Word: gloomed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mournful bells toll in the background, the long funeral procession of Capuchin friars marches slowly along the battlements. The huge corpse on the leading bier seems to exude dark passion even in death. The gloom lifts as the second bier passes, revealing a woman whose beauty shows through her burial shroud. At a distance, vengeful soldiers thrust a man into an iron cage and hoist him to the top of a tower for the birds to abuse...
Shadows create the sense of gloom for the entire film, damping even a victory celebration. Darkness pervades the alleys where gleeful soldiers cavort with Cyprian women. The transition of Othello's mind from conscientious administrator to maddened husband is reflected in the darkening of the weather as the Moor's thoughts plummet...
JENNIE is a grandiose musical dud, dropped on Laurette Taylor's early life and hard times. Amid the gloom, Mary Martin shines like the inextinguishable star that...
Bored by Jeanne's affection, Julien enlists the sensual services of a household maid. Jeanne, blandly innocent, forgives this transgression and more that follow it. But the marriage is hopeless. Put in motion by the pathetic mismatch between Jeanne and Julien, the relentless tragedy moves deeper and deeper into gloom, until it is both capped and cut short by a violent climax...
JENNIE is a grandiose musical dud, dropped on Laurette Taylor's early life and hard times. Amid the gloom, Mary Martin shines like the inextinguishable star that...