May 14th
Conspiracy of Hearts**
(GB 1960)
In occupied Italy in 1943, a convent endangers itself by assisting Jewish refugee children to escape the Nazis.
Easily sentimental but still surprisingly sharp ecclesiastical war drama, on British stiff upper-lip lines, but nicely filmed in scenic locations. Any potential harrowing moments are usually superseded by sentiment.
Written by: Robert Presnell Jnr, Adrian Scott.
Producer: Betty E. Box.
Director: Ralph Thomas.
Starring: Lilli Palmer, Yvonne Mitchell, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Lewis, Albert Lieven, Peter Arne, Nora Swinburne, Megs Jenkins, Michael Goodliffe, George Coulouris, David Kossoff.
Photography: Ernest Steward.
Music: Angelo Lavagnino.
Preceded by:
Tom and Jerry in
Baby Puss*
(US 1946. 7m.; Tom is belittled for being treated like a baby. Cheerfully silly cartoon musical spoof, generally more in the style of the plotless Silly Symphonies or Looney Tunes than Tom and Jerry.; d: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; p: Fred Quimby.)
Conspiracy of Hearts**
(GB 1960)
In occupied Italy in 1943, a convent endangers itself by assisting Jewish refugee children to escape the Nazis.
Easily sentimental but still surprisingly sharp ecclesiastical war drama, on British stiff upper-lip lines, but nicely filmed in scenic locations. Any potential harrowing moments are usually superseded by sentiment.
Written by: Robert Presnell Jnr, Adrian Scott.
Producer: Betty E. Box.
Director: Ralph Thomas.
Starring: Lilli Palmer, Yvonne Mitchell, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Lewis, Albert Lieven, Peter Arne, Nora Swinburne, Megs Jenkins, Michael Goodliffe, George Coulouris, David Kossoff.
Photography: Ernest Steward.
Music: Angelo Lavagnino.
Preceded by:
Tom and Jerry in
Baby Puss*
(US 1946. 7m.; Tom is belittled for being treated like a baby. Cheerfully silly cartoon musical spoof, generally more in the style of the plotless Silly Symphonies or Looney Tunes than Tom and Jerry.; d: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; p: Fred Quimby.)
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