those looking for historical accuracy in the film, however, will be greatly disappointed, for credited screenwriters H. M. Harwood and S. N. Behrman kept themselves busy concocting a highly fictionalized version of the Swedish queen; one who experiences an all-consuming and ultimately tragic love affair with a Spanish envoy. (Garbo biographer Mark Vieira explains [see below] that credited screenwriter — and close Garbo friend [...]
by Andre Soares | April 14, 2009
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Tags: C. Aubrey Smith, Classic Movies, Crossdressing, David Torrence, Elizabeth Young, Film Reviews, Five-Star Movies, Gay Interest, Greta Garbo, H. M. Harwood, Historical Movies, Ian Keith, John Gilbert, Laurence Olivier, Lewis Stone, Mark Vieira, Queen Christina, Reginald Owen, Romantic Movies, Rouben Mamoulian, S. N. Behrman, Salka Viertel
