Tuesday, August 8, 2017

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

The first film basedon the personal diary of Anne Frank was directed by George Stevens and starred Shelly Winters. It won three Oscars including Best Actress. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, which was based on the original dairies detailing the life of a Jewish girl in hiding during WWII, it was honored as the eighteenth most inspiring film of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers in 2006.