PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (director: William Dieterle; screenwriters: novel by Robert Nathan/Leonardo Bercovici/Peter Berneis/Paul Osborn; cinematographer: Joseph August; editor: William Morgan; music: Dimitri Tiomkin; cast: Jennifer Jones (Jennie Appleton), Joseph Cotten…

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BUCCANEER, THE

THE BUCCANEER (director: Anthony Quinn; screenwriters: novel Lafitte the Pirate by Lyle Saxon/1938 screenplay by Harold Lamb/C. Gardner Sullivan/Jesse Lasky Jr./Jeanne McPherson/Edwin Justus Mayer; cinematographer: Loyal Griggs; editor: Archie Marshek;…

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POT O’ GOLD

POT O' GOLD (aka: THE GOLDEN HOUR) (director: George Marshall; screenwriters: based on a story by Andrew Bennison/Haydn Roth Evans/Robert Brilmayer/Monte Brice/Harry Tugend/Walter DeLeon; cinematographers: Harry Jackson/Hal Mohr; editor: Lloyd…

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BUTTERFIELD 8

  BUTTERFIELD 8 (director: Daniel Mann; screenwriters: Charles Schnee/John Michael Hayes/based on the novel by John O'Hara; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Ralph E. Winters; music: Bronislau Kaper; cast: Elizabeth Taylor…

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PRESTIGE, THE

PRESTIGE, THE (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan/based on the novel by Christopher Priest; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: David Julyan; cast: Hugh Jackman (Robert Angier), Christian Bale…

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PRIMARY COLORS

PRIMARY COLORS (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriters: Elaine May/based on the novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein); cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Arthur Schmidt; music: Ry Cooder; cast: John Travolta (Gov. Jack Stanton),…

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CAPTIVE, THE

THE CAPTIVE (director/writer: Atom Egoyan; screenwriters: David Fraser/story by Egoyan; cinematographer: Paul Sarossy; editor: Susan Shipton; music: Mychael Danna; cast: Alexia Fast (Cass), Peyton Kennedy (Cass, at 9), Ryan Reynolds…

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PRINCESS TAM TAM

PRINCESS TAM TAM (director: Edmond Greville; screenwriter: Pepito Abatino; cinematographer: Georges Benoît; editor: Jean Feyte; music: Jacques Dallin/Walter Goehr/Eliseo Grenet/Alain Romans; cast: Josephine Baker (Alwina), Albert Prejean (Max de Mirecourt),…

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CASABLANCA

CASABLANCA (director: Michael Curtiz; screenwriters: Jules J. Epstein/Philip G. Epstein/Howard Koch/ play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison; cinematographer: Arthur Edeson; editor: Owen Marks; music: Max…

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