ONE RAINY AFTERNOON

ONE RAINY AFTERNOON (director: Rowland V Lee; screenwriters: Maurice Hanline/Stephen Morehouse Avery/story "Monsieur Sans-Gene" by Emeric Pressburger and René Pujol; cinematographer: Peverell Marley/Merritt Gerstad; editor: Margaret Clancy; music: Jack Stern;…

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BAD SEED, THE

BAD SEED, THE (director: Mervyn LeRoy; screenwriters: from the play by Maxwell Anderson of the Novel by William March/John Lee Mahin; cinematographer: Harold Rosson; editor: Warren Low; music: Alex North;…

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BALL OF FIRE

BALL OF FIRE (director: Howard Hawks; screenwriters: Charles Brackett/Billy Wilder/based on the story "From A to Z" by Mr. Wilder and Thomas Monroe; cinematographer: Gregg Toland; editor: Dan Mandell; music:…

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BAND WAGON, THE

  BAND WAGON, THE (director: Vincente Minnelli; screenwriters: Betty Comden/Adolph Green; cinematographer: Harry Jackson; editor: Albert Akst; cast: Fred Astaire (Tony Hunter), Nanette Fabray (Lily Marton), Oscar Levant (Lester Marton),…

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ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN

ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Kanzashi) (director/writer: Hiroshi Shimizu; screenwriter: based on a story by Masuji Ibuse; cinematographer: Suketaro Inokai; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Takaaki Asai; cast: Kinuyo Tanaka (Emi), Hiroko Kawasaki (Okiku),…

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