What a roller coaster ride this Summer Under the Stars is turning out to be! From Gordon McRae to Jean Harlow, and then a deep dip to . . . Peter Ustinov? Don’t get me wrong – I’m certainly familiar with Ustinov, but I was slightly amazed to discover that, until today, I’d never seen him in read more
Of all the screen adaptations of Beau Brummell, the 1954 MGM production is the most lavish. With grand settings, gorgeous costumes, and attractive stars, it is drawn directly from the studio’s basic blueprint for glossy historical dramas. Now available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive, the film read more
Share This! “Do not allow evil into your heart, it will make a home there.” —Hercule Poirot It is easy to write about the 1978 screen version of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile. The obvious, summarizing comment is that it isn’t as good as Murder on the Orient Express, made four years read more
Born Peter Alexander, Baron Von Ustinow April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004 Memoir Dear Me, By Peter Ustinov, Penguin, 1979 Renaissance Mensch While looking for the perfect picture of Peter Ustinov, I was struck by how many of them included Muppets*. Was that read more
Born Peter Alexander, Baron Von Ustinow April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004 Memoir Dear Me, By Peter Ustinov, Penguin, 1979 Renaissance Mensch While looking for the perfect picture of Peter Ustinov, I was struck by how many of them included Muppets*. Was that read more
In the 1980s, CBS broadcast several contemporary
adaptations of Agatha Christie novels for U.S. television. Peter Ustinov, who
first played Hercule Poirot in the theatrical Evil
Under the Sun (1982),
reprised his portrayal in three made-for-TV films starting with 1985's Thirteen for D read more
