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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 19:27:22 GMT
Dial 'M' for Murder
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Post by snsurone on Mar 5, 2017 19:57:31 GMT
Franco Zeffirelli's ROMEO AND JULIET (1968).
Arguably, the best film adaptation of a Shakespeare play ever made.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 5, 2017 21:42:36 GMT
Casablanca, Arsenic And Old Lace, Music Man, West Side Story, Cabaret, and Steel Magnolias.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 10, 2017 2:34:45 GMT
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (1952)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 10, 2017 3:10:16 GMT
Sitting down last night with a much loved old favourite and as the credits rolled was reminded that
Too Many Husbands (1940) was adapted from the 1919 play by W. Somerset Maugham.
Columbia Studio was warned that the daring script would be in violation of the Production Code because of its "apparent lack of any respect for the sanctity of marriage; its farcical treatment of the subject of bigamy; and its very frank and detailed discussion of the unsavoury subject of divorce by collusion." Overcoming the code concerns the studio did seek outside input to create an appropriate ending.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2017 13:39:37 GMT
American Buffalo is another favorite of mine.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 28, 2017 20:00:17 GMT
I love Noel Coward plays but not many have made it to film. Relative Values is a hilarious comedy of manners no one saw. Julie Andrew's plays a matriarch of a country house set, whose son is engaged to a film star. Andrews shoukd have a great time playing dowagers based on her showing in this film. She's much funnier than she ever gets credit for, and as an older wellBourne woman , what seemed stuffy when she was younger is appropriate. She made good use of this in Princess diary , but she shoukd do the Edith Evans roles, like Importance of Being Ernest. She's much better at it that Judi Dench who tends to lose the humour. The rest of the cast is a lesson in working like a team, with Sophie Thompson absolutely hilarious. Watched Relative Values last night from your recommendation here, and felt I must pass on a BIG thankyou! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute, cast, acting, dialogue, setting, colour, wonderful entertainment.... |
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Post by wmcclain on Mar 29, 2017 1:17:25 GMT
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Post by glenesq on Mar 29, 2017 7:33:26 GMT
The first two film's of Pagnol's Marseille trilogy from the 1930s were based on plays: Marius (1931), Fanny (1932), while the third film Cesar (1936) I think was written for the screen.
I don't know if this was mentioned, but The Importance of Being Ernest (1952) is a blast.
I'll mention 3 musicals adapted from the stage I really like: Guys and Dolls (1955), The Pajama Game (1957), Chicago (2002).
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Post by marshamae on Mar 29, 2017 12:36:17 GMT
Some more by author- James M Barrie- he's best known for Peter Pan but he wrote many other very successful plays most of which have made it to film. The plays read wonderfully, but I wish I could see them produced.
Quality Street- Hepburn is too brittle to make the transition from dowdy to flirtatious. It's too bad she always got first crack at these classic parts . Norma shearer would have been marvelous in this. It's a very carefully costumed play about tge napoleonic wars and Franchot tone is great.
What Every Woman Knows- the great Helen Hayes for once cast perfectly as a wife who uses her quick wit to help his career without his ever realizing it. It's gentle and funny.
The Admirable Crichton- a comedy about upending social position when a group of people are shipwrecked. Very well cast and played with Kenneth More and Sally Ann Howes, and a young Diane Cilento.
Peter Pan- it's been made over and over( with the royalties always going to the GREAT ORMOND STREET CHILDRENS HOSPITAL) my favorite version is the Jerome Robbins directed play done for tv with Mary Martin and Cyril Richard.
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 26, 2017 23:28:13 GMT
Henry V either Branaugh or Olivier versions
Richard III w/Price or the modern version
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Post by kijii on Sept 27, 2017 16:00:00 GMT
Are there any plans to make Hamilton (The Musical) into a movie?
I have heard so much about it.........
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 27, 2017 16:25:35 GMT
Are there any plans to make Hamilton (The Musical) into a movie? I have heard so much about it......... Oy. I'm declaring my own independence--get it? get it? Oh, no, not the rotten fruit!--by having no interest in Hamilton. I completely fail to see the attraction there. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 27, 2017 17:29:16 GMT
...one more:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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Post by ellynmacg on Sept 28, 2017 14:04:53 GMT
Does this include musicals? If yes: Carousel and West Side Story. If not: The Hasty Heart. (Yes, even with Ronald Reagan!) Oops, I just re-read the OP (stating that musicals were okay)! Thanks!  |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 7, 2017 3:47:59 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 8, 2017 20:03:46 GMT
Naniwa no koi no monogatari , Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka AKA Their Own World. (1959). Directed by Tomu Uchida Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653 1725) among the greatest of Japanese dramatists. His most famous plays deal with the tragedy of honour bound passionate lovers. This excellent inventive film is based on a play, written in 1711, "The Courier for Hell" which tells a tale of actual events that took place in Osaka in 1710. Chubei is a naïve young man, the adopted son of a respected Osakan courier. Reluctantly he is lead astray one evening into the red light district by Hachi, a business associate. After much protest Chubei spends the night and fatefully falls in love with a beautiful and kindly prostitute Umegawa. Their love and affection is mutually shared, but when a rich merchant wants to buy out Umegawa's contract and marry her, Chubei becomes desperate resorting to uncharacteristic measures to thwart the merchants plans ... In an inspired creative touch director Uchida places Chikamatsu as a character in the midst of the evolving romantic drama, he is played brilliantly by Chiezô Kataoka. Chikamatsu has a continuous presence in the background, eavesdropping on conversations with pen in hand, his ears and eyes are wide open. The inspiration for his new play begins when, he overhears Hachi and Chubei planning to go to the pleasure quarters... Stylish cinematography highlights the sumptuous period detail, interwoven throughout traditional theatrical elements which provide a rich cultural context. Outstanding performances are a feature, an engrossing drama of exceptional quality. Highly Recommended. 
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 8, 2017 20:17:01 GMT
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE is a prolific English playwright and director. Between 1972 and 2009 he had written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in Scarborough and London. One of England’s most successful living playwrights. his works have been translated into over 35 languages and are continually performed on stage and television throughout the world, an important commentator on the lifestyles of the British suburban middle class, he is known for his stylistic theatrical innovation. The Norman Conquests is a trilogy of acclaimed plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. The plays were filmed in 1977 as a three part series directed by Herbert Wise. Each of the plays depicts the same related characters over the same weekend in a different part of the country house. Table Manners is set in the dining room, Living Together in the living room, and Round and Round the Garden in the garden. Wildly comic and deeply affecting, the confined scale of the drama is typical of Ayckbourn.s style. There are only six characters, namely Norman, his wife Ruth, her brother Reg and his wife Sarah, Ruth's sister Annie, and Tom, Annie's next-door-neighbour. Outstanding characterizations portray the relationships among the six characters with engaging animated performances, they are in full command of the perceptive sharp-witted script. Penelope Keith won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress for her performance. Tom Conti is a knockout as Norman, and equally so the whole cast are wonderful... Excellent Highly Recommend  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 30, 2017 14:43:53 GMT
...to spiderwort:
I actually own a DVD copy of Requiem for a Heavyweight starring Jack Palance. And it is excellent and on a par with the Quinn performance, though the Quinn film has better supporting actors (Rooney/Gleason)
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Post by Power Ranger on Dec 30, 2017 21:35:35 GMT
The Boys in the Band
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