Friday, March 31, 2023

Blance Padilla

 

ph: Diego Uchitel

Hedda Gabler (1962)

 

A scheming woman marries a nice but dimwitted intellectual out of convenience. She hears that her old lover is back in town. She decides to destroy his life, jealous of his love affair with another.

A TV production with a stellar cast, in which Ingrid Bergman shines the best, is unfortunately a brutally condensed, stubbed up adaptation of the classic play.  


 

Sui He


 

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The Return of Dracula (1958)

 

After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.

Interesting and unusual low budget horror film is skillfully set in suburban America with a slight touch of Noir.

Halliwell*: "Quite nicely made low-budget horror film with a good balance of the supernatural and the ordinary."

Maltin**: "Lederer thwarted by a mediocre script."