Becket (1964)
Peter Glenville’s 1964 Anouilh play adaptation. Burton as Becket, O’Toole as Henry II. Their friendship-to-rivalry through theatrical dialogue.
Laurence Olivier
This archive gathers the films featuring Laurence Olivier reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Becket (1964)”, “Clash of the Titans (1981)”, “Rebecca (1940)”, and “Spartacus (1960)” — 4 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Laurence Olivier serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Spartacus (1960)
Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 Roman epic. Kirk Douglas as the slave revolt leader. Broke the Hollywood blacklist through Dalton Trumbo credit.
Rebecca (1940)
Hitchcock’s 1940 Daphne du Maurier adaptation. Manderley as character. Joan Fontaine. Won Best Picture, Hitchcock’s only one.
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Clash of the Titans is Ray Harryhausen’s final film and his farewell to the medium he helped invent. Desmond Davis directed it. Harry Hamlin plays…