So Proudly We Hail Articles

John Litel, Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard (third from the right) in Mark Sandrich's So Proudly We Hail! Claudette Colbert-James Robert Parish Q&A Pt.2: SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, Cecil B. DeMille Movies, MIDNIGHT With her film stardom behind her, Claudette Colbert returned to the stage. What was that like for her? Did she miss Hollywood, or was she content with being back on Broadway? Colbert had [...]

Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterful Vredens dag / Day of Wrath is a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by ingénue Lisbeth Modin and accused witch Anna Svierkier add a touch of humanity to the horrors shown on screen. It is not a coincidence that Vredens Dag was made in 1943, a time when [...]