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Connecting Rooms: Directed by Franklin Gollings. With Bette Davis, Michael Redgrave, Alexis Kanner, Kay Walsh. Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London.
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- Drama
- Franklin Gollings
- 1970-05
Actually found 'Connecting Rooms' to be good, moving and very well acted, deserving of much more attention and exposure when far inferior films have a significant amount of marketing and also a wide audience.
Connecting Rooms is a 1970 British drama film written and directed by Franklin Gollings. The screenplay is based on the play The Cellist by Marion Hart. The film stars Bette Davis, Michael Redgrave, and Leo Genn.
What Connecting Rooms has going for it is the presence of the remarkable Bette Davis, who delivers a note-perfect late career performance as Wanda, an aging cellist who lives in a seedy boarding house in London. Every night Wanda goes to “the theatre†to perform, but we never see this happening.
Review by Luke Thorne ★★★ Franklin Gollings’s British drama about a sacked schoolmaster (Michael Redgrave) who exists in a sordid British boarding house with a cellist (Bette Davis) and a songwriter (Alexis Kanner).
- Franklin Gollings
- Paramount, Hemdale Film
Connecting Rooms 1969 1h 43m Drama List Reviews A fired schoolmaster (Michael Redgrave) lives in a seedy British boardinghouse with a cellist and a songwriter (Alexis Kanner).
- Drama
Jul 31, 2020 · Wonderful British drama, with great performances by Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave. Why has this one been overlooked for so long? Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 17, 2005. Rotten ...
