by Roger Rueff | Mar 1, 2016
A wealthy young man learns to be resourceful in an attempt to survive on a ship with no power, adrift at sea. Medium: Film Writer(s): Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, Jean Havez Director: Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton Production Co.(s): Buster Keaton Productions (A...
by Roger Rueff | Jan 29, 2016
A young man wrongly accused of political conspiracy and sentenced to indefinite detention in a political prison escapes and attempts to exact revenge on those who were responsible for his imprisonment. Medium: Novel (Published 1844–1846) Writer(s): Alexandre Dumas...
by Roger Rueff | Dec 18, 2015
A successful silent-film actor attempts to maintain his status as a Hollywood star when the movie industry transitions from silent film to "talkies." Medium: Film Writer(s): Adolph Green, Betty Comden Director(s): Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Production Co.(s): Loew's...
by Roger Rueff | Sep 4, 2015
When a young Englishman encounters love-at-first-sight for the first time, he attempts to pursue its ultimate satisfaction—union with the woman he feels might be his soul mate. Medium: Film Writer(s): Richard Curtis Director: Mike Newell Production Co.(s): Working...
by Roger Rueff | Aug 16, 2015
The principles in Discovering the Soul of Your Story can be used to generate stories from photographs—such as this one of a woman engaged in mournful prayer. Gleaning Treasures from a Picture In the photograph above, a woman kneels and prays next to a funerary urn,...
