Movies
August, 1996
On film, the title character in Moll Flanders (MGM) is played with spunk and spirit by Robin Wright, the gorgeous embodiment of Daniel Defoe's 18th century heroine. In fact, writer-director Pen Densham doesn't limit himself to Defoe's novel. He borrows freely from Fielding and Voltaire to limn this lively vintage portrait of a woman born in poverty but destined for a life of vice and infinite variety. Moll is an orphaned runaway who becomes a well-to-do benefactor's ward, a chambermaid, a prosti...
