MY SON JOHN

MY SON JOHN (director/writer: Leo McCarey; screenwriters: Myles Connolly/John Lee Mahin/story by Leo McCarey; cinematographer: Harry Stradling; editor: Marvin Coil; music: Robert Emmett Dolan; cast: Helen Hayes (Lucille Jefferson), Van…

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ALEXANDER NEVSKY

ALEXANDER NEVSKY (directors: Sergei Eisenstein/Dmitri Vasilyev; screenwriters: Piotr Pavlenko/from a story by Sergel Eisenstein and D. I. Vassillev; cinematographer: Edouard Tisse; editor: Sergei Eisenstein; music: Sergei Prokofiev; cast: Nikolai Cherkasov…

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ALICE, SWEET ALICE

ALICE, SWEET ALICE (COMMUNION) (director/writer: Alfred Sole; screenwriter: Rosemary Ritvo; cinematographer: Chuck Hall/John Friberg; editor: Edward Salier; music: Stephen Lawrence; cast: Linda Miller (Catherine Spages), Mildred Clinton (Mrs. Tredoni), Paula…

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ALL FALL DOWN

  ALL FALL DOWN   (director: John Frankenheimer; screenwriters: from the book by James Leo Herlihy/William Inge; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; editor: Franz Steininger; music: Alex North; cast: Eva Marie Saint…

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NAKED PREY, THE

NAKED PREY, THE director: Cornel Wilde; screenwriters: Clint Johnsion/Don Peters; cinematographer: H.A.R. Thomson; editor: Roger Cherrill; music: Edwin Astley/Andrew Tracey/Cornel Wilde; cast: Cornel Wilde (Safari Manager), Gert Van Der Berg…

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NANOOK OF THE NORTH

NANOOK OF THE NORTH (director/writer/cinematographer/editor/producer: Robert Flaherty; editor: Charles Gelb; music: Stanley Silverman; cast: Nanook (The Bear), Nyla (Smiling One), Cunayou, Alle, Allegoo; Runtime: 65; MPAA Rating: NR; Criterion Collection;…

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AMADEUS

  AMADEUS (director/writer: Milos Forman; screenwriter: based on the play by Peter Shaffer/Peter Shaffer; cinematographer: Miroslav Ondricek; editor: Nena Danevic; music: Mozart; cast: F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salieri), Tom Hulce…

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