From today, December 20th, RaiPlay is available the “Great Classics Collection of Hollywood”, a tribute to the unique season that defined the language, style and imagination of world cinema. One way to review (or see) those movies that have made the history of cinema and that often end up in the bottom of the catalogs or are introvable. A journey into the Hollywood of the golden years, where charm, narrative and cinematic art intertwine in works that still today capture the audience with the same emotional force.
Grandi Classici di Hollywood su RaiPlay: la raccolta
The collection offers some of the most significant titles in the history of cinema: from “Gilda” by Charles Vidor, a work that has transformed Rita Hayworth into a world icon, to “From here to eternity” by Fred Zinnemann, a masterpiece entered into the legend with his eight Oscar awards. And still “Funny Girl”, played by an extraordinary Barbra Streisand, which thanks to that role won the Academy Award as the best actress. Great stories, great interpreters and great directors: the best of an era that marked the collective imagination.
Among the protagonists, unforgettable faces such as Glenn Ford, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon, Humphrey Bogart and many others. Behind the camera, absolute masters such as George Cukor, Howard Hawks, William Wyler, Edward Dmytryk, who wrote some of the most memorable pages of the cinema.
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Gilda (1946)
Directed by Charles Vidor, with Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia
Johnny, a gambler, is hired by the mysterious Frank to run a casino in Buenos Aires. When the boss introduces Gilda, his new wife, Johnny discovers that she is his former lover and that one of his tasks is to keep an eye on her and protect her. The old passion reexplodes.
The Lady of Friday (1940)
Directed by Howard Hawks, with Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
From the comedy “First page”. Walter Burns, director of a great newspaper, divorced by his wife Hilde who holds a prestigious newspaper book. When the woman decides to remarry and abandon the newspaper, Walter entrusts her an unmissable service and attempts in every way to sabotage the wedding.
From here to eternity (1953)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, with Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Donna Reed.
A hard but human sergeant, a former boxer who no longer wants to fight, the unhappy wife of an officer, a drunk soldier and a girl who works in a club. A melted braid set in an American base at Pearl Harbour just before the Japanese attack.
Funny Girl (1968)
Directed by William Wyler, with Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon, Kay Medford
Drawn from the homonymous musical of 1964. The life of singer and dancer Fanny Brice who for love leaves the scenes, then for love he recovers them and eventually remains alone. Streisand won the Oscar as best actress for his performance, former aequo with Katharine Hepburn.
Enchanted (1956)
Directed by George Sidney, with Kim Novak, Tyrone Power, Victoria Shaw
Biography of the American pianist and conductor Eddie Duchin. After losing his wife during childbirth, his pain is such that he refuses his son and entrusts him to some relatives. After many vicissitudes, once he returns home, he will be able to regain his affection.
Air adventurers (1939)
Directed by Howard Hawks, with Rita Hayworth, Cary Grant, Richard Barthelmess
In the airport of Barranca there are difficult love stories and labor tensions, where Captain Geoff, impersonated by Cary Grant, loses in a flight the dearest friend and finds love in a beautiful passenger, Bonnie.
The Girl of the Century (1954)
Directed by George Cukor, with Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford, Michael O’Shea, Judy Holliday
A provincial in New York wants to break at all costs and to do so has a brilliant idea: He spends all his money writing on a huge billboard his name. The finding succeeds and the girl gets the celebrity she was looking for, but she renounces you for the love of a photographer.
The mutiny of Caine (1954)
Directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Fred MacMurray, Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, José Ferrer, Tom Tully
Inspired by Herman Wouk’s novel in 1951. Captain Queeg’s dispotic and paranoid behavior during his manoeuvres on board the destroyer U.S.S. attracts the attention of the crew members and their deputy commander, Maryk.
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