Sentences with phrase «texas oil magnate»

Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring.

The holiday trio, all presented on 35 mm, include: Magnificent Obsession, Sirk's dazzling drama about a reckless playboy who finds his life entwined with that of the woman whose husband's death he caused; Written on the Wind, a visually lush melodrama about a Texas oil magnate's downfall at the hands of his alcoholic son and wanton daughter; and All That Heaven Allows, a heartbreaking examination of love and class taboos in small - town America in the 1950s.

And almost never from magazines, because I am not a Texas oil magnate.

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When the project goes over budget, he has to answer to cofinancers in Texas: a wealthy oil magnate (Billy Bob Thornton) and his portly son (Haley Joel Osment).

The Platinum is done up more in urban style, while the King Ranch appeals to your inner Texas rancher / oil magnate.

Though the title and release date are still TBD, what we do know is that it will be a «multi-layered family saga exploring class, manners, money, marriage, sex, and secrets within the moneyed world of oil magnates and socialites in a freewheeling, 1960s, Texas.»