Teresa reviews Princess Caraboo (1994), Phoebe Cates’ movie in which she plays the maid who hoaxed England. Fidelity to real life: 4 symbols (&&& WE need to pick one &&&) Other than the romanticized ending, meeting the Prince Regent, and the bank scandal, it’s pretty close to the hoax perpetuated by Mary Willcocks Baker. Quality […]
Teresa reviews The Duchess (2008), a movie whose events take place during Jane Austen’s lifetime. (c)2026 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to life: 3 stars The bare-bones facts about the duke, the duchess, and the live-in mistress are here, but, my goodness, did the film do serious rewrites to their histories. Quality of film: 3½ stars […]