2024-07-05
Oh, they have trouble, right there in River City, Iowa, where a smooth-talking con man convinces the locals to fork up the dough to pay for musical instruments so they can form a marching band and keep the youngsters of the town out of mischief. He must also convince a local librarian, who may have realized that he has no idea how to play or teach music. Robert Preston reprises the title role, for
James Cagney stepped into the shoes of legendary showman George M. Cohan and danced off with a Best Actor Oscar. The film chronicles Cohan's life as he reminisces about his early days in vaudeville to his success on Broadway while preparing to meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rosemary De Camp, who plays George's mother, was actually 15 years younger than Cagney. Cagney played Cohan again in 1
Best Picture winner about a longshoreman and washed-up boxer, who "coulda been a contendah," struggling under the constant "pier" pressure of the organized-crime syndicate that controls the docks on which he works. The film won eight Oscars, including Actor (Marlon Brando), Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint) and Director (Elia Kazan). In an Oscar oddity, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger
An interview with Eva Marie Saint.
An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy, pursuing---and being pursued by---foreign agents, from New York to the top of Mount Rushmore.
About the pain and violence of drug addiction. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan. Mother: Henry Silva. Script by Michael Gazzo and Alfred Hayes. Based on Gazzo's Broadway play. Bernard Herrmann score.
Music-packed comedy-drama about teenage life in 1962 California.
A recent widow ignores convention and defies the expectations of her family when she falls for a handsome major while on a ski trip and becomes romantically involved with him.
Tale of a scandal-hunting columnist. Helen Twelvetrees. William: Ricardo Cortez. Mildred: Jill Esmond. Ed: Robert Armstrong. Bee: Arline Judge. Telephone Operator: ZaSu Pitts. Tony Mugatti: Sidney Toler. Directed by William A. Seiter.
A boy becomes obsessed with the idea that his unfriendly neighbor murdered the kid's beloved dog. The child sets off to find evidence, and discovers the man has an unusual past. Eventually the boy engages in an action that has dire consequences for himself and his community.
Satire and melodrama blend in this yarn about a news-hungry gossip columnist.
The flailing marriage of Victor, a playwright, and Jean, a model, is told via flashback. Their union is strained by the death of Jean's baby and the pressure of Victor's career, but the couple are bolstered when they adopt a baby.