The Quiet Man is a 1952 romantic comedy-drama directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The film is particualrly notable for Winton Hoch’s lush photography of the Irish countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight. The Quiet Man won the Academy Award for Best Director for John Ford, his fourth, and for Best Cinematography. Continue reading “#FILMTALK REVIEW – THE QUIET MAN (1952), John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald”
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Robert Downey Jr | Biography | Star of Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes & Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr. is as famous these days for Tony Stark and Iron Man as he was for his many arrests on drug charges in the late 1990s. He has an incredible story, but just how did he go from drug addiction and prison to internationally acclaimed actor, with a list of films to his name that have so far made him one of the highest-grossing stars of all time? Continue reading “Robert Downey Jr | Biography | Star of Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes & Avengers: Endgame”
THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957), Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford – #FILMTALK Review
Virginia and Bill play a young couple who inherit a cinema from a great uncle. When they look over their new property, they discover that it’s the old decrepit Bijou Kinema sandwiched between two railway bridges, nicknamed by its patrons as “flea pit”. Continue reading “THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957), Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford – #FILMTALK Review”