Caesar and Cleopatra

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Caesar and Cleopatra (11-Dec-1945)

Director: Gabriel Pascal

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Leo Genn Actor 9-Aug-1905 26-Jan-1978 Quo Vadis

Stewart Granger Actor 6-May-1913 16-Aug-1993 King Solomon's Mines

Stanley Holloway Actor 1-Oct-1890 30-Jan-1982 Passport to Pimlico

John Laurie Actor 25-Mar-1897 23-Jun-1980 Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army

Vivien Leigh Actor 5-Nov-1913 8-Jul-1967 Gone With The Wind

Claude Rains Actor 10-Nov-1889 30-May-1967 The Invisible Man

Michael Rennie Actor 25-Aug-1909 10-Jun-1971 The Day the Earth Stood Still

Flora Robson Actor 28-Mar-1902 7-Jul-1984 Fire Over England

Jean Simmons Actor 31-Jan-1929 Guys and Dolls

Ernest Thesiger Actor 15-Jan-1879 14-Jan-1961 Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 21-Oct-2006)

This is not history, this is the film version of George Bernard Shaw's play and it is both glorious fun and a melancholy evocation of the legendary title characters. These figures could not have been as charming as Shaw, Pascal, Rains and Leigh make them, but what they make of them is engaging and unforgettable. Even though seen on a blurry television broadcast, the color in this production is rich and helps to create mood. A good DVD version would be magnificent. This is old-style moviemaking, shot not on location but on what are obviously studio sets, but who cares? The characterizations are fresh and surprizing; this is one of movies that Claude Rains should be known for.

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