You Made Me Love You is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Stanley Lupino, Thelma Todd and John Loder. The plot is a modern reworking of The Taming of the Shrew. In London, songwriter Tom Daly falls in love at first sight with a beautiful blonde he spies while at […]
Bard Movies 7
Today we feature three movies that owe their storylines to the plot of William Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest. It is one of his later plays and is usally described as a tragi-comedy, in that it appears to be a full blown tragedy but actually concludes with a happy ending. Yellow Sky is a 1948 American […]
Bard Movies 6
Our Shakespeare play today is the perennial favourite ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. As you might expect the actual play has been captured many times on film, from the earliest days of cinema in 1909 to the latest in 2017. That being said, the number of movies that adapt the story are relatively few. I chosen […]
Bard Movies 5
Today we turn our attention to Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night, which legend has it was written specifically for a performance at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Whilst there a several versions of the play on film, I have been able to identify three that merely use the premise for their storyline. Just One of […]
Ikkokukan Cover Band
I first came across Ikkokukan by accident on YouTube. It proved to be a very serendipidous accident because I feel that I have uncovered a hidden gem. At the moment they only have 27 people following them but I feel that they deserve far more and so I am adding this extra post to my […]
Bard Movies 4
Our final reflection on movies based around the story of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, takes a slightly different tack. Here, scenes from the play are being rehearsed as part of the drama surrounding the meeting of the Bard and Viola De Lesseps. Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic period comedy drama film directed by […]
Bard Movies 3
In our third visit to movies inspired by the plays of Shakespeare we continue to look at adaptions of Romeo and Juliet. The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video musical movie. It is the sequel to Disney’s 1994 animated feature film The Lion King, with its plot influenced by Romeo […]
Bard Movies 2
Continuing our new series on movies based on the plays of Shakespeare, we return to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Whilst West Side Story is the most renown, there have been several other adaptions of the play. Today we feature two very different retellings of the story. Romeo Must Die is a 2000 American […]
Bard Movies 1
Today, we begin a new series which follows on from the recent ‘Bard Words’ collection. ‘Bard Movies’ will not be looking at screen adaptions of Shakespeare plays, rather the intention is to highlight movies which can trace their storylines (however indirectly) back to the Bard. For our first offering we turn to the ever popular […]
Bard Words – Honourable Mentions 5
Our final honourable mention is a collection of sketches based on Shakespeare and his plays. The bard has provided a rich vein of comedy for those who wish to create parody or use his play plays for their inspiriation. After this series concludes we shall be embarking on a sequal entitled ‘Bard Movies’ which will […]