PARIS BLUES

PARIS BLUES (director: Martin Ritt; screenwriters: from the book Paris Blues by Harold Flender/Irene Kamp/Jack Sher/Walter Bernstein/Lulla Adler; cinematographer: Christian Matras; editor: Roger Dwyre; music: Duke Ellington; cast: Paul Newman…

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PARTY GIRL

  PARTY GIRL   director/writer: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer; screenwriters: Harry Birckmayer/Sheila Gaffney; cinematographer: Michael Slovis; editor: Cara Silverman; music: Anton Sanko; cast: Parker Posey (Mary), Omar Townsend (Mustafa), Sasha…

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PASTORALI

PASTORALI (director/writer: Otar Iosseliani; screenwriter: Revaz Inanishvili; cinematographer: Abessalom Maisuradze; editor: Otar Iosseliani; cast: Nana Ioseliani (Eduki, a young peasant), Tamar Gabarashvili (Musician), Mikhail Naneishvili (Musician), Nukri Davitashvili (Musician), Baia…

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BIGAMIST, THE

BIGAMIST, THE (director: Ida Lupino; screenwriters: Collier Young/story by Larry Marcus and Lou Schor; cinematographer: George Diskant; editor: Stanford Tischler; music: Leith Stevens; cast: Joan Fontaine (Eve Graham), Ida Lupino…

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BIG FISH

BIG FISH (director: Tim Burton; screenwriters: John August, based on the novel by Daniel Wallace; cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot; editor: Chris Lebenzon; music: Danny Elfman; cast: Ewan McGregor (Edward Bloom as…

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PENALTY, THE

PENALTY, THE (director: Wallace Worsley; screenwriters: Charles Kenyon/Philip Lonergan/based on the novel by Gouverneur Morris; cinematographer: Don Short; editors: J.G. Hawks/Frank E. Hull; cast: Lon Chaney (Blizzard), Ethel Grey Terry…

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BIG LAND, THE

THE BIG LAND (aka: STAMPEDE) (director: Gordon Douglas; screenwriters: from the novel Buffalo Grass by Frank Gruber/David Dortort/Martin Rackin; cinematographer: John Seitz; editor: Thomas Reilly; music: David Buttolph; cast: Alan…

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