A lavish costume drama, Victor Saville’s Green Dolphin Street is set in 1840, on an island off the coast of Newfoundland. The big-budgeted melodrama, based on the bestseller by Elizabeth Goudge, tells the story of two sisters, blonde Marguerite Patourel (Donna Reed) and brunette Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund […]
Oscar Movies: Green Card (1990)
June 12, 2014 by
This very minor romantic comedy was directed and written by Peter Weir, better known for his dramas and thrillers.
Oscar Movies: Greatest Story Ever Told
June 11, 2014 by
George Stevens’s unsuccessful attempt at a biblical epic, The Greatest Story Ever Told, stars Max von Sydow as Jesus.
Oscar Movies: Great War from Italy
June 11, 2014 by
Mario Monicelli directs this serio-comedy set in WWI, starring Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi as soldiers who go AWOL during battle, but decide to return to battle when they learn that the rest of their band is killed. Oscar Nominations: 1 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Awards: None Oscar Context: The winner of […]
Oscar Movies: Great Waltz–Starring Miliza Korjus
June 11, 2014 by
One of the most popular films of 1938, “The Great Waltz” stars Miliza Korjus, the Polish-born coloratura soprano in her only Hollywood appearance, for which she was Oscar nominated in the supporting league. Hoping she would become a major star, MGM created a great publicity campaign for Korjus, based on the line: “Korjus rhymes with […]
