RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: Madame Bovary 1949

RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: Madame Bovary 1949: MGM's 1949 'Madame Bovary' is wildly erratic and highly watchable.


 A great blog about this 1949 film.

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