The Admirable Crichton (1957 film) Barrie's play include a 1918 film adaptation directed by G. B. Samuelson, Cecil B. DeMille's "Male and Female" (1919), and "We're Not Dressing" (1934) with Bing Crosby. The play was also filmed twice for television, in 1950 and 1968. The Admirable Crichton (1957 film) The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes. The film was based on J. M. Barrie's 1902 stage comedy of the same name. It was released in the United States as Paradise Lagoon. In 1905 William Crichton is the
The Crucible (1957 film) The Crucible (1957 film) The Crucible (, or "Hexenjagd") is a 1957 joint Franco-East German film production directed by Raymond Rouleau with a screenplay adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the 1953 play "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller. 1692, Salem, Massachusetts. John Proctor is the only member in the town's assembly who resists the attempts of the rich to gain more wealth on the expense of the poor farmers, thus incurring the wrath of deputy governor Danforth. Proctor's sternly puritanical wife, Elizabeth, is sick and has not shared his bed for months, and he was seduced by his maid, Abigail. When