Tag: Laurence Olivier

That Hamilton Woman (1941)

Lady Hamilton Director: Alexander Korda Producer: Alexander Korda Screenplay: Walter Reisch, R. C. Sherriff Genre: Drama | Historical | Romantic Music: Miklós Rózsa Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: United Artists Release date: 1941 Running time: 128 minutes Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) as Emma, Lady…

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Director: Laurence Olivier Producer: Laurence Olivier Screenplay: Terence Rattigan Based on: The Sleeping Prince (1953) by Terence Rattigan Genre: Comedy | Romantic Music: Richard Addinsell Country: United Kingdom | United States Language: English Studio: Marilyn Monroe Productions | Warner Bros. Release…

Spartacus (1960)

Director: Stanley Kubrick Producer: Edward Lewis Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo Based on: Spartacus by Howard Fast Genre: Adventure | Biography | Drama | Epic | Historical Music: Alex North Country: United States Language: English Studio: Universal Pictures Release date: 1960 Running time: 197…

Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

Director: Franco Zeffirelli Producer: Lew Grade, Vincenzo Labella Screenplay: Anthony Burgess, Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Franco Zeffirelli Based on: The Gospels Genre: Biblical | Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Maurice Jarre Country: Italia | United Kingdom Language: English Studio: ITC Films,…

Rebecca (1940)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: David O. Selznick Screenplay: Joan Harrison, Robert E. Sherwood Based on: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Genre: Drama | Mystery | Romantic | Thriller Music: Franz Waxman Country: United States Language: English Studio: United Artists Release…

Joan Plowright

(1929) Dame Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE Filmography as Actress: Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth     Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond     Surviving Picasso 1996 Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha…

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Director: Desmond Davis Producer: Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer Screenplay: Beverley Cross Genre: Action | Adventure | Epic | Fantasy Music: Laurence Rosenthal Country: United Kingdom | United States Language: English Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date: 1981 Running time: 118 minutes Laurence Olivier…

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Director: Franco Zeffirelli Producer: John Brabourne, Anthony Havelock-Allan Screenplay: Franco Brusati, Masolino D’Amico, Franco Zeffirelli Based on: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Genre: Romantic, Drama Music: Nino Rota Country: United Kingdom, Italia Language: English Studio: Paramount Pictures Release date:…

Laurence Olivier: Quotations

Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) “I’d like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God’s a workman. I don’t think there’s anything better than a workman.”

Vivien Leigh

(1913–1967) Vivian Mary Hartley Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     Waterloo Bridge 1940 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor     That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier  …