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Through This Lens: Powell and Pressburger’s ‘Black Narcissus’

Black Narcissus(1947) Written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger UK, 1947 Black Narcissus is the story of a group of nuns, led by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), who attempt to build a hospital and school for girls deep in the Himalayas. Resting on a windy cliff 9,000 feet above a small village, their …

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‘Arabian Nights,’ Hollywood’s escapist restructuring of a classic tale

Arabian Nights Directed by John Rawlins Starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez, and Sabu USA, 86 min – 1942. Part of a series of exotic pictures released by Universal in the 1940s (the others of which include Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and White Savage), Arabian Nights places the Hollywood spin on the classic tale …

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