Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! 1966  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller, Cesare Danova, Marjorie Lord, Harry von Zell, Kelly Thordsen, Benny Baker, Terry Burnham, Joyce Jameson, Kevin Burchett, Keith Taylor
Real estate agent Tom Meade (Bob Hope) connects via telephone with a sexy movie star, Didi (Elke Sommer), who is trying to evade her boyfriend. Now, Tom tries to keep his wife (Marjorie Lord) from finding out about his relationship with Didi
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Chamber of Horrors 1966  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Patrick O'Neal, Laura Devon, Patrice Wymore, Suzy Parker, Jose Rene Ruiz, Philip Bourneuf, Jeanette Nolan, Marie Windsor, Wayne Rogers, Vinton Haworth
Set in 19th-century Baltimore, madman Jason Cravette (Patrick O'Neal) escapes while on his way to prison and execution, losing a hand in the escape. He attaches assorted weapons to the arm with the lost hand as he attempts to take revenge on those who convicted him. But the proprietors of the "Chamber of Horrors" wax museum (Cesare Danova and Wilfrid Hyde-White) are on his trail.
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 Cleopatra 1963  G, 245 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Martin Landau, Pamela Brown, Roddy McDowall, Michael Hordern, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh, Andrew Keir, Robert Stephens, Francesca Annis, Gregoire Aslan
This film stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Cleopatra and Marc Antony, but the film is more famous for the off-screen romance of the two stars. Cleopatra is queen of Egypt and uses her wiles to begin an affair with Roman emperor Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) in order to gain power to retain her empire. When Caesar is killed in the Roman Senate, Cleopatra seduces Roman general Marc Antony planning to make him her protector. But, Marc Antony is defeated at the Battle of Actium, and the doomed lovers meet for the last time. The film won four Oscars (Best Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume, and Special Visual Effects) and had five nominations including Best Picture and Actor (Harrison).
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Crossed Swords 1954  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Milton Krims
Cast: Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida, Cesare Danova, Nadia Gray, Roldano Lupi, Riccardo Rioli, Alberto Rabagliati, Paola Mori, Silvio Bagolini, Renato Chiantoni, Pietro Tordi, Alfredo Rizzo
Adventurer Renzo (Errol Flynn) fights against an evil plot to oust the Duke of Sidona (Pietro Tordi) from the Italian court, and, in his spare time, Renzo romances the Duke's daughter (Gina Lollobrigida) who assures him that marriage will not end his world of swashbuckling.
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The Man Who Understood Women 1959 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Leslie Caron, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Myron McCormick, Marcel Dalio, Conrad Nagel, Frank Cady, Harry Ellerbe, Ben Astar, Edwin Jerome
Willie (Henry Fonda) is a very successful filmmaker; however, he is not so fortunate in his relationship with his actress-wife (Leslie Caron).
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 Mean Streets 1973  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Carradine, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Cesare Danova, Richard Romanus, Victor Argo, George Memmoli, Robert Carradine, Lenny Scaletta, Jeannie Bell, Murray Moston, Lois Walden, Harry Northup
Four young men–Charlie (Harvey Keitel), who is confused between his loyalties to his church and his gangster activities; bartender Tony (David Proval); bookie Michael (Richard Romanus); and troubled Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro)–hang out in New York's Little Italy. Charlie tries to protect Johnny Boy, but matters get out of hand when Michael becomes fed up with Johnny Boy not paying off his debt to him and seeks revenge. A great film that made Martin Scorsese a big name.
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 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Animal House
Director: John Landis
Cast: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Cesare Danova, Mary Louise Weller, Peter Riegert, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, James Daughton, Mark Metcalf
This movie set a trend for several films to come. Faber College's Dean Wormer (John Vernon) plots with Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) of Omega fraternity to rid the campus of the disreputable Delta House fraternity. The fraternity boys–seniors Otter (Tim Matheson), D-Day (Bruce McGill), Boon (Peter Riegert), and "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi)–at the Delta House provide plenty of laughs as they party, chase coeds, and battle school authorities.
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Tentacles 1977  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Cast: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Delia Boccardo, Cesare Danova, Alan Boyd, Sherry Buchanan, Franco Diogene, Claude Akins
This flick takes a dive to the bottom of filmdom. It is a very poor Italian-made movie about a monster octopus that attacks some California coastal residents. Will Gleason, marine biologist, comes to the rescue. How did they get this great cast to do this?
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 Viva Las Vegas 1964 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann - Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair, Teri Garr, Jack Carter, Robert Williams, Roy Engel, Eddie Quillan
A singing racecar driver (not simultaneously) Lucky Jackson (Elvis Presley) falls in love with dancer Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret) on his way to a Grand Prix victory.
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| 1. Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
2. Chamber of Horrors (1966)
3. Che! (1968)
4. Cleopatra (1963)
5. Crossed Swords (1954)
6. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
7. The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
8. Mean Streets (1973)
9. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
aka: Animal House
10. Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)
11. Tentacles (1977)
12. Viva Las Vegas (1964)
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