Posted May 7, 2011 by Marcia Degia - Publisher in Features
 
 

RIP Arthur Laurents


Award-winning director, screenwriter, playwright Arthur Laurents died on Thursday, 5 May 2011, aged 92. Best known for a string of musical hits such as The West Side Story and Gypsy, as well as the screenplay for Hitchcock’s classic Rope, Larents received two Oscar nominations for The Turning Point (Best Film, Best Screenplay). Have a taste of the master’s classics, trailers of films for which he will be best remembered.

The Way We Were (1973)

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West Side Story (1961)

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Gypsy (1962) Trailer

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The Turning Point (1977)

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Rope (1948)

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Anastasia (1956)



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RIP Arthur Laurents


Marcia Degia - Publisher

 
Marcia Degia has worked in the media industry for more than 10 years. She was previously Acting Managing Editor of Homes and Gardens magazine, Publishing Editor at Macmillan Publishers and Editor of Pride Magazine. Marcia, who has a Masters degree in Screenwriting, has also been involved in many broadcast projects. Among other things, she was the devisor of the documentary series Secret Suburbia for Living TV.