About Mrs. Leslie 1954  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol, Sammy White, Philip Ober, Harry Morgan, Ian Wolfe, Ellen Corby, Maidie Norman
Mrs. Vivien Leslie (Shirley Booth) remembers her own past love affair as she watches two residents of her boarding house–a financier and a nightclub singer–fall in love.
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Ada 1961   N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker, Martin Balsam, Frank Maxwell, Mary Treen, Ford Rainey, Charles Watts, Larry Gates
Ada (Susan Hayward) has political aspirations for her husband (Dean Martin). Together, they plan to reach the top of state politics and work for reform. 2 User Reviews
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| | Hayward at full throttle | movie-dahl 02/04/2008 | | Susan Hayward chews up the scenery in a highly entertaining film. That is good enough, folks. |
| | FilmFiend 05/24/2007 | I'm a big Susan Hayward fan, but this is one of her films that was beneath her talent. I noticed that her film company, along with her second husband, Chalkmar, was involved in the production of this flick. I think at that time in her life, when she was happy in her second marriage and no longer lusting after an Academy Award (which she received for her excellent work in 1958 in I Want to Live), she was interested in occasional work which would afford her and her husband the opportunity to travel.
Most of her post-I Want to Live films were inferior, sad to say, including not only Ada, but the awful I Thank a Fool. While Back Street wasn't much better, at least she got to wear very nice fashions. The Honey Pot was a better film, but her role was small.
However, I'm such a big fan of hers, I still watch the clunkers, too. |
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 Butterfield 8 1960 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Susan Oliver, Jeffrey Lynn, Kay Medford, George Voskovec
Elizabeth Taylor won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance as a high-priced call girl. The story is pure soap, but it is glitzy, and Elizabeth Taylor's acting is impressive.
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Come Back, Little Sheba 1952  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel, Philip Ober, Lisa Golm, Walter Kelley, Edwin Max, William Haade, Virginia Mullen
Slovenly housewife Lola (Shirley Booth) copes with alcoholic husband Doc's (Burt Lancaster) crisis involving their boarder (Terry Moore). Shirley Booth won a Best Actress Oscar for her fine performance, and Terry Moore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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A Dream of Kings 1969 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens, Sam Levene, Val Avery, Radames Pera, Peter Mamakos, Alan Reed, Zvee Scooler, Alberto Morin
Matsoukas (Anthony Quinn) is a marriage counselor living in the Greek section of Chicago who wants to take his ailing back to Greece–a trip he can ill afford.
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For Love of Ivy 1968   G, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O'Connor, Leon Bibb, Hugh Hurd, Lon Satton, Stanley Greene, Paul Harris, Tony Major, Clark Morgan, Bob Carey, Christopher St. John
When their housekeeper Ivy Moore (Abbey Lincoln) announces that she is ready to quit her job working for the Austin family, Frank Austin (Carroll O'Connor) and his children conspire to find a husband for Ivy. They do–in the person of gambler Jack Parks (Sidney Poitier), a dyed-in-the-wool bachelor, who is won over by Ivy. The title song received an Oscar nomination for Best Song. 1 User Review
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| | An excellent movie | Movie Lover 02/04/2007 | | This is a great love story and one about a woman finding the courage to be strong. |
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Hot Spell 1958 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, Earl Holliman, Eileen Heckart, Warren Stevens, Clint Kimbrough, Jody Lawrance, Harlan Warde, Irene Tedrow
Alma Duval (Shirley Booth) longs to return to her marriage with her estranged husband (Anthony Quinn) who has become enamored with a younger woman.
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I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor, Ray Danton, Margo, Virginia Gregg, Don "Red" Barry, Peter Leeds
This film is based on Lillian Roth's autobiography about her triumph over alcoholism. Susan Hayward portrays the star as she sinks further into her abyss with the bottle and in and out of six marriages. Hayward received an Oscar nomination.
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Journey Into Fear 1975 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Sam Waterston, Zero Mostel, Yvette Mimieux, Scott Marlowe, Ian McShane, Shelley Winters, Stanley Holloway, Donald Pleasence, Vincent Price, Joseph Wiseman
This remake of Orson Welles' film is about a geologist (Sam Waterston) and his venture into the world of espionage. Skip this one and watch the original 1942 version instead.
