CITY LIGHTS

CITY LIGHTS (director/writer/editor/producer/music: Charles Chaplin; cinematographer: Roland H. "Rollie" Totheroh; cast: Charlie Chaplin (The Tramp), Virginia Cherrill (The Blind Girl), Harry Myers (The Millionaire), Florence Lee (Blind Girl's Grandmother), Allan…

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QUALITY STREET

QUALITY STREET (director: George Stevens; screenwriters: from the play by Sir James M. Barrie/Allan Scott/Mortimer Offner; cinematographer: Robert de Grasse; editor: Henry Berman; music: Roy Webb; cast: Katharine Hepburn (Phoebe…

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COCKFIGHTER

COCKFIGHTER (director: Monte Hellman; screenwriters: Charles Willeford/from a novel by Mr. Willeford novel; cinematographer: Néstor Almendros; editor: Lewis Teague; music: Michael Franks; cast: Warren Oates (Frank Mansfield), Harry Dean Stanton…

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QUILLS

QUILLS (director: Philip Kaufman; screenwriter: Doug Wright, based upon his play; cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers; editor: Peter Boyle; cast: Geoffrey Rush (Marquis de Sade), Kate Winslet (Madeleine), Joaquin Phoenix (Abbe Coulmier),…

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RACKETEER, THE

RACKETEER, THE (director: Howard Higgin; screenwriters: Paul Gangelin/A.A. Kline; cinematographer: David Abel; editor: Doane Harrison; music: Josiah Zuro; cast: Robert Armstrong (Mahlon Keane), Carol Lombard (Rhoda Philbrooke), Roland Drew (Tony…

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