THE CRANES ARE FLYING, WILD ORANGES on TCM
A couple of recommendations for Turner Classic Movies viewers on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 20.
Wild Oranges (1924) is an early King Vidor effort featuring Virginia Valli, a popular leading lady of the 1920s. In this drama set on an island off the Florida coast, Valli plays a young woman whose quiet life with her grandfather is disturbed following the appearance of an evil escaped prisoner.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Cranes Are Flying (adapted by Viktor Rozov from his own play) is a beautifully photographed romantic drama about a young woman who goes through some rough times after her boyfriend, without having the chance to say goodbye, is sent to [...]
by Andre Soares | September 18, 2009
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Tags: Bridge to the Sun, Classic Movies, King Vidor, Mikhail Kalatozov, Tatyana Samoilova, The Cranes Are Flying, Turner Classic Movies, Virginia Valli, Wild Oranges
