BIG HOUSE, THE

BIG HOUSE, THE (director: George W. Hill; screenwriters: Joseph Farnham/Martin Flavin/Frances Marion/Lennox Robinson; cinematographer: Harold Wenstrom; editor: Blanche Sewell; cast: Chester Morris (John Morgan), Wallace Beery (Butch Schmidt), Lewis Stone…

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PEOPLE LIKE US

PEOPLE LIKE US (director/writer: Alex Kurtzman; screenwriters: Roberto Orci/Jody Lambert; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Robert Leighton; music: A. R. Rahman; cast: Chris Pine (Sam), Michelle Pfeiffer (Lillian), Elizabeth Banks (Frankie),…

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BIG SHAVE, THE

THE BIG SHAVE (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ares Demertzis; cast: Peter Bernuth; Runtime: 7; MPAA Rating: NR; Janus; 1968) "personal statement film." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Shot by recent NYU…

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PERSEPOLIS

PERSEPOLIS (directors: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud; screenwriter: based on the graphic novels by Ms. Satrapi; animation coordinator: Christian Desmares; editor: Stéphane Roche; music: Olivier Bernet; with the voices of:…

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BIG WHEEL, THE

BIG WHEEL, THE (director: Edward Ludwig; screenwriter: Robert Smith; cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo; editor: Walter Thompson; music: Nathaniel W. Finston; cast: Mickey Rooney (Billy Coy), Spring Byington (Mary Coy), Lina Romay…

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PHANTOM

PHANTOM (director: F. W. Murnau; screenwriters: Thea von Harbou/Hans Heinrich von Twardowski/from novel by Gerhart Hauptmann; cinematographers: Axel Graatkjaer/Theophan Ouchakoff; music: Robert Israel; cast: Alfred Abel (Lorenz Lubota), Grete Berger…

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BITCH, THE

THE BITCH (director/writer: Gerry O'Hara; screenwriter: Jackie Collins novel; cinematographer: Dennis Lewiston; editor: Eddy Joseph; music: Biddu; cast: Joan Collins (Fontaine Khaled), Michael Coby (Nico Cantafora/Antonio Cantafora), Ian Hendry (Thrush…

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PHILOMENA

PHILOMENA (director: Stephen Frears; screenwriters: Jeff Pope/Steve Coogan/ based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Alexandre Desplat;…

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BLACK LEGION

BLACK LEGION (director: Archie Mayo; screenwriters: story by Robert Lord, Abem Finkel, William Wister Haines; cinematographer: George Barnes; editor: Owen Marks; music: Bernhard Kaun; cast: Humphrey Bogart (Frank Taylor), Dick…

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