Image Credit: Dirk Bogarde in ‘Hot Enough For June’ via Kate Gabrielle, Flickr The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British actor who became a household name in the 1950s and ’60s thanks especially ...
As a dialectic discussion hinged on the Roman Catholic religion, this can only be accepted as flippant. As a romantic drama, it must be agreed that it is glossy, but over-contrived. Yet, somehow, the ...
Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) ...
An undated photo of British actor Dirk Bogarde, star of the 1961 film, ‘Victim.’ Victim, the 1961 film, directed by Basil Dearden, was the first British film to deal with homosexuality. For portraying ...
When the British drama Victim was released in 1961, homosexual acts between consenting adults were still illegal in England, and though police had grown tired of prosecuting these victimless crimes, ...
The Servant is for the most part strong dramatic fare, though the atmosphere and tension is not fully sustained to the end. Harold Pinter's screenplay based on the Robin Maugham novel is distinguished ...
The BFI announced that Lady Lee, Sir Christopher Lee’s widow, has donated his photographic archive, to the BFI National Archive.