BLACK BART

BLACK BART (director: George Sherman; screenwriters: Luci Ward/William Bowers/Jack Natteford/story by Ward and Natteforf; cinematographer: Irving Glassberg; editor: Russell Schoengarth; music: Frank Skinner/Leith Stevens; cast: (Jersey Brady), Jeffrey Lynn (Lance…

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PIED PIPER, THE

PIED PIPER, THE (director/writer: Jacques Demy; screenwriters: Andrew Birkin/Mark Peploe; cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky; editor: John Trumper; cast: Donald Pleasence (The Baron), John Hurt (Franz), Jack Wild (Gavin), Donovan (Pied Piper),…

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BLAISE PASCAL

  BLAISE PASCAL (director/writer: Roberto Rossellini; screenwriters: Marcella Mariani/Luciano Scaffa; cinematographer: Mario Fioretti; editor: Jolanda Benvenuti; music: Mario Nascimbene; cast: Bernard Rigal (Chancellor Séguier), Pierre Arditi (Blaise Pascal), Rita Forzano…

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PINOCCHIO

PINOCCHIO (supervising directors: Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen; screenwriters: Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Joseph Sabo, Otto Englander, William Cottrell, Erdman Penner and Aurelius Battaglia; story adaptation: Aurelius Battaglia, William Cottrell,…

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BLUEBEARD

BLUEBEARD "It's a compromised film that tends to offend everyone but the Nazis." (director/writer: Edward Dmytryk; screenwriters: from the story by Ennio Di Concini/Ennio Di Concini/Maria Pia Fusco/Luciano Sacripanti; cinematographer:…

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PITCH PERFECT

PITCH PERFECT (director: Jason Moore; screenwriter: Kay Cannon/based on the book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory by Mickey Rapkin; cinematographer: Julio Macat; editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin;…

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BODY AND SOUL

BODY AND SOUL (director: Robert Rossen; screenwriter: Abraham Polonsky; cinematographer: James Wong Howe; editor: Robert Parrish; music: Edward Heyman; cast: John Garfield (Charlie Davis), Lilli Palmer (Peg Born), Anne Revere…

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PLATINUM BLONDE

PLATINUM BLONDE (director: Frank Capra; screenwriters: story by Harry Chandlee & Douglas W. Churchill/Jo Swerling/Dorothy Howell/Robert Riskin; cinematographer: Joseph Walker; editor: Gene Milford; music: Irving Bibo/David Broekman/Bernhard Kaun; cast: Jean…

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