An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Big Country (1958). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

Richard Burton is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Richard Burtons roles in the films The Night of the Iguana (1964) and Boom (1968), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Richard Burtons film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these films and their times that movie b...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Harvey Girls (1946). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Furies (1950) directed by Anthony Mann and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, The Furies (1950): Mann of the West. Noted for its volatility, the suddenness of its violence, and its unmistakable strain of incest, The Furies is quite a show. Its a peak picture for most of its contributors, notably the best of Barbara Stanwycks eleven westerns (not to ...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

Anna Magnani is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Anna Magnanis roles in the films The Rose Tattoo (1955) and The Fugitive Kind (1960), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Anna Magnanis film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these films and their times that movie bu...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Palm Beach Story (1942) directed by Preston Sturges and starring Joel McCrea, Claudette Colbert and Rudy Vallee. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, The Palm Beach Story (1942): The Deadpan Among the Zanies. The Palm Beach Story, a flat-out screwball comedy, is a companion piece to Sturges classic The Lady Eve (1941) in terms of combining sex and slapstick, and cynicism and romance into a gleeful ...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Branded (1950) starring Alan Ladd. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, Branded (1950): Hollywoods Little Big Man. Branded is a forgotten Technicolor western, released three years before Shane lionized Alan Ladd in the genre.

Joanne Woodward is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Joanne Woodwards roles in the films The Fugitive Kind (1960) and The Glass Menagerie (1987), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Joanne Woodwards film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these films and their times ...

Elizabeth Taylor is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Elizabeth Taylors roles in the films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and Boom (1968), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Elizabeth Taylors film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these ...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Fallen Idol (1948) starring Bobby Henrey, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dredel and Michèle Morgan. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, The Fallen Idol (1948): The Butler Didnt Do It. The Fallen Idol tells a more intimate story primarily from the focus of an eight-year-old boy. The films enthralling suspense is heightened by dual and parallel realities: what is actually happening, and what is perceived b...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Iron Giant (1999). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.