Word: versions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hamlet. Sir Laurence Olivier's masterful film version of the Shakespeare classic (TIME, June...
This French-made film version of an André Gide story, aimed at grown-up audiences, has so much more integrity and artistry than the run of movies that some of its admirers may be blind to its defects. It is superbly performed; talented and beautiful Mlle. Morgan has a chance to bloom again after an arid period in Hollywood. And the story is drawn slowly out of its characters with a patient indirection that piles up considerable emotional power without ever losing its sensitive touch...
...believed that mere repetition of the name of the god Ram was an effective means of banishing fear. Gandhi added two lines of his own to the song: "Ishvar [Hindustani for God] and Allah are both thy names; give wisdom to all." Gandhi encouraged the use of the amended version to promote Hindu-Moslem harmony...
...Three Musketeers (MGM) has more ups & downs than the Berlin airlift. When it keeps to the stratosphere of high-spirited comedy, it is an engaging, exuberant film version of the old Dumas swashbuckler.* When it tries to settle down and take itself seriously, Musketeers hits a few air pockets...
...least six U.S. and two French versions of the story have been filmed. One of the first in the U.S. was produced in 1911 in two parts. The most famous was Douglas Fairbanks Sr.'s version (United Artists, 1921) with Marguerite de la Motte and Adolphe Menjou...