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Category: adapted from the stage

Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Billy Wilder's adaptation of the Agatha Christie play

‘Witness for the Prosecution’ with Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich on Prime Video

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adapted from the stage, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, Free, Hollywood Classic, Hoopla, Kanopy, Mystery, SVOD 07/24/202307/24/2023 Sean Axmaker

Director Billy Wilder takes on the classic Agatha Christie mystery in this stylish and witty adaptation of her hit stage play, costarring Tyrone Power and Elsa Lanchester.

Ben Gazzara is ‘The Strange One’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, adapted from the stage, American Independent Cinema, based on a novel, based on a play, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, psychological drama, socially aware cinema, SVOD, thriller 07/21/202307/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

This screen adaptation of Calder Willingham’s novel, about a sadistic cadet in a military college whose hazing turns cruel, was developed at the famed Actor’s Studio.

‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ – Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in a musical buddy comedy on Criterion Channel

!Featured, adapted from the stage, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Musical, SVOD 06/29/202306/29/2023 Sean Axmaker

Howard Hawks discovered one of the great female screen teams in this musical take on the jazz age tale of two girls from Little Rock in Paris.

Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain in Liv Ullman's 'Miss Julie'

Jessica Chastain is ‘Miss Julie’ – free on Kanopy

!Featured, adapted from the stage, based on a play, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Free, Kanopy, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/10/202306/10/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Liv Ullman directs Chastain and Colin Farrell in her screen adaptation of the classic August Strindberg play, which she relocates to Ireland.

Margit Carstensen stars in the film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

RW Fassbinder’s ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’ on Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, International Classics, LGBTQ, Max, SVOD 06/07/202306/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

Rainer Werner Fassbinder adapted his own stage play for this modern twist on the all-woman classic ‘The Women.’ Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla star.

Leaving soon: The delightful live action ‘Peter Pan’ on Netflix

!Featured, adapted from the stage, adventure, based on a novel, based on a play, Blu-ray, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, literary adaptation, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 05/02/202309/15/2023 Sean Axmaker

P.J. Hogan’s 2003 film of the classic J.M. Barrie fantasy is sprinkled with fairy dust and revels in the child-like delight of make-believe and fantastic adventure.

Kirk Douglas in ‘Detective Story’ – the original precinct drama on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Classic Movie, Crime, drama, DVD, film noir, Free, Hollywood Classic, Kanopy, Paramount+, SVOD 03/20/202303/20/2023 Sean Axmaker

Eleanor Parker costars in the police drama set almost entirely in a detective squad room, directed by William Wyler.

Leaving soon: The 1936 ‘Show Boat’ with Irene Dunne and Paul Robeson on HBO Max

!Featured, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, drama, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Max, Musical, National Film Registry, SVOD 02/18/202302/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

James Whale directs the second and best screen adaptation of the classic musical of a floating paddlewheel playhouse in the 19th century Deep South.

‘Bell, Book and Candle’ – James Stewart, Kim Novak and a touch of witchcraft on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Christmas, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Romance, SVOD 12/20/202212/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

This bewitching romantic comedy about a human bachelor and modern day witch in Greenwich village is a jazzy fantasy with a beatnik sensibility.

A ‘Picnic’ with William Holden and Kim Novak on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award, adapted from the stage, based on a play, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Hollywood Classic, SVOD 09/26/202209/26/2022 Sean Axmaker

The repressed desires and suppressed dreams of small town citizens bubble out of their confines in this colorful adaptation of the William Inge play.

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