Dash and Lilly
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled the bottle. Das...
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"This made-for-TV movie about the 30 year old relationship between writers Dashiell Hammett (Sam Shepard) and Lillian Hellmann (Judy Davis) gives more detail than what was presented in Fred Zinnemann's 1977 feature Julia which starred Jason Robards and Jane Fonda as Hammett and Hellmann respectively. The teleplay by Jerry Ludwig frames Hellmann's memory of Hammett, who she met in Hollywood in the 1930's, with her appearance in Washington in 1952 for the House Un-American Activities Committee, who had subpoened her. The majority of the narrative is then in flashback testiment to..."
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Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled the bottle. Das...