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💖 Happy Birthday 🎂 Claire Bloom (15 February 1931 - ) English actress 💋✨
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I just watched The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1959) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_%281963_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheHaunting #RobertWise #JulieHarris #ClaireBloom #RichardJohnson #RussTamblyn

Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963) is an object lesson in how to do subtle horror and it's one of the great haunted house movies. Superbly atmospheric and ambiguous. Much better than Shirley Jackson's overrated source novel.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-haunting-1963.html

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I just watched Limelight (1952, Charles Chaplin) and rated it 4/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limelight_%281952_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #Limelight #CharlieChaplin #ClaireBloom #SydneyChaplin #NigelBruce #NormanLloyd

Limelight (1952)

This American comedy-drama film was written, produced, and directed by its star Charlie Chaplin, based on his own novella. Chaplin also composed the film score, with Buster Keaton appearing in their final musical number.

Released during the McCarthy era of political repression and fear campaigns, featuring the persecution of allegedly left-wing individuals, the film was picketed and heavily boycotted in the US.

Following the film’s re-release in the United States in 1972, and first screening in Los Angeles, Chaplin won his only Oscar for the film’s score at the 45th Academy Awards. ‘Limelight’ has since gained a cult following.

Recommended viewing (even if 10 minutes too long).

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