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Oscar Movies: Happy Ending–Jean Simmons
June 14, 2014 by
As directed and written by Richard Brooks, “The Happy Ending” is a borderline banal and overwrought melodrama, aiming to dissect bourgeois marriages and disillusioned suburban housewives, who console themselves with pills and alcohol in order to tolerate their spouses’ infidelities. The protagnist is Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons), who is married to the trim, handsome and […]
Oscar Movies: Happiest Millionaire, The (1967)
June 14, 2014 by
Oscar Nominations: 1
Original Screenplay: Preston Sturges
Oscar Movies: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
June 14, 2014 by
Sam Goldwyn’s final production for RKO Radio release, is also the producer’s last vehicle of Danny Kaye, his major star. The Moss Hart-Myles Connolly fictional screenplay disregards the facts about the great storyteller, opting for a fanciful, typically 1950s blend of comedy, fantasy, romance and music. As played by Kaye, Hans Christian Andersen starts out […]
