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Hal Wallis discusses shift to historical films in career interview
Hall B Wallis, veteran producer of Becket and The Nelson Affair, explains his move from gangster classics to period pictures. He traces connections from Mary, Queen of Scots to Nelson and notes Glenda Jackson’s likely Oscar nomination for The Nelson Affair. He recalls Warner Brothers era, changes in depicting criminals, and why Jewish and Black actors were treated differently in earlier cinema.
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Stanwyck Pictures
Elvis Presley
Shirley Booth
Anna Magnani
Nelson
Peter Finch
Lord Nelson
Glenda Jackson
Lady Hamilton
Wallis
Elizabeth
London
Glenda
Terence Rattigan
Laurence Olivier
Emma Hamilton
Battle of
Trafalgar
Emma
Margaret Leighton
Warner Brothers
Hollywood
Murder, Incorporated
Edward G. Robinson
Mother of Mercy
Rico
Robinson
Warners
John Garfild
Paul Muni
Garfield
Willis
Bette Davis
Bogart
Cagney and Robinson
Raft
Olivia de Havilland