Lloyd C. Douglas — Playwright (2)

Movie

白色旗帜 (1938)
White Banners Douban
爱德芒德·古尔丁 actor: 克劳德·雷恩斯 / 费伊·贝恩特 …
other title: White Banners
A homeless woman named Hannah (Fay Bainter) drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble (Jackie Cooper). It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.

Movie

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators Douban
other title: 圣徒妖姬 / 血洒竞技场 …
圣徒妖姬剧情介绍:五四年的《圣袍千秋续集》紧接前一年的上集,故事发展到上集由李察波顿(Richard Burton)饰演百夫长殉道,死前叮嘱奴隶达美崔斯(Demetrius),要将耶稣死前穿过的红袍送到基督大弟子彼得(Peter)手上,同时罗马帝王又颁下追捕令要抢到圣袍去巩固自己政权。最後达美崔斯完成使命後被捕,被罚於竞技场上决斗至死。这样的一个故事本身只是简单的宗教故事,可是荷里活不甘於平淡,结果安排达美崔斯接受帝王麾下一个贵族女子引诱,好叫他说出圣袍下落。 面对美色当前,加上生死攸关,达美崔斯依然选择死於竞技场上,跟自己的斗士好友一同殉道。