€uromeinke, FEJ. and Ghoulish Delight RULE!!! NA abides.
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€uromeinke, FEJ. and Ghoulish Delight RULE!!! NA abides. |
02-19-2008, 08:16 AM
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lost in the fog
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Bette in the Warner's Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex is wonderful classic Hollywood and one would never expect it to be historically accurate. Errol Flynn is so incredibly handsome as the roguish Essex and Bette is very mannered as Elizabeth (with all the usual Bette ticks), that said, it's a fun watch. Gorgeous costuming, beautiful lighting, tech-NI-color, great Korngold score. It's never dull, it is what it is. Besides, imagine what it would have been like if Ginger Rogers had gotten the part, she lobbied hard for it and did a test (which does not exist, so I understand). That would have been painful in 1939 and a camp hootfest today. I loved Mirren's Elizabeth. I will see Golden Age this week once it hits the mailbox.
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