Rayford Publishing

Sirk was preoccupied with the theme of defeat. The three central characters of Pylon, a short story by Faulkner, each embodying a manifestation of his recurring theme: An ace pilot from WWI, a young midwestern woman, and an alcoholic reporter were looking for something to bring a meaning to their lives. In the final cross-cutting between Roger’s fatal crash and Jack’s carnival ride Sirk juxtaposes spectacle with tragedy depicting Mardi Gras is not an allegory, but the realit

In the wake of two commercially failed comedies made by Howard Hawks and George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn sought out a project to revive her career. At the same time, Philip Barry, the class-conscious playwright was facing his own career slump. From the beginning, Cukor works to break down the conventions of romantic comedy. He starts the movie with a silent scene. In the end she learns, one does not have to come from the aristocracy to be a “heel”; the middle class has its sh