May 8^th marks the death anniversary of four eminent personalities – each of them recognized specialists in their respective fields.

(1) Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880), French novelist. Especially famous for his “Madame Bovary” (debut novel: Madame Bovary: Mœurs de province, 1857), “Salammbô” (1862), etc.

Film adaptations of Madame Bovary includes: 2000 BBC version and 2014 version, etc. A sword and sandal film Salambô (The Loves of Salammbo) was released in 1960.

(2) George Peppard (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994), American actor and producer.

Featured in movies such as: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), How the West Was Won (1962), The Carpetbaggers (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), The Blue Max (1966), Tobruk (1967), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), etc.

(3) Sir Dirk Bogarde (March 28, 1921 – May 8, 1999), English actor, novelist and screenwriter.

Acting credits include: The Servant (1963), Darling (1965), Accident (1967), Death in Venice (1971), The Night Porter (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), etc.

(4) Bryan Forbes CBE (John Theobald Clarke, July 22, 1926 – May 8, 2013), English actor, director, producer, novelist and screenwriter.

Acted in movies such as: The Million Pound Note (1954), The Key (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), etc and his directorial venture includes: The Wrong Box (1966), International Velvet (1978), etc.

Although the above personalities are featured in various movies, their movies referred herein are limited to some of those forming part of our private collection.  

Jo

Notes:

1. DVD/Blu-ray of most of the movies mentioned in this write-up are available with some leading dealers.
2. DVD sleeves/images shown here are only for promotional purpose. Source: Wikipedia, amazon.com, imdb, and from DVD sleeves.
3. This illustrated article is an affectionate nosegay to the movies referred above. Please refer to “About” of my webpage for more details.
4. To everyone mentioned in this write-up this post is dedicated.

(© Joseph Sébastine/Manningtree Archive)