ALL THE MARBLES

  ALL THE MARBLES (THE CALIFORNIA DOLLS) (director: Robert Aldrich; screenwriter: Mel Frohman; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editors: Irving C. Rosenblum/Richard Lane; music: Frank De Vol; cast: Peter Falk (Harry Sears),…

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NANCY DREW

NANCY DREW (director/writer: Andrew Fleming; screenwriter: based on characters created by Carolyn Keene/Tiffany Paulsen/from the story by Tiffany Paulsen; cinematographer: Alexander Gruszynski; editor: Jeff Freeman; music: Ralph Sall; cast: Emma…

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ALPHAVILLE

  ALPHAVILLE (ALPHAVILLE, UNE ETRANGE AVENTURE DE LEMMY CAUTION) (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the novel by Paul Éluard "La Capitale de la douleur"; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Agnès Guillemot;…

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NATIONAL VELVET

NATIONAL VELVET (director: Clarence Brown; screenwriters: Helen Deutsch/Theodore Reeves/from novel by Enid Bagnold; cinematographer: Leonard Smith; editor: Robert J. Kern; music: Herbert Stothart; cast: Mickey Rooney (Mi Taylor), Donald Crisp…

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A MAN THERE WAS

A MAN THERE WAS (TERJE VIGEN) (director/writer: Victor Seastrom; screenwriter: Gustaf Molander/from a Henrik Ibsen poem cinematographer: Julis Jaenzen; cast: August Falck (The Lord), Victor Seastrom (Terje Vigen), Edith Erastoff…

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AMELIA

  AMELIA (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Ron Bass/Anna Hamilton Phelan/based on the books “East to the Dawn” by Susan Butler and “The Sound of Wings” by Mary S. Lovell; cinematographer:…

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AMERICAN MOVIE

AMERICAN MOVIE(director/cinematographer/writer: Chris Smith; editor: Barry Poltermann; cast: Mark Borchardt (Filmmaker), Mike Schank (Friend/Musician), Monica Borchardt (Mark's Mom), Cliff Borchardt (Mark's Dad), Chris Borchardt (Mark's Brother), Alex Borchardt (Mark's Brother),…

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