Adapted from William Faulkner’s controversial novel, Sanctuary, The Story of Temple Drake stars Miriam Hopkins in the titular (and one of her best) roles as a wild Southern femme who falls into a gang led by the brutal Trigger(Jack La Rue). Though watered down, the movie was still so scandalous, it was one of the reasons for […]

Alex Brightman will assume on Broadway the title role that Michael Keaton played in the movie Beetlejuice.

Directed by Edmund Goulding, The Old Maid is one of Bette Davis’ best-known melodramas, in which she stars with Miriam Hopkins, her rival on screen and off. Casey Robinson’s script is based on Zoe Akins’ 1935 Pulitzer-Prize winning play, which was adapted from the 1924 Edith Wharton novella, The Old Maid: the Fifties. Set during […]

Directed by Michael Curtiz, Virginia City is a black-and white-Western, featuring Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins, who get star billing above the title. Below the title two major actors are mentioned: Randolph Scott and Humphrey Bogart (before he became a star, a year later with “The Maltese Falcon”), sporting a mustache while playing the real-life […]