George Stevens

George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey

Leave a Comment / At Home, Documentary / By Linda

George Stevens the director may not be a name you recognize, but you do know his films. There is the classic Western Shane. Or how about the smoldering tragic romance A Place in the Sun starring Montgomery Clift and young Elizabeth Taylor. Or the rip-roaring Cary Grant action film Gunga Din. Or the first comedy …

George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey Read More »

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

Leave a Comment / At Home, Documentary, War / By Linda

At the start of World War II, famed Hollywood director George Stevens (Woman of the Year, A Place in the Sun, Shane), like several of his film-world cohorts, volunteered for the U.S. Army Signal Corps, whose assignment was to document the front lines of the war as it happened. Their footage accounts for the many …

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin Read More »