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Post by spiderwort on Jul 1, 2023 2:13:23 GMT
Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece was directed by Sidney Lumet in 1962, using the play as the script. Still, it's a remarkably cinematic film, to say nothing of having four remarkable performances. The play opened on Broadway on Nov 07, 1956 and closed on Mar 29, 1958, for a total of 390 performances. It starred Fredric March, Florence Elridge, Jason Robards Jr. and Bradford Dillman.
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 1, 2023 2:35:47 GMT
George Stevens directed I Remember Man (1948), which was an adaptation of the John Van Druten stage play that Van Druten adapted from Kathryn Forbes' novel, "Mama's Bank Account." The play premiered on Broadway on October 19, 1944 and ran for 713 performances. It was produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The cast included Mady Christians as Mama, Oscar Homolka, Joan Tetzel, and Marlon Brando, making his Broadway debut as young Nels.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2023 9:03:31 GMT
Dial M For Murder
Rope
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Jul 1, 2023 10:43:10 GMT
The Caine Mutiny Court-martial play became The Caine Mutiny movie.
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Post by Teleadm on Jul 1, 2023 19:29:28 GMT
Charley's Aunt, is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The play was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds in February 1892. It then opened in London at the Royalty Theatre on 21 December 1892 and quickly transferred to the larger Globe Theatre on 30 January 1893. The production broke the historic record for longest-running play worldwide, running for 1,466 performances. It was produced by the actor W. S. Penley, a friend of Thomas, who appeared as Babberley. The play was also a success on Broadway in 1893, and in Paris, where it had further long runs. It toured internationally and has been revived continually and adapted for films and musicals. Also versions in German, French, Danish, Russian, Indian, Spanish, Egyptian, Chinese and maybe more made for movies, and even more versions around the world made for television.
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Post by Teleadm on Jul 6, 2023 6:08:48 GMT
Enter Laughing 1967. Based on a farce in two acts, it is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Carl Reiner. The Broadway production opened on March 13, 1963, and ran for over a year. It marked the Broadway directorial debut of Gene Saks. Luv 1967. Based on a play by Murray Schisgal. The production originated on Broadway in 1964 and had a run for 901 performances. I came to think of these two because the recently deceased Alan Arkin starred in both Broadway productions.
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Post by spiderwort on Aug 24, 2023 14:26:54 GMT
Two more by playwright William Inge. Come Back, Little Sheba(1952), Oscar winner for Shirley Booth The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), Oscar nomination for Shirley Knight
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2023 7:53:00 GMT
Teleadm 's post on WHAT MOVIE DID YOU JUST FINISH WATCHING The Visit (1964)is based on Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play Der Besuch der alten Dame.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Aug 27, 2023 8:44:27 GMT
August Wilson's Fences With James Earl Jones - 1985 play. Denzel Washington - 2016 movie
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Post by amyghost on Aug 27, 2023 10:32:04 GMT
Three all-time favorites: 1968's A Midsummer Night's Dream1967's Marat/Sade1962's Long Day's Journey Into NightFor me, all three constitute letter-perfect stage to film translations that are probably the closest one could experience of seeing them played in live performance.
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Post by timshelboy on Sept 2, 2023 19:05:30 GMT
Parker Posey, Genevieve Bujold & Tori Spelling in the movie
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 17, 2024 22:26:11 GMT
I saw this fairly recently and was utterly amazed by it. It's a beautiful, deeply moving film about lives that are disrupted and destroyed in Russia during WWII. And what director Mikhail Kalatoz did with Viktor Rozov's adaptation of his own play is simply astounding. It's absolutely the most cinematic adaptation of a play that I have ever seen! A masterpiece, in my opinion, which I highly recommend it to everyone.
Oh, and the female star, Tatyana Samoylova, was the great-niece of the renowned teacher and director, Konstantin Stanislvaski. Also, the film won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, and Samoylova received a special award.
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