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24 December 2021

2 May 2021

12 April 2021

  • 22:2122:21, 12 April 2021 diff hist +308‎ Alice White ‎ Added detail and relevant factual information to a rather vague and unsubstantiated paragraph about the subject’s early career. Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 22:0722:07, 12 April 2021 diff hist +2‎ Picture Snatcher ‎ Corrected the credit for William Keighley- this important future Director *is* credited in the opening titles. Updated the running time to reflect an accurate time on DVD. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

15 March 2021

2 March 2021

27 February 2021

  • 16:1816:18, 27 February 2021 diff hist +413‎ Sadie McKee ‎ Corrected a misleading description of the film’s plot (the main character does not experience a “journey to prosperity” through three relationships; she begins as a maid, then experiences poverty, then marries a millionaire, then divorces him without taking a penny of his money). Added a key point of interest, in that the film makes extensive use of a song later recycled for Singin’ in the Rain. The song has consequently become much more associated with the later film. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

7 February 2021

  • 10:0310:03, 7 February 2021 diff hist +5‎ Robert Stevens (director) ‎ Amended ‘the director of Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ to ‘a frequent director of …’, correcting the erroneous impression given that Stevens was the only director on the series. The series had multiple directors (including Hitchcock himself, Richard Donner, Ida Lupino etc.). Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 January 2021

22 January 2021

  • 01:0801:08, 22 January 2021 diff hist −41‎ Internes Can't Take Money ‎ Removed the incorrect assertion that Barbara Stanwyck plays a nurse in love with Dr Kildare. In fact, Stanwyck plays a woman recently released from prison, struggling to make any kind of meagre living, suffering from malnutrition. She has a poorly-paid job but we are not told explicitly what it is. Whether there is any future romance for her and Kildare is left ambiguous at the end of the film and it’s only Kildare who makes any statement of love or romantic interest: not Stanwyck. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 January 2021

24 December 2020

  • 00:2400:24, 24 December 2020 diff hist −5‎ Morocco (film) ‎ Removed the word ‘most’ from the term ‘most famous’ to erase the (possibly unintended) implication that the film is not famous for anything else. This is the first Hollywood collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Joseph von Sternberg - in film history, an important (possibly also famous?) moment. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

22 November 2020

21 November 2020

24 October 2020

12 April 2020

4 March 2020

  • 21:3421:34, 4 March 2020 diff hist −9‎ Robert Shaw (actor) ‎ →‎Personal life: Leading playwright John Osbourne has been described as “filmmaker and actor”, two much lesser elements of his output than his work as the key playwright of the ‘angry young men’ generation. His playwriting wasn’t mentioned: this is the amendment I’ve made. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 December 2019

  • 22:0922:09, 19 December 2019 diff hist +42‎ Little Annie Rooney ‎ Amended ‘one of her [Mary Pickford’s] more successful films’ to ‘most successful’; thereby removing the implication that Pickford was relatively unsuccessful with the exception of this film. Pickford was self-evidently one of the most successful silent era stars, helping to found United Artists and having artistic control over much of her output.

22 November 2019

  • 09:4109:41, 22 November 2019 diff hist +48‎ Martin Campbell ‎ →‎Life and career: Corrected the false statement that Campbell started his career as a cameraman in the late 70s. He has only 1 (I believe incorrect) camera dept credit on IMDB, post-dating the sex comedies he made as director from the early 70s onwards. His first mainstream work was as director of action TV series from e late 70s onwards. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

20 November 2019

  • 09:4509:45, 20 November 2019 diff hist +95‎ Jay Presson Allen ‎ →‎The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Added the important information that the subject of the article wrote the screenplay for the film, in addition to the play, adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The omission of this - one of the subject’s best-known works - is baffling! Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 09:3909:39, 20 November 2019 diff hist −146‎ Jay Presson Allen ‎ →‎Funny Lady: Incorrect use of the term “cross-collaterlized”. The writer makes strange use of a metaphor regarding being accompanied by lawyers on set “figuratively speaking.” What does this mean? It’s not remotely clear. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 09:3309:33, 20 November 2019 diff hist −181‎ Jay Presson Allen ‎ →‎Marnie: “She took a lot of the responsibility for what is considered a very flawed movie” - needs citation. “since Hitchcock loved her script so much so that he did not make as good a movie as he should have.” This makes no sense. It’s unclear what meaning the article’s author intended. Again, it’s speculating on Hitchcock’s thinking, without a jot of evidence to corroborate; and presents the author’s speculation as fact. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 09:2909:29, 20 November 2019 diff hist −29‎ Jay Presson Allen ‎ →‎Marnie: Removed “what Hitchcock thought” which had been included without any evidence or citation. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

6 November 2019

  • 22:1722:17, 6 November 2019 diff hist +16‎ Greta Nissen ‎ →‎Stage and screen actress: Clarified the simple mention of the name ‘Hughes’ by adding ‘Director Howard’. Although Howard Hughes is mentioned later in the entry (under sub-heading ‘Hell’s Angels’), in this earlier section he has not been hitherto mentioned. Hence the need for clarification. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

12 October 2019

7 October 2019

3 October 2019

  • 19:2419:24, 3 October 2019 diff hist +1‎ Betty Balfour ‎ →‎Life and career: Corrected an error that implied that it was the film Reveille that was rediscovered in 2014 - to now state accurately that the rediscovered film is Love, Life and Laughter. Evidence cited: BFI London Film Festival Archive Gala 2019, Oct 3 2019 showed the premiere of the film’s restoration. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 June 2019

  • 20:0520:05, 21 June 2019 diff hist −82‎ Life Begins Tomorrow ‎ Removed an entirely false description of the film’s plot and ideas. A quick glance at the Plot section of the film’s Wiki entry shows that it has nothing to do with “atomic energy” - not even close! Having just seen a screening of the film at the British Film Institute in their current Weimar cinema season, I can confirm that the cut I have made is to correct a factual mistake. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 February 2019

8 January 2019

  • 10:1610:16, 8 January 2019 diff hist +2‎ Robert Fuest ‎ →‎Biography: 1. Removed the adjective “straightforward” from the description of suspense thriller And Soon the Darkness. There is no justification elsewhere in the text for this reductive word, which is contradicted by the description of the film on its Wikipedia page (link in the text). 2. Added that citation is needed for the claim that And Soon the Darkness was critically acclaimed - again the film’s Wikipedia page quotes a series of negative reviews, therefore evidence is required to b... Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

22 December 2018

8 October 2018

1 September 2018

  • 22:0322:03, 1 September 2018 diff hist +127‎ Day for Night (film) ‎ The explanation given of the filming technique ‘Day for Night’ - which gives this movie its title - was technically correct but NOT the explanation given in the film itself. An alternative day-for-night method is described in the dialogue of the film. I have added this specific context to make the page correct in terms of what is actually said in the film. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

18 April 2018

15 April 2018

13 April 2018

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