Word: technicolorful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tonight We Sing, though, is as much a triumph for the production staff as for the individual stars. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, it escapes what might have been a serious defect--a disjointed grouping of extravagant scenes. The technicolor photography perfectly suits the full, rich colors of the opera and ballet excerpts. But the greatest achievement was musical director Alfred Newman's, who effectively transported the opera scores to a film medium...
...watching a sow with her sucklings; the ring of hand axes against a stump; tumbleweed brushing the legs of jittery horses; a harmonica solo of taps as a pine coffin is lowered into a hilltop grave Without recourse to tricky 3-D photography and Polaroid glasses, Stevens, with ordinary Technicolor camera and sound track has given his flat old story a real third dimension of believability...
...sweetmeats by torchlight. Unfortunately, this pleasant state of affairs is menaced by a villain named Omar Ben Khalif (Richard Conte). But once Ladd disposes of Conte, he and Arlene are free to resume their idyllic existence. With its outlandishly fanciful doings, Desert Legion is as patently unreal as a Technicolor mirage...
Doubtful as history, Salome is just as dubious as screen entertainment. A turgid multimillion-dollar blend of sex, spectacle and religion, it has been directed with a ponderous touch by William Dieterle. Chewing at the Technicolor scenery are Charles Laughton as a fat, licentious Herod, Judith Anderson as an evilly scheming Herodias, Alan Badel as a weirdly wild-eyed John the Baptist, and Stewart Granger as an intrepid Roman commander. Actress Hayworth does her best in the dance of the seven veils. With choreography by Valerie Bettis, Rita is the very picture of a Galilean glamour girl...
Come Back Little Sheba impresses you with the wisdom of one academy award and the complete fatuousness of another. Not only Shirley Booth's performance, but the film as a whole, is the year's best, Mr. DcMille's technicolor elephants not withstanding...