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The Last Angry Man 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler, Joby Baker, Joanna Moore, Billy Dee Williams, Godfrey Cambridge, Cicely Tyson, Nancy R. Pollock
Dr. Sam Abelman (Paul Muni) is an elderly doctor who has spent his lifetime helping his patients without regard for financial gain. Now the media is interested in him, and he is determined to remain true to his idealism. Muni received an Academy Award nomination.
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains 1987 TV, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sonia Braga, James Keach, Elisha Cook Jr., William Sanderson, Kyra Sedgwick, Billy Bob Thornton, Clancy Brown, Taj Mahal
A man wrongfully convicted of murder escapes from the chain gang and his adventures start. The story is based on the true adventures of Robert Elliot Burns, which also resulted in the 1932 classic "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang."
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Matilda 1978 G, 105 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Elliott Gould, Robert Mitchum, Harry Guardino, Clive Revill, Karen Carlson, Roy Clark, Lionel Stander, Larry Pennell, Art Metrano, Roberta Collins
Fight promoter Bernie Bonnelli (Elliott Gould) tries to hit it big by turning a boxing kangaroo into a heavyweight champion.
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The Mountain Road 1960   N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Glenn Corbett, Harry Morgan, Alan Baxter, Frank Silvera, James Best, Rudy Bond, Mike Kellin, Eddie Firestone
United States fighter pilots, stationed in China during World War II, try to fend off the advancing Japanese army. 1 User Review
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| | American retreating through the mountain roads in China | Greg 05/03/2009 | | The might of the American soldiers was bruised by the advancing Japanese in China. The adventure through the mountain roads with the Chinese encounter reveals the courage, anger, hardship, and love. |
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 Our Man Flint 1965 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong, Rhys Williams, Russ Conway, Peter Brocco, James Brolin, William Walker
This spoof on "James Bond" films stars James Coburn as Derek Flint–the world's greatest secret agent. When attempts are made to assassinate him, Flint uses his deductive skills to locate the mad scientists who are out to get Flint out of the way so they can take over the world. Sequel: "In Like Flint."
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The Revengers 1972  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: William Holden, Susan Hayward, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode, Arthur Hunnicutt, Roger Hanin, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Jorge Luke, Warren Vanders, Larry Pennell
When his family is massacred by Indians, Jon Benedict (William Holden) enlists the aid of six condemned convicts to help track down the killers. Cliche-filled nonsense. Susan Hayward's last film.
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The Rose Tattoo 1955 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jo Van Fleet, Sandro Giglio, Mimi Aguglia, George Humbert, Lewis Charles
Anna Magnani won the Academy Award for her portrayal of Serafina who is obsessed by the memory of her adored, deceased husband. She overcomes her depression when she meets a truck driver (Burt Lancaster) sporting the identical rose tattoo that her husband had.
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The Teahouse of the August Moon 1956 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Marlon Brando, Machiko Kyo, Glenn Ford, Paul Ford, Harry Morgan, Eddie Albert, Jun Negami, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Mitsuko Sawamura, Harry Morgan
The plot of this comedy involves post-war Okinawa. A young Army officer (Glenn Ford) is assigned the duty of bringing Democracy to the tiny town of Tobiki. Marlon Brando is excellent as the interpreter who acts as the liaison between the U.S. Army and the citizens of Tobiki. Paul Ford: "My job is to teach these natives the meaning of Democracy, and they're going to learn Democracy if I have to shoot every one of them."
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| 1. About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
2. Ada (1961)
3. Butterfield 8 (1960)
4. Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
5. A Dream of Kings (1969)
6. For Love of Ivy (1968)
7. Hot Spell (1958)
8. I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
9. Journey Into Fear (1975)
10. The Last Angry Man (1959)
11. The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
12. Matilda (1978)
13. The Mountain Road (1960)
14. Our Man Flint (1965)
15. The Revengers (1972)
16. The Rose Tattoo (1955)
17. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
18. Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
19. Who's Got the Action? (1962)
20. Willard (1971)
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