Links and resources for the 3 movies in the Fantasy series I’m showing at DEAR, Wednesdays at noon on June 3, 17 & 24, 2026.
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- The Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch – Extensive tribute website with lots of good stuff on “The Lubitsch Touch.”
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- Joseph Mankiewicz Bio – Very thorough blog post from the Senses of Cinema website. In addition to a detailed critique of his work, it provides lots of links and references.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
- Sanders’s Bon Mots – A collection of delicious lines George Sanders gets to deliver courtesy of Oscar Wilde.
- Chiasmus – Wilde’s use of this literary device is prevalent, giving George Sanders some of the best lines of his career. I asked Google’s AI to explain.
Al Biles 