A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000311
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936) 297 ggm ] ■> i — ^r -■ , > ■ -4 jr. iS f FA df " It— * S w *, ft* ■w^/^ |^ Robert E. Sherwood's The Petrified Forest was transferred to the screen by Warner Brothers in 1936. Archie Mayo directed the film in a slow but tense style. The performances were also first-rate, especially Humphrey Bogart's. This was his first film, and he played the character that he had created on Broadway. In this scene are Charley Grapewin, Genevieve Tobin, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, then well on her way to becoming Hollywood's most ac claimed actress, Bogart, and Joe Sawyer. BELOW LEFT Another successful transference from stage to screen was Sidney Howard's Dodswortli, from the Sinclair Lewis novel. William Wyler handled the direction, and Walter Huston, Mary Astor, and Ruth Chatterton turned in excellent performances. United Artists released this Goldwyn production in 1936. Below are Huston and Miss Astor, who contributed one of her best performances. BELOW RIGHT Despite a rather sickening advertising campaign, "Garbo loves Robert Taylor in Camille," it was a first-rate refilming of the old Dumas fih classic. Garbo's performance was one of her best, and George Cukor's direction one of his best. Metro released the film in 1936. Below, Garbo is loving Tavlor.