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Category Archives: Based on a Play

May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

January 18th, 2013: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Assumed Identity, Based on a Play, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Cary Grant, class issues, comedic alcoholic, divorcee, ex-husband, ex-wife, Franz Waxman, George Cukor, interrupted wedding, James Stewart, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Katharine Hepburn, lady reporter, Loew's, MGM, National Film Registry, photographer, publisher, reporter, wedding, wedding night

December 25th, 2012: Babes in Toyland aka March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Musical, Slapstick Tagged boogeyman, fairy tale, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Henry Brandon, MGM, Mickey Mouse, monkey, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, toy soldiers, toys, toys as weapons, Zepplin

December 14th, 2012: The Miracle Worker (1962)

Dec14 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Biopic, Movie of the Day Tagged Anne Bancroft, Arthur Penn, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Costume Design Black-and-White Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Nominee, Laurence Rosenthal, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, William Gibson

December 9th, 2012: Bulldog Drummond (1929)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller Tagged awful gay stereotypes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, gay sidekick, Great War veteran, Gregg Toland, Joan Bennett, kidnapping, Montagu Love, Pre-Code, Ronald Coleman, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Company, United Artists, veteran, yellow peril

November 28th, 2012: Auntie Mame (1958)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Camp, Comedy, Coming of Age, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Adolphe Green, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Betty Comden, Connecticut, Dub Taylor, Forrest Tucker, Gloria Holden, Henry Brandon, Morton DaCosta, New York City, Patrick Dennis, Patrick Knowles, Rosalind Russell

November 25th, 2012: Play it Again, Sam

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Spoof Tagged Diane Keaton, homage, Paramount Pictures, Tony Roberts, Woody Allen

October 10th, 2012: Noises Off…

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Workplace Tagged Amblin Entertainment, behind the scenes, Broadway, Carol Burnett, children of famous people, Denholm Elliott, Frank Marshall, John Ritter, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Mark Linn-Baker, Miami, Michael Caine, New York City, Nicolette Sheridan, Peter Bogdanovich, theater, Touchstone Pictures

September 26th, 2012: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Sep26 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Cary Grant, Edward Everett Horton, Edward McNamara, Frank Capra, Grant Mitchell, Jack Carson, James Gleason, Jean Adair, John Alexander, John Ridgely, Joseph Kesselring, Josephine Hull, Julius J. Epstein, Max Steiner, Peter Lorre, Philip G. Epstein, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey

September 25th, 2012: His Girl Friday

Sep25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged asshole reporter, Ben Hecht, Cary Grant, Columbia Pictures, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, ex-husband, ex-wife, falsely accused, Howard Hawks, interrupted execution, it's not over, John Qualen, lady reporter, National Film Registry, newspaper, pardon, Ralph Bellamy, reporter, Rosalind Russell

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