Episode 307: The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

The Projection Booth Podcast - Un podcast de The Projection Booth

Special Guest: Maitland McDongah


The 1949 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's short story, The Rocking Horse Winner (adapted and directed by Anthony Pélissier) is an intense family melodrama shot like a horror film. The film stars John Howard Davies as Paul Grahame, a young boy desperate to bring his mother happiness.


Maitland McDonagh joins Mike to discuss this poignant work.

 

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