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Max Rose

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Max Rose (2013) starring Jerry Lewis, Claire Bloom

Max Rose – Jerry Lewis’ final role as an elderly widower, who has to deal with both his loss, and his suspicions …

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Clash of the Titans [1981]

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Clash of the Titans (1981) starring Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith

Clash of the Titans is Ray Harryhausen’s telling of the classic Greek myth of Perseus. Complete with Pegasus, Calibos, Medusa, the Kraken …

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The Haunting

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The Haunting (1963) starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn, Richard Johnson

In The Haunting, four people go into an old mansion that’s supposedly haunted — Hill House. They arrive as psychic investigators, since the house has a long history of death. They slowly discover that the horrific tales about the place may have some truth in them …

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Limelight

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Limelight (1952) starring Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Sydney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton

Limelight is a truly wonderful film; it swiftly became one of my favorites. In a nutshell, it’s the story of a once-great stage comedian (Calvero, a formerly great tramp clown, played by  Charlie Chaplin), who’s been failing in his career, and has become an alcoholic, who saves the life of  Terry, a despondent ballerina (played by  Claire Bloom) from a suicide attempt. The film is a juxtaposition of these two personalities, one who rallies & goes onward, the other who falls further.

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