Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 71-75

To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 75) Johnny Depp / Key film – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 71-75

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Written on the Wind (1956)

Dir. Douglas Sirk. Starring Robert Stack, Lauren Bacall, Rock Hudson Written on the Wind is stuck in a really strange place for a movie. It chips at the very limits of frankness and decency for its time period, but to work well it has to go much further than all that 1956 could allow. The story… Read More Written on the Wind (1956)

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Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 71-75

Written on the Wind (1956)