C. M. Pennington-richards


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Reluctant Saint, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) In The Service Of God Cupertino, Apulia, Italy ca. 1620, Francesca (Lea Padovani) hopes to place her mentally challenged son (Maximillian Schell, title character), who’s just lost another job, in a monastery, represented by her brother Giovanni (Harold Goldblatt) and Fr. Raspi (Ricardo Montalban), in The Reluctant Saint, 1962.
Reluctant Saint, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) A True Son Of St. Francis Franciscan monastery chiefs Fr. Raspi and Giovanni (Ricardo Montalban, Harold Goldblatt) hope to impress the visiting vicar-general (Akim Tamiroff) and not expose their clumsy stable-hand Giuseppe (Maximillian Schell, title character), in Edward Dmytryk’s The Reluctant Saint, 1962.
Esther Waters (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Sharp Ear For The Bells Maid Kathleen Ryan (title character) is already put out with her beau William (Dirk Bogarde), footman and aspiring horse trainer, who's just lost in a big race, when she discovers he's been dallying with the mistress, in Esther Waters, 1948, directed by Ian Dalrymple and production designer Peter Proud.
Esther Waters (1948) -- (Movie Clip) They Look Very Thin Having begun with Kathleen Ryan (title character) on foot in the English countryside, she meets handsome William (Dirk Bogarde in his first starring role), a footman more interested in horse racing, in Esther Waters, 1948, from a book by the Irish writer George Moore.
Esther Waters (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Derby Day Near the end of a story often about racing, a staging of Derby Day at Epsom, Surrey, England, Kathleen Ryan the title character, who has that day married long-time beau and bookie William (Dirk Bogarde), meeting a former fellow domestic servant (Margaret Diamond), in Esther Waters, 1948.

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