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"LITTLE WOMEN" (1970) Review

It is very rare to find a British adaptation of an American novel. It is even rarer to find more than one adaptation of a particular novel. Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel, "Little Women" must have been very popular with the BBC network. The latter had adapted the novel four times. Several years ago, I had seen the network's 2017 version. I thought it was the only version adapted by the BBC . . . until I had stumbled across the 1970 adaptation. ( Collapse )

Below are images from "LITTLE WOMEN", the BBC's 1970 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 novel. Directed by Paddy Russell, the nine-part miniseries starred Angela Down, Jo Rowbottom, Janina Faye, Sarah Craze and Stephen Turner: ( Collapse )

"THE MIRROR CRACK'D" (1980) Review

As far as I know, Guy Hamilton is the only director who has helmed two movie adaptations of Agatha Christie novels. The 1982 movie, "EVIL UNDER THE SUN" was the second adaptation. The first was his 1980 adaptation of Christie's 1962 novel, "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side". ( Collapse )

Below are images from "THE MIRROR CRACK'D", the 1980 adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1962 novel. Directed by Guy Hamilton, the movie starred Angela Landsbury as Miss Jane Marple: ( Collapse )

Below is a list of my favorite movies set in the decade of the 1950s: ( Collapse )