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"PERSUASION" (1971) Review

This adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1818 novel turned out to be the first of the old Jane Austen 电视 adaptations that the BBC aired during the 1970s and 80s. Produced and directed 由 Howard Baker, and adapted 由 Julian Mitchell; this two-part miniseries starred Ann Firbanks and Bryan Marshall.

As many 粉丝 of Austen’s novel would know, "PERSUASION" told the story of Anne Elliot, the middle daughter of a vain and spendthrift baronet, who finds herself reunited with her former finance, a Naval officer of lesser birth named Frederick Wentworth. Eight years before...

"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

I suspect that many 粉丝 of costume dramas would be fascinated to know about the series of period dramas released 由 the British film industry during the post-World War II era. A good number of those films were released 由 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 或者 production companies . . . like the 1948 period drama, "BLANCHE FURY".

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

"THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" (1934) Review

I have seen only two versions of Alexandre Dumas père's 1845 novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo" in my past - the 1975 电视 version with Richard Chamberlain and the 2002 迪士尼 film with James Cavielzel. While 阅读 a good number of 文章 about the movie versions of the novel, I came across numerous praises for the 1934 adaptation that starred Robert Donat. And since I happened to like Dumas' story so much, I decided to see how much I would like this older version.

Set between the last months of the Napoleonic Wars and the 1830s, "THE COUNT...