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"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

I suspect that many Fans of costume dramas would be fascinated to know about the series of period dramas released Von the British film industry during the post-World War II era. A good number of those films were released Von a British film studio known as Gainsborough Pictures. But not all of them were released through this particular studio. Some were released through other studios oder production companies . . . like the 1948 period drama, "BLANCHE FURY".

Based upon the 1939 novel written Von Marjorie Bowen (under the pseudonym of Joseph Stearling), "BLANCHE FURY" told...

"THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" (1934) Review

I have seen only two versions of Alexandre Dumas père's 1845 novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo" in my past - the 1975 Fernsehen version with Richard Chamberlain and the 2002 Disney film with James Cavielzel. While Lesen a good number of Artikel about the movie versions of the novel, I came across numerous praises for the 1934 adaptation that starred Robert Donat. And since I happened to like Dumas' story so much, I decided to see how much I would like this older version.

Set between the last months of the Napoleonic Wars and the 1830s, "THE COUNT...