Winterset - Film Adaptation of Maxwell Anderson Play
The 1936 film, Winterset, is a screen adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson. Three performers who were in the Broadway play - Burgess Meredith, Margo, and Eduardo Ciannelli - were also in the film. Members of the film cast also included Mischa Auer, John Carradine, and Stanley Ridges. The film was directed by Alfred Santell.
The story follows the efforts of Mio Romagna (Meredith) to track down the truth about the circumstances surrounding the execution of his immigrant father Bartolomeo Romagna (Carradine) for crimes (murder and robbery) that he didn’t commit.
Movie of the Week - Kansas City Confidential
Our Movie of the Week for March 17 - 23 is a film noir offering, Kansas City Confidential, directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. This 1952 film was produced by Edward Small.
Joe Rolfe (portrayed by John Payne) is framed for an armored car heist, and goes to Mexico to find the people who framed him.
The cast also includes Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, and Ted Ryan.
Edmund O’Brien in D.O.A.
The first entry in the film noir category here at iMovieCinema.com is the 1950 film D.O.A., starring Edmund O’Brien, and directed by Rudolph Maté.
The film centers on the frantic quest of Frank Bigelow (portrayed by O’Brien) to find out who poisoned him before he dies.
Leo C. Popkin produced the film. Members of the cast, in addition to O’Brien, include Pamela Britton as Paula Gibson, Luther Adler as Majak, Henry Hart as Stanley Phillips, Lynn Baggett as Mrs. Phillips, William Ching as Halliday, Beverly Garland as Miss Foster, Neville Brand as Chester, Laurette Luez as Marla Rakubian, and Virginia Lee as Jeannie.
