PETER PAN

PETER PAN (director: Herbert Brenon; screenwriter: from the play by J.M. Barrie/Willis Goldbeck; cinematographer: James Wong Howe; music: Philip C. Carli; cast: Betty Bronson (Peter Pan), Esther Ralston (Mrs. Darling),…

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PHARAOH

PHARAOH (FARAON) (director/writer: Jerzy Kawalerowicz; screenwriters: Tadeusz Konwicki/from the book by Boleslaw Prus; cinematographer: Jerzy Wojcik; editor: Wieslawa Otocka; music: Adam Walacinski; cast: Jerzy Zelnik (Ramsès XIII ), Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz…

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BIG STAKES

BIG STAKES (director: Clifford S. Elfelt; screenwriter: Earl Wayland Bowman; music: Donald Socio; cast: James B. Warner (Jim Gregory), Eleanor Fair (Senorita Mercedes Aloyez), Les Bates (Bully Brand), Wilamae Carson…

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BIRD BOX

BIRD BOX (director: Susanne Bier; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/novel by Josh Maleerman; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Ben Lester; music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; cast: Sandra Bullock (Malorie Shannon), Trevante Rhodes (Tom),…

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PIECES OF APRIL

PIECES OF APRIL (director/writer: Peter Hedges; cinematographer: Tami Reiker; editor: Mark Livolsi ; music: Stephin Merritt; cast: Katie Holmes (April Burns), Patricia Clarkson (Joy Burns), Derek Luke (Bobby), Alison Pill…

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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (director/writer: Richard Brooks; screenwriters: from the book by Evan Hunter; cinematographer: Russell Harlan; editor: Ferris Webster; music: Charles Wolcott; cast: Glenn Ford (Richard Dadier), Anne Francis (Anne Dadier),…

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PINKY

PINKY (director: Elia Kazan; screenwriters: Philip Dunne/Dudley Nichols/based on the novel Pinky by Cid Ricketts Sumner; cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald; editor: Harmon Jones; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Jeanne Crain (Patricia 'Pinky'…

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