I am NOT a critic. I'm merely an observer. (Books, movies, plays, musicals etc.)

A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE (1985) Honestly, since I remembered the many hours I watched this mini series as a teenager, I just opted to read some cliff notes of the book and the mini series to remind me of it...of them.  I remember the other parts so well, but the other parts are so vague.  Since I just recently watched HOLD THE DREAM and TO BE THE BEST , my conclusion is that if you love someone, don't let decades pass and wait for your sunset years to let them know how much you love them.  A lot of people are not as fortunate to reach their sunset years, and if you die before that, that means you would have had forever held your peace. That's the case of Blackie O'Neill played in this mini series by LIAM NEESON, who also plays the older Blackie opposite Deborah Kerr. (I wrote the ones below before this one) The problem with book series or sequels is that you fall in love with the characters and have a light feeling after the book ends only to find out that love ...

From Google Images The truth about Anna Leonowens In this film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens (Deborah Kerr) becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner). Anna and the king have a clash of personalities as she works to te ach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the king. Initial release :  29 June 1956 ( USA ) Director :  Walter Lang Box office :  21.3 million USD Awards :  Academy Award for Best Actor  etc From Google Images Anna (Jodie Foster) has been employed to educate the king's (Chow Yun-Fat) 58 children. She knows very little of King Mongkut, apart from the fact that his people revere him as a god. She brings with her an East vs...

Deborah Kerr's 3rd movie, but first starring role A young Englishwoman named Sally Hardcastle (Deborah Kerr) tragically loves an out-of-work labourer, Larry Meath(Clifford Evans) in a depressed mill town.  During the depression in England, she decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her family who are unemployed.   The Movie   Written by  S.W.P.er  with some other info from  the Worldwide Web added to it. Initial release :  28 June 1941 ( United Kingdom ) Director :  John Baxter Initial DVD release :  30 October 2007 Producer :  John Baxter Screenplay :  Walter Greenwood ,  Ronald Gow ,  Barbara K. Emary ,  Rollo Gamble Wow.  Banned in 1941? Probably because it was the most controversial film and play(by RONALD GOW) of that time.   If this movie was shown during our time it would be PG-13.   This was based...