Humoresque (Warner), a glossy melodrama, follows poor, slum-raised John Garfield’s struggle to become a celebrated violinist under the patronage of wealthy, neurotic Joan Crawford. Joan is already ...

Joan Crawford's close-up in Humoresque. Michelangelo's David and Boticelli's "Birth of Venus". Stendhal was overwhelmed by the cultural overstimulation in Florence, which Graziella Magherini described ...