" BackgroundThe Red Shoes(1948, UK) is a beautiful and sensitive post-war film - the 10th collaboration from the masterful and respected British directing/producing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (who also scripted the original screenplay), who called themselves The Archers.He easily upped bets to a quarter a game, without objection, and graciously purchased another bottle for the players.In the meantime, the Sheik exited a local pawnbrokers shop (I.Goldman & Co.) after selling the stolen gold watch for $4 dollars, and returned to the candy shop to purchase the more-expensive $3 dollar box of candy.Many critics/reviewers and fans have considered the film the best of the series.One of the reasons for its success was that the story and screenplay were co-written by Wes Craven.Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption (1994)andThe Green Mile (1999)) also worked on the screenplay.