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Rec of the day. The miracle of canning a mammouth novel into 84 minutes of film: a brillant adaptation of Vanity Fair, Becky Sharp is famous today for being the first film in techicolor. Feast your eyes and have a joyous ride with Miriam: Becky seems to have been written for her.
Born on Feb.29, the most handsome of film directors: #WilliamWellman. He may not be as celebrated as Hitchcock or Ford yet he made some unforgettable movies: Wings, Public Enemy, Safe In Hell, Roxie Hart, The OxBow Incident, Beau Geste and the screwball masterpiece Nothing Sacred