Emma Westwood writes about writing, cinema and other wild trips
A couple of sample entries from my book, Monster Movies: FRANKENSTEIN (dir. James Whale, USA, 1931) When Mary Shelley first penned Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) in 1818 as part of a literary parlour game with her husband and Lord Byron, she could not have fathomed the ‘monster’ she had created. Her story became the [...]
Director: Frank Capra Producer: Frank Capra & Harry Cohn Based on a Short Story by: Samuel Hopkins Adams Screenplay: Robert Riskin Starring: Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert Fellow Nominees: The Barretts of Wimpole – dir. Sidney Franklin, prod. Irving Thalberg Cleopatra – dir. & prod. Cecil B. DeMille Flirtation Walk – dir. Frank Borzage, prod. [...]
Director: Edmund Goulding Producer: Irving Thalberg Based on a Novel by: Vicki Baum Screenplay: William A. Drake Starring: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford & Wallace Beery Fellow Nominees: Arrowsmith – dir. John Ford, prod. Samuel Goldwyn Bad Girl – dir. Frank Borzage, prod. Winfield Sheehan The Champ – dir. & prod. King [...]
Director: Wesley Ruggles Producer: William LeBaron Based on a Novel by: Edith Ferber Screenplay: Howard Estabrook Starring: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne & Estelle Taylor Fellow Nominees: East Lynne – dir. Frank Lloyd, prod. Winfield Sheehan The Front Page – dir. Lewis Milestone, prod. Howard Hughes Skippy – dir. Norman Taurog, prod. Adolph Zukor Trader Horn [...]
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July 7, 2010
Emma Westwood
