{"id":337,"date":"2014-06-24T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2024-11-09T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T17:51:11","slug":"and-then-there-were-none-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"And Then There Were None-1945"},"content":{"rendered":"

And Then There Were None-1945<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Ren\u00e9 Clair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Judith Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #66<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed June 24, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Then There Were None (1945) is adapted from a famous Agatha Christie novel of the same name from the 1930s, the first of 3 film adaptations over the years.<\/p>\n

A group of 10 individuals from all walks of life is summoned for a weekend of merriment at a secluded mansion on a lonely island.<\/p>\n

The premise is perfectly set up for a fascinating whodunit as the characters are knocked off one by one in sometimes bizarre fashion- the bee sting death is great.<\/p>\n

There is a wide range of characters- the rich movie star, the spinster, the doctor, the house servant, and his wife). I was very disappointed with the DVD quality (no Blu-Ray is available for this film).<\/p>\n

The picture and sound are abhorrent. The quality is quite grainy and faded making watching an unpleasant experience. However, a great film might withstand those issues.<\/p>\n

The film has some appeal that the novel had- an interesting whodunit. The character histories are similar to the ones in the book and, to be fair, the film is well-acted, and the wonderful Judith Anderson (Rebecca) is always a treat to watch.<\/p>\n

But the most disappointing aspect is the blatantly changed and completely upbeat, romantic comedy ending, vastly different from the dark novel ending, and lost major points with me for the adjustment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And Then There Were None-1945 Director Ren\u00e9 Clair Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Judith Anderson Scott’s Review #66 Reviewed June 24, 2014 Grade: C+ And Then There Were None (1945) is adapted from a famous Agatha Christie novel of the same name from the 1930s, the first of 3 film adaptations over the years. A group of … Continue reading And Then There Were None-1945<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,432,4087,440,3656,4089,4086,5926,204,4088],"tags":[90,433,4091,441,3657,4093,4090,5931,258,4092],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1945-films","category-agatha-christie-films","category-barry-fitzgerald","category-british-films","category-judith-anderson","category-louis-hayward","category-rene-clair","category-richard-haydn","category-thrillers","category-walter-huston","tag-1945-movie-reviews","tag-agatha-christie-films","tag-barry-fitzgerald","tag-british-films","tag-judith-anderson","tag-louis-hayward","tag-rene-clair","tag-richard-haydn","tag-thrillers","tag-walter-huston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20095,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/20095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}