A Double Life

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A Double Life ★★★ 1947

Colman plays a Shakespearean actor in trouble when the characters he plays begin to seep into his personal life and take over. Things begin to look really bad when he is cast in the role of the cursed Othello. Colman won an Oscar for this difficult role, and the moody musical score garnered another for Rosza. 107m/B VHS, DVD . Ronald Colman, Shelley Winters, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Ray Collins, Millard Mitchell; D: George Cukor; W: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin; C: Milton Krasner; M: Miklos Rozsa. Oscars '47: Actor (Colman), Orig. Dramatic Score; Golden Globes '48: Actor—Drama (Colman).

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