"From a factory rooftop, Iver and his good friend Ellsworth (a rooftop bear) are content to watch the busy world below. "Everyone's going somewhere," Iver says. "We can see the whole world from up here. That's enough somewhere for me." But after Iver retires, the friends must venture out in search of a new somewhere. Of course, the very best views are those you share with an old pal."
"Casey Robinson Jeanne Thomas Allen. Now, Voyager Now, Voyager (1942) is
appreciated today for a skillfully modulated performance by Bette Davis and a
rare theme in American mass culture — the study of a woman's struggle for
independence Critically dismissed upon release as an inconsequential "weepie,"
the vivid portrait of a passionate, maturing, and eventually self-reliant woman has
recently won renewed interest Students of film h ..."
Dark Victory(1st Edition) (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays) by Tino Balio, Bernard F. Dick, CaseyRobinson Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 1981 by University Of Wisconsin Press ISBN-13: 978-0-299-08760-9, ISBN: 0-299-08760-3
" Dark Victory, released in 1939, was a daring movie for its time. it depicted its heroine, Bette Davis, dying of a brain tumor. The film blended romance and realism so successfully that it is still a model for movies about death and dying today. Bette Davis drew upon every mood she had ever expressed—insouciance, impatience, anger, passion, acquiescence. She worked hard at the role, reveling in a story that, according to her acco ..."
Dark Victory(1st Edition) (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays Series) by CaseyRobinson, Bernard F. Dick, Tino Balio Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 1981 by University Of Wisconsin Press ISBN-13: 978-0-299-08764-7, ISBN: 0-299-08764-6
"Dark Victory, released in 1939, was a daring movie for its time. it depicted its heroine, Bette Davis, dying of a brain tumor. The film blended romance and realism so successfully that it is still a model for movies about death and dying today. Bette Davis drew upon every mood she had ever expressed-insouciance, impatience, anger, passion, acquiescence. She worked hard at the role, reveling in a story that, according to her account, she ..."
"Now Voyager (1942) is appreciated today for a skillfully modulated performance by Bette Davis and a rare theme in American mass culture—the study of a woman's struggle for independence. This book includes the complete screenplay."
"The Maltese Falcon Still the tightest, sharpest, and most cynical of Hollywood's official deathless classics, bracingly tough even by post-Tarantino standards. Humphrey Bogart is Dashiell Hammett's definitive private eye, Sam Spade, struggling to keep his hard-boiled cool as the double-crosses pile up around his ankles. The plot, which dances all around the stolen Middle Eastern statuette of the title, is too baroque to try to follow, a ..."
"In this 1942 melodrama, founded on the novel by Olivia Higgins Prouty (who also wrote the novel on which Stella Dallas was based), Bette Davis stars as Charlotte Vale, a dowdy, repressed woman who, overwhelmed by her domineering mother, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She finds help at a sanitarium from a kind psychiatrist (Claude Rains), who turns her into a beautiful, confident woman. As a new person, she takes a pleasure crui ..."
"Critic Pauline Kael called this shamelessly enjoyable, vintage Bette Davis weepie a "kitsch classic," and time hasn't diminished its ability to give the tear ducts a good flushing. Davis plays a swinging socialite, living the fast life of booze, smokes, and--with the help of Humphrey Bogart as her Irish stableman--raising thoroughbred horses. When a brain tumor starts giving her headaches and eroding her vision, she falls in love with h ..."
"Captain Blood (DVD)Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland star in this swashbuckling classic. After he treats wounded English rebels, physician Peter Blood (Flynn) is arrested and sentenced to slavery in Jamaica. There, he catches the eye of the governor's daughter, Arabella (de Havilland), who buys him. But Blood leads fellow slaves in an escape and strikes terror into the Jamaicans as the pirate Captain Blood--until the Spanish attack, a ..."
" Even in the 21st century, very few film stars create and define their own genre--and certainly not in the complete way Bette Davis did. The Bette Davis Collection gives an exceptionally good survey of essential Bette, with four of the five films absolute knock-down classics from her long reign at Warner Bros. Davis's personality was so strong that she tended to overpower her directors, but William Wyler was one of the few to maintain h ..."
"Ben-Hur Ben-Hur scooped an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards® in 1959 and, unlike some later rivals, richly deserved every single one. This is epic filmmaking on a scale that had not been seen before and is unlikely ever to be seen again. But it's not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it's the subject matter, and here the subject--Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his estrangement from old Roman pal Mes ..."
"Casablanca, 1943. Rick, Américain cynique et blasé, dirige un cabaret-tripot dans lequel se presse chaque soir une foule de gens hétérogènes, composée aussi bien d'Européens bien décidés à échapper au nazisme que d'agents du Reich, de petits malfaiteurs que de collaborateurs. Un soir, Ilsa fait son retour dans la vie de Rick. Elle et lui se sont aimés trois ans auparavant, à Paris. Venue avec son mari, farouche opposant aux nazis, Ilsa ..."
"His talent made him a legend. His courage made him a hero. Gary Cooper is nothing short of wonderful (The Motion Picture Guide) in this moving true story of Lou Gehrig, the Hall-of-Fame ballplayer who reached the heights of stardom only to face tragedy with a dignity that inspired a nation. Nominated* for eleven Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, The Pride of the Yankees is a glorious [and] inspiring (The Hollywood Reporter ..."
"A truly perfect movie, the 1942 Casablanca still wows viewers today, and for good reason. Its unique story of a love triangle set against terribly high stakes in the war against a monster is sophisticated instead of outlandish, intriguing instead of garish. Humphrey Bogart plays the allegedly apolitical club owner in unoccupied French territory that is nevertheless crawling with Nazis; Ingrid Bergman is the lover who mysteriously desert ..."
"Humphrey Bogart reunites with director Michael Curtiz and other key Casablanca personnel (Including co-stars Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet) for a tension-swept Passage to Marseille. Bogart plays Jean Matrac, a World War II French patriot who escapes Devil's Island, survives a dangerous freighter voyage and becomes a gunner in the Free French Air Corps. Passage sailed into theaters on stormy seas. Controversy surroun ..."
"Critic Pauline Kael called this shamelessly enjoyable, vintage Bette Davis weepie a "kitsch classic," and time hasn't diminished its ability to give the tear ducts a good flushing. Davis plays a swinging socialite, living the fast life of booze, smokes, and--with the help of Humphrey Bogart as her Irish stableman--raising thoroughbred horses. When a brain tumor starts giving her headaches and eroding her vision, she falls in love with h ..."
"Critic Pauline Kael called this shamelessly enjoyable, vintage Bette Davis weepie a "kitsch classic," and time hasn't diminished its ability to give the tear ducts a good flushing. Davis plays a swinging socialite, living the fast life of booze, smokes, and--with the help of Humphrey Bogart as her Irish stableman--raising thoroughbred horses. When a brain tumor starts giving her headaches and eroding her vision, she falls in love with h ..."
"Casablanca est un chef-d'œuvre de perfection qui éblouira encore de nombreuses générations à venir. Mêlant une intrigue amoureuse unique d'une grande subtilité aux enjeux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le film aborde également la question des choix que chacun est obligé de faire lors de périodes troublées. Il offre à Humphrey Bogart un rôle bouleversant, celui d'un homme dont les certitudes vacillent avec la réapparition de son an ..."