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"THE FOUR FEATHERS" (1939) Review

There have been seven versions of A.E.W. Mason’s 1902 novel, "The Four Feathers". At least three of them were silent films. In 1939, British producer Alexander Korda released the first sound adaptation of the novel. This version was also the first one to be filmed in color. Directed سے طرف کی Korda’s brother, Zoltan Korda, "THE FOUR FEATHERS" starred John Clements, June Duprez, Ralph Richardson and C. Aubrey Smith.

Not only was this version of ”THE FOUR FEATHERS” the first to feature both sound and color, it is regarded سے طرف کی many as the best adaptation of Mason’s...

"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

I suspect that many شائقین of costume dramas would be fascinated to know about the series of period dramas released سے طرف کی the British film industry during the post-World War II era. A good number of those films were released سے طرف کی a British film studio known as Gainsborough Pictures. But not all of them were released through this particular studio. Some were released through other studios یا production companies . . . like the 1948 period drama, "BLANCHE FURY".

Based upon the 1939 novel written سے طرف کی Marjorie Bowen (under the pseudonym of Joseph Stearling), "BLANCHE FURY" told...