costume film

British historical cinema: the history, heritage and costume film.

In the mid-60s he frequently played Maharajas in costume films.

Then as now, the retailer sought to use the success of a costume film to spark a vogue for styles of the period.

The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film.

Still, many allowed their clothes and accessories to be used in the film, making it the most expensively costumed film in history.

Robert G. Vignola directed as he had Enchantment and several other Davies costume films.

It was one of a number of British costume films released in the wake of the success of the 1963 film Tom Jones.

Smeaton was portrayed by Gary Bond in the 1969 costume film Anne of the Thousand Days.

Lubitsch was the first director to be brought to Hollywood, with Mary Pickford calling for his services in her costume film Rosita (1923).

British Historical Cinema: The History, Heritage and Costume Film.

Julianne Pidduck, Contemporary Costume Film: Space, Place and the Past, 2004.

In 1923 Hunter co-starred with Mary Astor in the costume film Puritan Passions.

Negri returned to France to appear in Fanatisme (Fanaticism, 1934), an historical costume film about Napoleón III.

He has produced and directed "The Affair of the Necklace," a costume film that is set in pre-Revolutionary France and opens nationally today (review, Page 14).

She specialized in romantic and historical costume films and melodramas, such as Kulkurin valssi (1941) and Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (1943).

He began to appear in small roles in costume films and sword-and-sandals at the end of 50's, and became in a short time one of the most active character actors, specializing in roles of villain.

Claire Monk, 'The British heritage-film debate revisited' in Claire Monk and Amy Sargeant (Eds) British Historical Cinema: The History, Heritage and Costume Film, 2002.

Like Allen's previous two films, it features vast amounts of stock footage, in this case, battles and action scenes culled from previous Warner Bros. costume films, coupled with cheaply shot close-ups of actors on much smaller sets.

Popular, operetta style costume films like An der schönen blauen Donau, Die Försterchristl, Das Tanzende Wien, Heut' tanzt Mariett brought Lya Mara and Zelnik enormous success in Germany and beyond.

According to Goldman, the script was offered to Frank Sinatra first who turned it down, then to Paul Newman, who was eager to accept as he had just made a costume film, Lady L, and was keen to do something contemporary.

The costume film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival to a positive reception, while Knightley, who had almost backed out of the movie due to its explicit scenes, earned generally favourable reviews by critics, with Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com noting her "the real star of this film."