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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Henry Travers
Directed By: Jean Yarbrough

Born Free is a bona fide family classic. The tale of how Kenya game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy (on whose book the film is based, with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers in the principal roles) adopted and raised three orphaned lion cubs, taking a particular shine to the one they call Elsa before helping her return to the wild, is familiar by now; so's John Barry's Oscar-winning ...

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati
Directed By: James Hill, Tom McGowan

This 1968 Royal Shakespeare Company film version of the Bard's comedy is a lost cause. Directed by Peter Hall, the effort is choppy and distracting, with lines intentionally rushed and natural exteriors often overwhelming any focus on characters or story turns. The cast of outstanding names may reel one in, but there is nothing whole cloth about this project, leaving one mostly to marvel at the ...

Manufacturer: Water Bearer Films
Starring: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan, David Warner
Directed By: Peter Hall

A landmark title in the evolution of CinemaScope, Bhowani Junction is a fascinating but exasperating instance of a provocative film running head-on into studio interference and censorship. This would be the next-to-last project in George Cukor's long history as an MGM director, and despite its rejection at the time, admirers regard it as one of his most personal achievements. What's ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer, Francis Matthews
Directed By: George Cukor

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Armand Alzamora, Bibi Andersson, Jeff Cooper, John Crawford, John Daheim

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland, Mervyn Johns
Directed By: Renato Castellani

This 1968 Royal Shakespeare Company film version of the Bard's comedy is a lost cause. Directed by Peter Hall, the effort is choppy and distracting, with lines intentionally rushed and natural exteriors often overwhelming any focus on characters or story turns. The cast of outstanding names may reel one in, but there is nothing whole cloth about this project, leaving one mostly to marvel at the ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan, David Warner
Directed By: Peter Hall

Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Starring: George Adamson, Joab Collins, Raffles Harman, Vinay Inambar, Virginia McKenna
Directed By: James Hill

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Henry Travers
Directed By: Jean Yarbrough

Manufacturer: United Home
Starring: Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes, Joseph O'Conor
Directed By: Eugène Lourié