What Movie Have You Seen Today?

[MrKiddWint]

@stromberg

Give me a lazy Sunday afternoon with this one … and I’m a happy man

Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Taylor
George Sanders
Joan Fontaine
Freddie Young
Mikos Rozsa
1:33 aspect ratio (CinemaScope was around the corner)
Technicolor (Ansco Color was around the corner)

Such profound joy crammed into 107 minutes.

[stromberg]

@Revelator

Scholars have also pointed out convincing parallels to the McCarthy hearings in King John’s trial of Rebecca (held by the Knights Templar in the book). One of the screenwriters was Waldo Salt, who started work after being subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Salt elongated Rebecca’s trial and turned it into a red-herring political campaign by Prince John to smear his enemies. After Salt was blacklisted the next scriptwriter was Marguerite Roberts, who retained Salt’s revisions and was also subpoenaed to testify at the HUAC hearings. Neither Salt nor Roberts received screen credit for Ivanhoe, but their work was retained.

Whereas on the other hand Robert Taylor was a strong anti-communist whose testimonials at the HUAC hearings lead to the blacklisting of several people.