Wednesday, March 29, 2017

plato's cave twenty two (being a film journal)

alexander korda - that hamilton women - 1941

second time seeing this film. stars laurence olivier, vivien leigh, alan mowbray, and sara allgood. in addition to the nuances of these fine actors, i was taken by the cinematography. the film was photography by the respected rudolph maté.

other noteworthy films photographed by rudolph maté :
- carl theodor dreyer - michael - 1924
- carl theodor dreyer - the passion of joan of arc - 1928
- carl theodor dreyer - vampyr - 1932
- fritz lang - liliom - 1934
- rené clair - the last billionaire - 1934
- william wyler - dodsworth - 1936
- leo mccarey - love affair - 1939
- garson kanin - my favorite wife - 1949
- alfred hitchcock - foreign correspondent - 1940
- ernst lubitsch - to be or not to be - 1942
- sam wood - the pride of the yankees - 1942
- zoltan korda - sahara - 1943
- charles vidor - gilda - 1946
- orson welles - the lady from shanghai - 1947, w/ charles lawton jr. & joseph walker

there are many more i have not seen. will check them out further

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