C·奥布雷·史密斯 — 演员 (8)
四片羽毛 (1939) [电影] TMDB IMDb 维基数据 豆瓣
The Four Feathers
7.6 (5 个评分) 导演: 佐尔坦·科达 演员: John Clements / Ralph Richardson
其它标题: 포 페더스 / 四枚の羽根
费弗森将军因儿子哈瑞,幼年只喜好诗词,怕有辱家族声誉,托好友苏顿大夫照应。
将军死后,哈瑞要求解除军职,因英埃联军将对苏丹用兵,被同伴视为懦夫,寄白羽毛羞辱他,但英军对苏丹用兵并不顺利,哈瑞赴埃及要求医生改容为当地土著,潜入前线,起原军团被回民打败,同伴非殉职即被俘入狱,哈瑞救好友杜伦斯上尉回英国阵地而被捕,旋即逃狱到哈土木营救同伴,英军终来到哈土木,哈瑞策动监狱暴动,控制一边城墙,英军收复哈土木,哈瑞成为大英雄。
Caravan (1934) [电影] 维基数据 IMDb 豆瓣 TMDB
Caravan
导演: Erik Charell 演员: Charles Boyer / Loretta Young
其它标题: Caravana / Cœur de tzigane
Young Countess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. Wilma impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent. Swallowing his pride, Latzi agrees to the marriage, but soon Wilma falls in love with young Lieutenant Von Tokay who himself is in love with Latzi's gypsy sweetheart Timka.
荣耀六十年 (1938) [电影] 豆瓣 IMDb
Sixty Glorious Years
导演: Herbert Wilcox 演员: Anna Neagle / Anton Walbrook
其它标题: Sixty Glorious Years
Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.
The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).
The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.
The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.
Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.
Roger Philip Mellor
金发炸弹 (1933) [电影] IMDb 维基数据 TMDB
Bombshell
导演: 维克多·弗莱明 演员: Jean Harlow / Lee Tracy
其它标题: 폭탄 / Sexbombe
Lola Burns 是风靡一时的“金发炸弹”(blonde bombshell),却被炒作不停、家人无底线地榨取、经纪人 Space 用绯闻不断推上头条。她渴望平凡生活却屡遭阻挠,逃离好莱坞并陷入一段看似浪漫的恋情。终点却发现,所谓的理想生活不过是经纪人布下的阴谋,结局则在混乱中带着一丝坦荡与自嘲
难为人父 (1931) [电影] IMDb 豆瓣
The Bachelor Father
其它标题: The Bachelor Father / Papá solterón
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.
The Florentine Dagger (1935) [电影] 豆瓣 IMDb
The Florentine Dagger
导演: Robert Florey 演员: Donald Woods / Margaret Lindsay
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.