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Marlene Dietrich

  • Movies Based on Plays – I

    Movies Based on Plays – I

    There are both advantages and disadvantages to adapting a play for the big screen (or TV). It can certainly save the filmmakers the cost and time of writing a screenplay for the movie, but it also adds a new set of complexities. Scripts for plays are usually restricted to a few venues, or in many… Read more

  • Movie Review: Witness For the Prosecution (1957)

    Movie Review: Witness For the Prosecution (1957)

    Two years after his maiden and last directorial effort, veteran British thespian Charles Laughton returned to acting in “Witness for the Prosecution,” a movie hailed as one of the best courtroom dramas of all time, receiving 6 Academy Award nominations and 5 Golden Globe nominations. This British movie is an adaptation of a play of… Read more